CPS Conservatorship Specialist – Field Casework (Travel)

Department-of-Family-and-Protective-Services; Bellville (TX); On-site; USD 43,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

100% paid health insurance

Retirement plans

Paid vacation, holidays, and sickleave

Optional dental, vision, and life ins.

Flexible spending accounts

Employee discounts

Job summary

Texas Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS) is hiring CPS Conservatorship Workers to manage cases where children are removed from their homes and placed in CPS conservatorship.

Conservatorship Workers coordinate with families, courts, and agencies to secure permanency and safe living arrangements for children, with opportunities for career progression and a strong state benefits package.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of child development
• Knowledge of family dynamics
• Skill in effective verbal and written communication
• Skill in establishing and maintaining effective working relationships
• Skill in problem solving techniques
• Ability to operate a personal computer
• Ability to travel and attend child and family visits as well as other work related appointments and meetings after 5pm
• Ability to be on call on a rotating basis and work irregular hours

Responsibilities

• Receives cases from investigators after children are removed from their homes, placed in CPS conservatorship, and placed in care outside their homes.
• Determines each child’s needs and ensuring that appropriate referrals for testing, evaluations, records, or further assessments are made.
• Working with children, families, and communities to plan for a child's permanency.
• Identifying potential permanency resources for the child through ongoing contact with parents, family members, and other individuals the child and family identify as important to them.

Education

Bachelor's degree in Social Work, Criminal Justice, Psychology, Human Development and Family Studies, Education, or Public Health

Job description

Texas Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS) is hiring CPS Conservatorship Workers to manage cases where children are removed from their homes and placed in CPS conservatorship.

Conservatorship Workers coordinate with families, courts, and agencies to secure permanency and safe living arrangements for children, with opportunities for career progression and a strong state benefits package.