CPS Family Based Safety Services Worker - Alternate Work Schedule: Mon-Thurs; 8AM-7PM

FALL CREEK FARM & NURSERY; Taylor (TX); On-site; USD 43,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Texas Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS) seeks a CPS Family Based Safety Services Worker in Taylor, TX, with an alternate Mon-Thurs 8AM-7PM schedule. This full-time role involves protecting children through in-home services, safety assessments, and collaboration with families and communities.

Newly hired Master’s in Social Work holders may receive higher starting pay. Benefits include comprehensive health insurance, retirement plans, paid time off, and additional options like

Qualifications

• Newly hired employees holding a Master's Degree in Social Work may qualify for an increase at the point of hire.

Responsibilities

• Responds quickly in crisis situations and provides time-limited in-home services to meet families' needs.
• Assesses child safety and takes necessary actions to protect the child, including removal when appropriate.
• Interacts objectively with caregivers who have harmed children and discusses related financial and personal issues.
• Helps identify resources and community support available to the family and develop treatment plans.
• Assists parents to recognize behaviors that lead to child abuse or neglect and promotes behavioral change.
• Determines actions to remove or reduce immediate threats to a child's safety and may testify in court.

Education

Master's Degree in Social Work

Job description

Career Opportunities: CPS Family Based Safety Services Worker - Alternate Work Schedule: Mon-Thurs; 8AM-7PM (21762)

Posting ID21762-Posted09/22/2026-Dept of Family & Protectve Svc-Region 7 CPS Dir Del - FBSS-Protective Services-Not Eligible for Telework- Other Locations (1) - 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 - Alternate Work Schedule: Mon-Thurs; 8AM-7PM
Job Title: CPS FBSS Spec I
Agency: Dept of Family & Protectve Svc
Department: Region 7 CPS Dir Del - FBSS
Posting Number: 21762
Closing Date: 10/06/2026
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: TAYLOR
Job Location Address: 202 HIGHLAND DR
Other Locations: Austin
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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***ALTERNATE WORK SCHEDULE: MON-THURS; 8AM-7PM.***

Functional Title

CPS Family Based Safety Services Worker -

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:

To explore more of what CPS Family Based Safety Services Workers do, click here .

For a realistic job preview of this position and to learn more DFPS, please click here . 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.