Entry-Level Child Support Caseworker: Launch Your Impact

State-of-West-Virgini; West Virginia; On-site; USD 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

Bureau for Child Support Enforcement in West Virginia is seeking an entry-level Caseworker to support child support enforcement efforts. You will receive formal classroom and on-the-job training, advance from initial duties to independent caseload management, and perform routine case processing and customer service tasks in Marion County.

The role emphasizes learning state and federal laws, locating parents and income sources, and preparing case files for attorneys, with a strong focus on

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university.
• Successful completion of a paralegal or legal secretarial training program may substitute for two (2) years of the required training.
• Or experience in a legal setting which required performing legal research, reading and interpreting laws, preparing legal documents and assisting in the preparation and assessment of case files under the supervision of an attorney.
• Or in debt collections, credit investigations, criminal investigations, law enforcement, accounting, or auditing.
• Or as an Economic Service Worker or Family Support Specialist.
• Any combination thereof may substitute for the required training at a rate of one (1) year of experience for every thirty (30) semester hours of training.

Responsibilities

• Perform entry-level child support case work in processing cases through location, case development, initial notice to non-custodial parents regarding obligation and enforcement involvement.
• Learn to manage a caseload in child support enforcement under supervision.
• Locate parents, assets and sources of income; calculate the child support formula.
• Prepare case files for the BCSE Attorney and respond to customer service inquiries.
• Compose routine correspondence and maintain confidentiality information.

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Paralegal training substitution

Legal research experience substitution

Debt collections/credit investigations substitution

Economic Service Worker/Family Support Specialist substitution

Job description

Bureau for Child Support Enforcement in West Virginia is seeking an entry-level Caseworker to support child support enforcement efforts. You will receive formal classroom and on-the-job training, advance from initial duties to independent caseload management, and perform routine case processing and customer service tasks in Marion County.

The role emphasizes learning state and federal laws, locating parents and income sources, and preparing case files for attorneys, with a strong focus on