CPS Conservatorship Worker

Department-of-Family-and-Protective-Services; Brenham (TX); On-site; USD 42,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Retirement plans

Vacation & sick leave

Dental/vision insurance

Flexible spending accounts

Employee discounts

Job summary

Texas Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS) in Brenham, TX is seeking a CPS Conservatorship Worker. The role involves managing cases after removals, ensuring child safety, arranging services, and coordinating with families to achieve permanent placements.

Newly hired Master’s in Social Work graduates may qualify for increased pay at hire. DFPS offers a certification program and comprehensive benefits, with a focus on professional development and public service for children and

Qualifications

• Master's in Social Work may qualify for higher start at hire.
• Experience in CPS or child welfare is preferred.
• Strong written and verbal communication required.

Responsibilities

• Receives cases from investigators after children are removed and placed in CPS conservatorship.
• Assesses each child’s needs and arranges referrals for services and evaluations.
• Plans with families and community partners for permanency outcomes.
• Identifies kinship or foster resources and completes home studies.
• Meet with parents to assess risk and safety, guiding progress toward permanency.
• Collaborates with a Placement Team for timely placements and supports.
• Visits children monthly to discuss safety, needs, and progress.
• Attends court hearings, prepares reports, and testifies when required.
• Maintains case records with narratives and forms for ongoing accountability.
• Fosters relationships with law enforcement, attorneys, and courts.

Skills

Case management

Communication

Team collaboration

Education

Master's Degree in Social Work

Job description

Posting ID21687-Posted09/18/2026-Dept of Family & Protectve Svc-Region 7 CPS Dir Del - CVS-Protective Services-Not Eligible for Telework-b. $3000 - $4999 per month

The Texas Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS) works to build on strengths of families and communities to keep children and vulnerable adults safe, so they thrive. We do this through investigations, services, and referrals.

When you join the State of Texas, your monthly paycheck is just one part of your real income. Our benefits provide extra value that many private employers simply don’t match—often adding hundreds of dollars each month to what you take home or save.

Here’s what you get as a full-time employee:

• 100% paid health insurance for you, and 50% paid for eligible family members—saving you hundreds every month in out-of-pocket medical costs
• Retirement plans with lifetime monthly payments after five years of state service, plus options to save even more with 401(k) and 457 plans
• Paid vacation, holidays, and sick leave so you can recharge and take care of life outside work (that’s time off you’re actually paid for)
• Optional dental, vision, and life insurance —at rates much lower than most private plans
• Flexible spending accounts for added tax savings on health and dependent care
• Employee discounts on things like gym memberships, electronics, and entertainment

Functional Title: CPS Conservatorship Worker
Job Title: CPS CVS Spec I
Agency: Dept of Family & Protectve Svc
Department: Region 7 CPS Dir Del - CVS
Posting Number:21687
Closing Date:10/18/2026
Posting Audience:Internal and External
Occupational Category:Protective Services
Salary Range: $3,816.65-$5,372.41
Pay Frequency: Monthly
Salary Group: TEXAS-B-17
Shift: Day
Additional Shift:None
Telework:Not Eligible for Telework
Travel: Up to 85%
Regular/Temporary:Regular
Full Time/Part Time:Full time
FLSA Exempt/Non-Exempt:Nonexempt
Facility Location:
Job Location City:BRENHAM
Job Location Address:2248 S MARKET ST
Other Locations:None
MOS Codes: 0149,5805,5821,5822,5832,14N,14NX,183X,1N0X1,230X,311A,31D,351L,351M,35L,35M,42SX,43HX,4C0X1,4E0X1,5IX,683X,68X,71SX,73A,783X,HM,INV,IS,ISS,IV,MST,NC,OAP12

Brief Job Description

Whenever a child must be removed from their home, Texas courts appoint Child Protective Services (CPS) to serve as a "Conservator" of the child. Conservatorship Specialists are a specific type of caseworker legally responsible for a child's welfare whenever they are removed from their home and monitors children's care while in CPS conservatorship. They work closely with parents, extended family, and legal parties to help children find a permanent, safe place to live.
Newly hired employees holding a Master's Degree in Social Worker may qualify for an increase at the point of hire.
HELP US MAKE A DIFFERENCE:

DFPS is committed to its employees' professional development and ongoing success, and offers the DFPS Certification Program to enhance skills and advance careers within our organization. The program is tailored specifically for DFPS employees, provides the opportunity to earn additional compensation through a supportive learning environment that fosters growth and innovation, and equips participants with the knowledge and skills needed to deepen their expertise in their respective role.

Essential Job Functions (EJFs)

• 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. Ensures all services are focused on achieving positive permanency.
• 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.
• Searching for potential kinship providers throughout the case. Completing home studies of a child's family members or family friends (kinship providers) who might care for the child.
• Meets with the parents to assess risk and safety issues, identify behavior changes necessary to achieve child safety, referring parents to appropriate services to address the identified needs to move towards positive permanency. Discusses with parents their progress towards making changes to behaviors that pose dangers to their child(ren).
• Meets with children, parents, family friends, or foster homes in public as well as in their own homes.
• Collaborates with a Placement Team, including Kinship staff, for placements, as needed.
• Participates in meetings and conferences at times and places convenient for the family members as well as everyone involved in the case.
• Visits children monthly to assess the child’s feeling of safety in their current home, to plan for permanency, and to discuss their needs, wishes, and progress while in care
• Attends and participates in court hearings about the child and family. This includes contacting the parties in the case before hearings, preparing court reports, and testifying in court on the child’s needs, the family’s progress, and the department’s efforts to achieve permanency for the child.
• Keeps the child’s, parents, caregivers, court-appointed attorney and guardian ad litem(s) informed about the child’s circumstances and significant events.
• Works with the department's attorney to prepare for contested-court hearings and trials.
• Works with kinship caregivers and foster parents to ensure that they have what they need to care for the child or youth placed with them i.e., keeping them informed about developments in the case, returning phone calls, and in some areas of the state being available 24 hours a day / 7 days a week at certain times.
• Transitions children home during reunification services and provides support to the family until the legal case is closed.
• Supervises adoptive placements until the adoption is final or until the case is transferred to an adoption caseworker.
• Using effective time-management skills to make sure all key tasks are done.
• Documents case records by completing forms, narratives, and reports to form a written record for each client.
• Develops and maintains effective working relationships between Child Protective Services staff and law enforcement officials, judicial officials, legal resources,