Human Services Enforcement Agent
About The Position
The Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) is seeking a Human Services Enforcement Agent. This role involves investigative and protective services work focused on locating non-custodial parents, establishing, enforcing, and collecting child support obligations, and establishing paternity. The position is with the Office for Family Independence, Division of Support Enforcement & Recovery (DSER), which is responsible for ensuring non-custodial parents contribute to their children's financial support. This includes establishing paternity, locating non-custodial parents, establishing and enforcing child support orders, and representing the Department in Maine District Court. This position requires occasional travel and allows for partial telework after an initial training period, subject to management approval based on operational needs.
Requirements
- A Bachelors Degree in Criminal Justice, Business or Public Administration, or a related field.
- Directly related paraprofessional or higher level experience may be substituted for education on a year-for-year basis.
- Applicants are subject to pre-employment screening including verification of minimum qualifications, application information, employment history, and references.
- Conditional offers are made to selected candidates who must successfully complete a pre-employment, fingerprint-based criminal history record check.
Responsibilities
- Investigative services work in locating non-custodial parents.
- Establishing, enforcing, and collecting child support obligations.
- Establishing the paternity of children born out of wedlock.
- Enforcement services work initiating administrative collection actions.
- Initiating appropriate court action.
- Representing the Department's interest in Maine District Court in matters pertaining to child support.
Benefits
- 13 paid holidays
- 12 days of sick leave
- 3+ weeks of vacation leave annually
- Health Insurance Coverage (State pays 85%-100% of employee-only premiums)
- Health Insurance Premium Credit (Participation decreases employee-only premiums by 5%)
- Dental Insurance (State pays 100% of employee-only dental premiums)
- Retirement Plan (State contributes 14.11% to MainePERS)
- Six weeks of fully paid parental leave
- Additional, unpaid leave may also be available under the Family and Medical Leave Act.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
