Child Welfare Manager 2 (CPS-PSRT)

Child Welfare Manager 2 (CPS-PSRT)

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Child Welfare Manager 2 (CPS-PSRT)

Salary

$6,271.00 – $11,284.00 Monthly

Location

Baton Rouge, LA

Job Type

Classified

Job Number

200961CWMan2-10824SS

Department

DCFS-Department of Children and Family Services

Opening Date

10/08/2024

Closing Date

10/13/2024 11:59 PM Central

Description

Benefits

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Supplemental Information

Department MISSION

DCFS is working to keep children safe, helping individuals and families become self-sufficient, and providing safe refuge during disasters.

Department VISION

We care for the well-being and safety of Louisianas people.

Department VALUES

Treating all people with dignity, compassion and respect, while providing services with integrity.

This vacancy is located in Baton Rouge, LA.

This position may be filled as a probational appointment or a job appointment that may last up to 48 months. Job appointments may convert to probational appointments. Also, it may be filled as a detail and promoted within 12 months.

You must include all relevant education and experience on your official State application.

Resumes cannot be submitted in lieu of completing an application.

The duties that you describe in the Work Experience section of your application will be reviewed by State Civil Service as part of the process in determining if you meet the minimum qualifications for this job.

Your experience WILL NOTbe evaluated based on the job title alone. You must describe your actual duties. If you are a current employee of the State of Louisiana it is important that you indicate in the “Duties” section for each jobthe specific programs that you worked in to receive credit for that experience.

List all prior employment. Work experience left off of your electronic application or only included in an attached resume will not be credited. Resumes WILL NOT be accepted in lieu of completed education and experience sections on your application. Incomplete applications will not be considered.

Applicants qualifying based on college training or receipt of a baccalaureate degree will be required to submit an official college transcript to verify credentials claimed prior to appointment. Please make every effort to attach a copy of your transcript to your application. The transcripts can be added as an attachment to your online application. The selected candidate will be required to submit original documentation upon hire.

No Civil Service test score is required in order to be considered for this vacancy.

To apply for this vacancy, click on the “Apply” link above and complete an electronic application, which can be used for this vacancy as well as future job opportunities. Applicants are responsible for checking the status of their application to determine where they are in the recruitment process. Further status message information is located under the Information section of the Current Job Opportunities page.

DCFS is an “Equal Opportunity Employer” and Louisiana is a “State as a Model Employer for People with Disabilities”

For further information about this vacancy contact: Christy Tate via email Christy.Tate.DCFS@La.Gov

Minimum Qualifications

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

Any of the following will qualify:

1. A baccalaureate degree plus five years of professional level experience in administrative services, social services, or health services, four years of which must have been in child welfare.

2. A baccalaureate degree plus five years of law enforcement or investigatory experience. Four years of this experience must have been in a position equivalent in scope of responsibility and/or complexity of work performed to that of a Child Welfare Specialist in the state service.

SUBSTITUTIONS:

Six years of full-time work experience in any field may be substituted for the required baccalaureate degree.

Candidates without a baccalaureate degree may combine work experience and college credit to substitute for the baccalaureate degree as follows:

A maximum of 120 semester hours may be combined with experience to substitute for the baccalaureate degree.

30 to 59 semester hours credit will substitute for one year of experience towards the baccalaureate degree.

60 to 89 semester hours credit will substitute for two years of experience towards the baccalaureate degree.

90 to 119 semester hours credit will substitute for three years of experience towards the baccalaureate degree.

120 or more semester hours credit will substitute for four years of experience towards the baccalaureate degree.

College credit earned without obtaining a baccalaureate degree may be substituted for a maximum of four years full-time work experience towards the baccalaureate degree. Candidates with 120 or more semester hours of credit, but without a degree, must also have at least two years of full-time work experience to substitute for the baccalaureate degree.

A baccalaureate degree in social work; psychology; psychiatric nursing; psychiatry; mental health counseling; rehabilitation counseling; psychological counseling; criminal justice; sociology; applied sociology; human services counseling; education with a concentration in special education; family and consumer sciences with a concentration in child, family and social services; guidance and counseling; human development counseling; social services counseling; vocational rehabilitation; or human services from an accredited institution will substitute for one year of the required general experience.

Graduate training in one or any combination of the above fields will substitute for a maximum of one year of the required general experience on the basis of thirty semester hours for one year of experience.

