CPS Family Based Safety Services Worker

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

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Retirement plans

Paid vacations and holidays

Dental, vision, and life insurance

Flexible spending accounts

Employee discounts

Job summary

Texas Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS) is seeking a CPS Family Based Safety Services Worker in Corpus Christi. The role focuses on in-home, family-centered safety interventions and collaboration with community partners to protect children from abuse and neglect.

Newly hired employees with a Master's Degree in Social Work may qualify for an increase at hire. The position offers comprehensive state benefits and a regular daytime schedule.

Qualifications

• Experience in crisis response and in-home services to protect children.
• Ability to identify resources and coordinate with community supports.
• Strong documentation and communication skills with families and agencies.

Responsibilities

• Responds quickly in crisis situations.
• Provide time-limited in-home services to families.
• Assess child safety and take actions to protect the child.
• Maintain records and complete required forms.
• Collaborate with law enforcement, judicial, medical and community resources.

Skills

Crisis intervention

In-home services

Documentation

Communication with families

Education

Master's Degree in Social Work

Job description

Career Opportunities: CPS Family Based Safety Services Worker (22652)

Posting ID22652-Posted10/22/2026-Dept of Family & Protectve Svc-Region 11 CPS Dir Del - IFBSS-Protective Services-Not Eligible for Telework- Other Locations (2) - Additional Shifts available (1) -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.

What You Get Beyond Your Paycheck

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 Family Based Safety Services Worker

Job Title: CPS FBSS Spec I

Agency: Dept of Family & Protectve Svc

Department: Region 11 CPS Dir Del - IFBSS

Posting Number: 22652

Closing Date: 11/05/2026

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: Days (First)

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: CORPUS CHRISTI

Job Location Address: 4201 GREENWOOD DR

Other Locations: Corpus Christi; Alice

MOS Codes: 0149,5805,5821,5822,5832,14N,14NX,183X,1N0X1,230X,311A,31D,351L,351M,35L,35M,42SX,43HX,4C0X1,4E0X1
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Brief Job Description:

After a family has been investigated, a Family Based Safety Services (FBSS) worker helps them make changes to protect their children from abuse and neglect and keep them safe at home. This involves providing services offered by the agency, the family's community, and their extended families.

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:

You will also have access to a self-assessment that will help you determine if this type of work is something that is a good fit for you.

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):

• Responds quickly in crisis situations.
• Provides time limited in-home services to meet the specific needs of families by identifying insufficient protective capacities, developing treatment plans, and using appropriate and necessary resources to minimize risk and provide for safety of the child; and maintains contact with parents and children to achieve treatment goals.
• Assesses child safety and takes the necessary actions to protect the child as appropriate. This could include removing a child from their family.
• Interacts objectively with "caretakers" who have abused and/or neglected children in their care.
• Discusses issues with families related, but not limited to income, money management, and personal relationships that they will probably consider personal and private.
• Encounters family members who are angry and/or scared.
• Helps identify resources and community support available to the family.
• Assists parents to recognize behaviors that lead to child abuse and/or neglect and empower parents to identify ways to make the necessary behavioral changes.
• Determines action to be taken to remove or to reduce an immediate threat to the safety of a child to include working with families to identify family members who can assist with keeping the child safe, testifying in court to seek emergency protective services, placing children in substitute care, referring family for immediate crisis intervention therapy or other community resources.
• Gather family and kinship information to support the child in a placement, should the child be placed in DFPS custody.
• Documents all relevant and appropriate information gathered during the investigation and completing all required forms accurately and in a timely manner.
• Works flexible work hours beyond 8a.m.-5p.m., Monday - Friday.
• Maintains a balance of objectivity and empathic understanding when engaging families living in stressful and crisis situations.
• Develops and maintains effective working relationships with law enforcement officials, judicial officials, legal resources, medical professionals, and other community resources.
• Attends and participates in trainings, meetings and staffings.
• Performs other duties as assigned and required to maintain unit operations.
• Promotes and demonstrates appropriate respect for cultural diversity and competency among coworkers and all work-related contacts.
• Attends work regularly in accordance with agency leave policy.

Knowledge, Skills and Ab