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Child Welfare Manager 1 - Baton Rouge, United States - State of Louisiana
Description
Supplemental InformationDepartment 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 Louisiana's people.
Department VALUES
Treating all people with dignity, compassion and respect, while providing services with integrity.
This position is located in the Child Welfare Department in the Baton Rouge, LA
This position may be filled as a probational appointment or a job appointment that may last up to 48 months.
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.
If you are a current employee of the State of Louisiana it is important that you indicate in the "Duties" section for each job the 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.
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.
DCFS is an "Equal Opportunity Employer" and Louisiana is a "State as a Model Employer for People with Disabilities"
For additional information about this vacancy, please contact Chandra Thomas via email at:
Qualifications
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
Any of the following will qualify:
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 generalexperience.
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 Juris Doctorate will substitute for one year of the required generalexperience.
Graduate training with less than a Ph.
D. will substitute for a maximum of one year of the required generalexperience.
A Ph.
D. in the above fields will substitute for two years of the required generalexperience.
Specialized college course work will substitute for a maximum of two years of the required generalexperience.
NECESSARY SPECIAL REQUIREMENT:
Possession of a high school diploma or equivalent.
A valid driver's 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 c).
NOTE:
Any college hours or degree must be from an accredited college or university.
Job Concepts
FUNCTION OF WORK:
To manage a state office unit responsible for the administration of child welfare programs, or several special programmatic support functions, or the contracts and federal eligibility function for the agency.
To manage the operations of a DCFS Child Welfare program within a geographic region or other defined area within the Department of Children and Family Services.
LEVEL OF WORK:
Manager.
SUPERVISION RECEIVED:
Broad from a higher-level manager or administrator.
SUPERVISION EXERCISED:
Direct over Child Welfare Supervisors, Child Welfare Consultants and/or equivalent child welfare staff.
LOCATION OF WORK:
Department of Children and Family Services.
JOB DISTINCTIONS:
Differs from Child Welfare Supervisor by the presence of responsibility for managerial duties over Child Welfare Supervisors and/or Child Welfare Consultants.
Examples of Work
EXAMPLES BELOW ARE A BRIEF SAMPLE OF COMMON DUTIES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS JOB TITLE. NOT ALL POSSIBLE TASKS ARE INCLUDED.
PROGRAM MANAGER/ADMINISTRATION FUNCTION
Develops goals, objectives and strategies to effectively deliver required services.
Monitors program performance by directing site visits, case reviews and observation of staff/client contact.
Directs the development and monitoring of corrective action plans.
Conducts child welfare research to determine impact/efficiency of agency services.
Directs the development of agency policies and procedures and assures their compliance with federal and state laws.
Reviews proposed and enacted legislation to assess potential agency impact, prepares related program and fiscal analyses, and provides oral testimony when required.
Directs the development of training priorities, curriculum and delivery of training statewide.
Oversees or serves as state agency representative to support groups, the community and organizations.
Participates in the development of the annual budget request.
CONTRACTS AND ELIGIBILITY MANAGEMENT FUNCTION
Directs and administers the agency's functions for the review and approval of service contracts for program management, monitoring activities and eligibility operations.
Develops budget recommendations for the programs managed.
Directs the analysis and development of official written agency policies and procedures in assigned programs and program components.
Provides testimony and informational presentations at public hearings, conferences and other forums.
Analyzes the impact of federal, state, and local legislation and administrative policy.
Assists in the drafting of legislation in related programs and reviews proposed legislation in assigned program areas for assessment of programmatic impact.
PROGRAM OPERATIONS MANAGER FUNCTION
Plans, directs and ensures proper implementation of all child welfare programs within the assigned geographic area.
Develops and implements corrective action plans to ensure compliance with agency policies, procedures, professional practices and standards.
Identifies client needs and engages with DCFS regional community specialists, community agencies and groups to develop resources that meet the needs of children and families.
