DCFS AREA DIRECTOR (Child Welfare)Print (https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/louisiana/jobs/newprint/4707975) ApplyDCFS AREA DIRECTOR (Child Welfare)Salary $5,860.00 - $10,546.00 MonthlyLocation Monroe, LAJob TypeClassifiedJob Number201845 CWADMonReg102524AADepartmentDCFS-Department of Children and Family ServicesOpening Date10/28/2024Closing Date11/2/2024 11:59 PM Central
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Supplemental InformationThis position is located in the Monroe Region Child Welfare Department in Monroe, LA. This position will report directly to the DCFS Regional Administrator.The domicile of this vacancy will be based out of Monroe, LA. This will be filled as a double incumbency.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 NOT be 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 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. 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:April AuldsDCFS Human Resourcesapril.aulds.dcfs@la.govMinimum QualificationsMINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:A baccalaureate degree plus six years of professional level social services experience, three years of which must have been at the supervisory level in Child Support Enforcement, Child Welfare or Economic Stability programs.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.Graduate training with eighteen semester hours in one or any combination of the following fields will substitute for a maximum of one year of the general experience on the basis of thirty semester hours for one year of experience: counseling; social work; psychology; economics; business, public, or health administration.A master's 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.Graduate training and degrees will substitute for a maximum of two years of the required general experience.NOTE:Any college hours or degree must be from an accredited college or university.NOTE:Economic Stability experience refers to work related to programs designed to assist families with needs such as food, cash, child care or medical care includes work with programs such as but not limited to Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP - formerly Food Stamps), Kinship Care Subsidy Program (KCSP), Child Care Assistance Program (CCAP), Strategies to Empower People (STEP), the Family Independence Temporary Assistance Program (FITAP) and Medicare.Job ConceptsFUNCTION OF WORK:To direct social service operation activities for a region as defined by the Department of Children and Family Services.LEVEL OF WORK:Manager.SUPERVISION RECEIVED:Broad from a DCFS Regional Administrator or higher-level personnel.SUPERVISION EXERCISED:Direct over Child Welfare, Economic Stability, or Child Support Enforcement Managers 1. May supervise equivalent or lower-level staff.LOCATION OF WORK:Department of Children and Family Services.JOB DISTINCTIONS:Differs from Child Welfare, Economic Stability and Child Support Enforcement Managers 1 by the presence of responsibility for a region.Differs from DCFS Regional Administrator by the absence of responsibility for the management of multiple DCFS regions.Examples of WorkEXAMPLES OF WORK:EXAMPLES BELOW ARE A BRIEF SAMPLE OF COMMON DUTIES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS JOB TITLE. NOT ALL POSSIBLE TASKS ARE INCLUDED.Provides guidance and oversight to program operations managers in assigned service area(s) to ensure that all programs are properly administered.Analyzes and assesses the effectiveness of all programs to ensure that identified outcome measures are achieved. Provides consultation and technical assistance to operations managers and other regional staff in meeting program requirements and addressing corrective actions.Implements actions necessary in handling extremely sensitive issues and/or cases.Coordinates all program functions with headquarters and geographic region.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 leaveMore information can be found athttps://www.civilservice.louisiana.gov/Parental-Leave/Default.aspxHolidays and Leave – State employees receive the following paid holidays each year:
New Year's Day
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day,
Mardi Gras,
Good Friday,
Memorial Day,
Independence Day,
Labor Day,
Veteran's Day,
Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day.
Additional holidays may be proclaimed by the GovernorState 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
Teacher's Retirement System of Louisiana (www.trsl.org),
Louisiana School Employees Retirement System (www.lsers.net), among others
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Are you a current permanent DCFS employee?
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