Child Welfare Services Supervisor

Recruitment Summary

This recruitment will establish an employment list to fill current and any future vacancies within the Health and Human Services Agency. The anticipated life of the employment list is six months. If interested for current or future vacancies, please submit an online application for consideration.

Current vacancy is with the Health and Human Services Agency located in Visalia. The anticipated life of the list is six months.

• Plan, assign and supervise the work of a unit of Social Service Workers involved in providing child welfare services
• Serve as a leader in a unit of Social Service Workers by coordinating assignments, coaching, conferencing and providing instruction to unit members.
• Monitor workload and performance of unit members.
• Insure new employees receive mentoring and training.
• Carry exceptionally difficult or complex cases.

• Bachelor's degree in social work, behavioral science or social science.

• Three years of complex caseload management experience involving multiple programs within child welfare services.

• Dynamics of child abuse and neglect.
• Interviewing and counseling methods and techniques.
• Community resources available to assist clients.
• Terminology and vocabulary relevant to social work and social service programs.
• Caseload management methods and techniques.
• Components of treatment plans and their development and implementation.
• Techniques for diagnosing family situations and problems sufficient to develop, implement, and monitor treatment plans.
• Appropriate writing skills for both writing and monitoring client records, court reports and other documents.
• Team building techniques.
• Principles and practices of supervision, evaluation and training.
• Basic math including addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division.

• Work and communicate effectively with people of various education and socioeconomic backgrounds by respecting beliefs, interpersonal styles and behaviors of both clients and co-workers.
• Operate contemporary office equipment inclusive of computer, keyboard, and all applicable electronic equipment.
• Articulate complex situations and supply objective information and recommendations based on written materials.
• Analyze information in an objective manner in order to make appropriate treatment recommendations and evaluate the need for services.
• Plan, assign and supervise the work of others.
• Provide leadership, coordinate assignments, coach, conference and providing instruction to unit members.
• Manage a caseload.
• Develop, implement, and monitor treatment plans.
• Investigate and make recommendations concerning family situations involving neglect or child abuse.

• Possession of, or ability to obtain, an appropriate, valid California driver's license.

• Possession of a master’s degree in social work.

• Two years of increasingly responsible experience at a level equivalent to that of a Lead Social Services Worker III-CWS in Tulare County.

Candidates selected will be required to pass a pre-employment drug and alcohol screening. Additionally, a background investigation may also be conducted, which may include a re-investigation every 10 years for some positions. An Employment Eligibility Verification using E-Verify may be required on the first day of employment for some positions. Some job classes may also require a physical exam.

This may be a qualifying position for student loan forgiveness through the College Cost Reduction and Access Act (CCRAA). Only student loan payments made after October 1, 2007 and in a qualified repayment plan are eligible. For more information you are encouraged to speak with your student loan servicer or visit.

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