Child Support Lead Worker

Fergusfalls; California (MO); On-site; USD 52,000 - 78,000; Full time

Job summary

Otter Tail County’s Human Services Department is now accepting applications for a Child Support Lead Worker. Under general supervision, you will act as lead for the Child Support team, provide training and onboarding support to staff, and handle complex drafting and review of child support actions for the County Attorney’s office.

You will also review colleagues’ work, manage a specialized caseload including child support, conflict, and paternity cases, and help implement unit and agency goals

Qualifications

• Provides training and onboarding support to Child Support staff.
• Drafts and reviews child support actions for the County Attorney’s office.
• Prepares and submits legal recommendations in private actions to the district court.
• Reviews the work of other Child Support staff.
• Carries a specialized caseload of child support, conflict, and paternity cases.
• Establishes collaborative relationships to support unit and agency goals.

Responsibilities

• Lead worker for the Child Support team under general supervision.
• Provide training and onboarding support to staff.
• Draft and review child support actions for submission to the County Attorney’s office.
• Prepare and submit legal recommendations to the district court.
• Review the work of other Child Support staff and manage a specialized caseload.

Job description

Otter Tail County is now accepting applications for a Child Support Lead Worker with the Human Services Department.

Under general supervision, acts as lead worker for the Child Support team; provides training and onboarding support to Child Support staff; performs complex work in the drafting and review of child support actions to the County Attorney's office; prepares and submits legal recommendations in private actions for submission directly to the district court; reviews the work of other Child Support staff in the agency; and performs intermediate administrative and paraprofessional related work and other related work as apparent or assigned. This position also carries a specialized caseload of child support, conflict, and paternity cases. Incumbents are expected to establish collaborative relationships, participate with and assist with the implementation of unit and agency goals, policies and procedures so that optimum client services can be efficiently provided based on resources available to the agency.

Applications for this position will be accepted until 4:30pm on September 9th, 2026

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