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3/29/2024 (8:00 PM EDT)

24-01824

Social Service Specialist

Salary

$67,204.32 Annually

Employment Type

EXECUTIVE BRANCH | FULL TIME | ELIGIBLE FOR OVERTIME PAY | 18A | 37.5 HR/WK

Hiring Agency

Cabinet for Health & Family Services | Dept for Community Based Services

Location

455 Park Place
Ste 120-A
Lexington, KY 40511 USA
The agency may authorize the selected candidate to telecommute. The agency may terminate or modify the telecommuting arrangement at any time.

Description

The Kentucky Department for Community Based Services (DCBS) is a multi-faceted agency that provides services and programs to enhance the self-sufficiency of families; improve safety and permanency for children and vulnerable adults; and engage families and community partners in a collaborative decision-making process.
We offer an opportunity to provide Clinical Support Services to a Service Region Administrator and staff who work with families to ensure safe, stable homes for the children of the Commonwealth. Career growth is encouraged through training and mentoring. Benefits include health and life insurance, flexible work schedules, paid sick and vacation leave, and retirement benefits.
For more information on the Department for Community Based Services, please visit:
https://chfs.ky.gov/agencies/dcbs/Pages/default.aspx
Career growth is encouraged through training and mentoring. Benefits include health and life insurance, flexible work schedules, paid sick and vacation leave, and retirement benefits.
Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Participates in collaborative meetings with community partners and stakeholders and serves on various boards and task forces.
• Performs child protective services case consultation with frontline staff related to best standards of practice, in compliance with appropriate statutes and regulations.
• Conducts targeted case reviews and provides technical assistance to frontline staff related to intake and investigations.
• Analyzes data to identify practice trends and makes recommendations to address any problems.
• Completes tasks assigned as a result of Child and Family Services Plan, Program Improvement Plan, or Annual Progress and Services Reporting on child protection issues.
• Reviews legislation to determine impacts to the agency, provides child protective services training to field agency staff and community partners, completes special projects, and other duties as assigned.

The ideal candidate will have:

• Protection and Permanency experience.
• Excellent communication and writing skills.
• Good time management and organizational skills.
• Demonstrated ability to work under pressure.
• A willingness to work as part of a team.
• Leadership skills.
• Decision making skills.

The position you are applying for has access to or use of federal tax information (FTI)or meets the statutory definition of front-line staff. Therefore, pursuant to IRS Publication 1075 and 900 KAR 1:009 or KRS 194A.062 and 900 KAR 1:050, applicants for this position in the Cabinet for Health and Family Services (CHFS) shall submit to a fingerprint-based criminal background check by the Department of Kentucky State Police and the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
CHFS participates in E-Verify and will provide the federal government with your Form I-9 information to confirm that you are authorized to work in U.S. CHFS will only use E-Verify once you have accepted a job offer and completed the Form I-9. For more information on E-Verify, or if you believe that CHFS has violated its E-Verify responsibilities, please contact the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) at 888-897-7781 or https://dhs.gov/E-Verify.

Minimum Requirements

Working Conditions

Performs job duties in an office/facility setting and visits clients and/or families at their residence.

Probationary Period

This job has an initial and promotional probationary period of 6 months, except as provided in KRS 18A.111.

If you have questions about this advertisement, please contact Sarah E Bryant at sarah.bryant@ky.gov or 859-971-4434.

An Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/D