About the role
This position is located in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Child Welfare Specialist IV H23D
Annual Salary: $52,217.89 + Full State Employee Benefits
Travel is EXTENSIVE. Must possess a valid driver's license and maintain required car insurance.
Minimum Qualifications
* Master's Degree plus one year of experience as a Child Welfare Specialist; * OR a Bachelors Degree plus two years experience as a Child Welfare Specialist; * OR Three years of experience as a Child Welfare Specialist.
Job Responsibilities
Recruitment staff actively seek out prospective foster and adoptive families who have the ability to care for children.
* Serve as lead worker or backup supervisor to a unit of lower-level Child Welfare Specialists. * Serve as team leader in case staff meetings, provide on-going case consultation and advise and train lower-level Child Welfare Specialists in case management and interpretation of policies and procedures. * Carry complex and difficult caseloads or are assigned responsibilities involving case consultation. * Conduct community engagement to find foster and adoptive families. * Meet with prospective foster and adoptive families to establish communication. * Oversee the approval process for prospective foster families. Approve families according to established standards for the type of care provided. * Provide analysis and report on the number of new foster families.
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If you have questions, please contact [email protected]
OKDHS is a Fair Chance Employer.
This is a position in the Oklahoma Civil Service.
Announcement Number: 26-BC263
83009373/JR67358