A masters degree in the above fields will substitute for one year of the required general experience.

A Juris Doctorate will substitute for one year of the required general experience.

Graduate training with less than a Ph.D. will substitute for a maximum of one year of the required general experience.

A Ph.D. in the above fields will substitute for two years of the required general experience.

Specialized college course work will substitute for a maximum of two years of the required general experience.

NECESSARY SPECIAL REQUIREMENT:

Possession of a high school diploma or equivalent.

A valid drivers license and access to a personal vehicle.

NOTE:

The incumbent of this position must not have been convicted or pled nolo contendere to a crime listed in R.S. 15.587.1 (c).

NOTE: Any college hours or degree must be from an accredited college or university.

Job Concepts

FUNCTION OF WORK:

To administer complex child welfare statewide program(s) and/or direct statewide functions and practices.

LEVEL OF WORK:

Manager.

SUPERVISION RECEIVED:

Broad from the Child Welfare Director or other higher level personnel.

SUPERVISION EXERCISED:

Direct over Child Welfare Manager 1 or equivalent level positions. May supervise lower level personnel.

LOCATION OF WORK:

Department of Children and Family Services.

JOB DISTINCTIONS:

Differs from Child Welfare Manager 1 by the presence of administering multiple complex statewide programs or functions that have statewide impact.

Differs from Child Welfare Director by the absence of responsibility for statewide programs of the largest scope and/or highest degree of impact.

Examples of Work

EXAMPLES LISTED BELOW INCLUDE BRIEF SAMPLES OF COMMON DUTIES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS JOB TITLE. PLEASE NOTE THAT NOT ALL TASKS ARE INCLUDED.

Assists in working with state, regional and parish administrative staff in developing management procedures and operational plans to assure all agency programs are implemented at the local field operations level in accordance with federal and state laws and regulations and the terms of applicable court directives.

Formulates current and long range plans and policies for programs such as: Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children (ICPC), Title IV-E eligibility, Medicaid Eligibility for foster and adoption subsidy children, etc.

Assures placement resources needed to serve the children, court-ordered into the custody of DCFS, through the development of statewide supports for DCFS foster and adoptive families.

Analyzes the impact of federal, state, and local legislation; advises agency officials, prepares position

statements, presents testimony at hearings, and drafts legislation.

Oversees or serves as state agency representative/liaison with support groups, the community, and organizations such as, but not limited to: Foster Parent Association, the Louisiana Licensed Adoption agency Association, the Louisiana Council for the Adoption of Minority Youth, Federal Child Welfare Offices, national organizations, etc.

Oversees the proper management, use and reporting of numerous federal grants.

Louisiana State Government represents a wide variety of career options and offers an outstanding opportunity tomake a differencethrough public service. With an array of career opportunities in every major metropolitan center and in many rural areas, state employment provides an outstanding option to begin or continue your career.

As a state employee, you will earn competitive pay, choose from a variety of benefits, and have access to a great professional development program:

Insurance Coverage More information can be found at https://info.groupbenefits.org/

Parental Leave– Up to six weeks paid parental leave

More information can be found athttps://www.civilservice.louisiana.gov/Parental-Leave/Default.aspx

Holidays and Leave – State employees receive the following paid holidays each year:

New Years Day

Martin Luther King, Jr. Day,

Mardi Gras,

Good Friday,

Memorial Day,

Independence Day,

Labor Day,

Veterans Day,

Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day.

Additional holidays may be proclaimed by the Governor

State employees earn sick and annual leave which can be accumulated and saved for future use. Your accrual rate increases as your years of service increase.

Retirement – State of Louisiana employees are eligible to participate in various retirement systems (based on the type of appointment and agency for which an employee works). These retirement systems provide retirement allowances and other benefits for state officers and employees and their beneficiaries. State retirement systems may include (but are not limited to):

Louisiana State Employees Retirement System (www.lasersonline.org). LASERS has provided this video (https://lasersonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/YourRetirementSystem.mp4) to give you more detailed information about their system

Teachers Retirement System of Louisiana (www.trsl.org),

Louisiana School Employees Retirement System (www.lsers.net), among others

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Do you possess a high school diploma or equivalent?

Yes

No

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Agency

State of Louisiana

Address

For agency contact information, please refer to

the supplemental information above.

Louisiana State Civil Service, Louisiana, 70802

Phone

(866) 783-5462

Website

http://agency.governmentjobs.com/louisiana/default.cfm

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