Supervising Court Investigator

Military, Veterans and Diverse Job Seekers; Orange (CA); On-site; USD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Military, Veterans and Diverse Job Seekers is seeking a Supervising Court Investigator to lead a unit of investigators in California. The role includes setting goals, supervising staff, and ensuring high-quality casework and timely reporting to the Court.

The position requires a Bachelor's degree in science or arts and at least two years of supervisory experience or five years of investigative work with supervisory responsibilities.

Qualifications

• Two years full-time experience in a classification comparable to or higher than a Court Investigator or five years full-time experience performing casework/investigations in a legal, financial, law enforcement or social services setting.

Responsibilities

• Establishes unit goals and priorities; assigns, reviews, and evaluates work; participates in employee selection, development and evaluation; provides coaching to enhance performance.
• Oversees daily workload of investigators and ensures quality and accuracy of their work.
• Maintains professional knowledge; plans and monitors staff training; stays abreast of Probate Code changes impacting the department.
• Reviews sensitive or complicated cases; conducts investigations and approves summaries; conducts staff meetings and consults with judicial officers and court users.
• Acts as liaison with relevant agencies to improve efficiency and services.
• Provides information on conservatorship and guardianship proceedings; investigates facts and conditions; prepares reports with recommendations to the Court; ensures timely completion of reports.

Education

Bachelor's degree in science or arts

Job description

About the job Supervising Court Investigator

Examples of Duties

Duties may include but are not limited to the following:

• Establishes unit goals and priorities, assigns, reviews, and evaluates work; recommends action on personnel matters such as merit increases, promotions, and disciplinary actions; participates in employee selection, development and evaluation; reviews employees' work to ensure quality and accuracy; provides ongoing feedback and coaching to enhance performance; keeps staff informed of policy and procedures within the department as well as court-wide; and oversees the daily workload of investigators
• Maintains professional and technical knowledge for self and the unit; plans, implements, and monitors training and cross-training for staff; attends ongoing training in the field of conservatorships, guardianships; stays abreast of changes in the Probate Code that impact the department; and attends ongoing training in the area of supervision and management of others and in court technology as needed
• Contributes to team effort by providing direction to staff and/or personally reviewing, evaluating and resolving the most sensitive, unusual, and/or complicated cases; conducts special investigations of individuals and organizations on complex issues; reviews and approves summaries of interviews and investigations results; holds regular staff meetings to impart information; and consults with judicial officers, management, staff and court users, as appropriate
• Enhances program effectiveness by acting as a liaison with relevant agencies and implementing changes that improve efficiency and/or services to the program
• Provides information on the nature of conservatorship and guardianship proceedings to families, general public, attorneys and all court clients; reviews power of attorney problems; investigates and determines facts and conditions surrounding cases including environment and suitability of parties in guardianship matters interviews parties and reviews files prior to preparing a report with recommendations to the Court; ensures timelines for completing reports are met

Education and Experience

Bachelors of Arts or Bachelors of Science degree from an accredited educational institution in science, social science, behavioral science, liberal arts, or nursing - AND - two (2) years full-time (or equivalent) experience in a classification comparable to or higher than a Court Investigator OR five (5) years full-time (or equivalent) experience performing casework or investigations in a legal, financial, law enforcement or social services setting AND at least two (2) of the five (5) years must be supervisory experience. Note: To receive educational credit, a copy of your college official transcripts must be included with your application.

Desirable Qualification

Experience with work in social services.