SOCIAL SERVICES ANALYST 1 (CHILD WELFARE TEAM SPECIALIST) Print (https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/louisiana/jobs/newprint/4834711) Apply  SOCIAL SERVICES ANALYST 1 (CHILD WELFARE TEAM SPECIALIST) Salary $2,784.00 - $5,009.00 Monthly Location DeRidder, LA Job Type Classified Job Number 205854/SSABEAUCW021425KS Department DCFS-Department of Children and Family Services Opening Date 02/17/2025 Closing Date 2/22/2025 11:59 PM Central + Description + Benefits + Questions Supplemental Information This vacancy is located in the Beauregard Parish Child Welfare Office in DeRidder, La. The Department of Children and Family Services is seeking an employee eager to support the safe and successful outcomes for children and families. This applicant has a wonderful opportunity to gain significant work experience in a rewarding job with Child Welfare. The applicant would serve as a professional administrative support to the child welfare case worker. Additionally, duties of this position will require contact with children and/or agency clientele. The applicant is not required to have a background in the Child Welfare field but should possess genuine care, compassion and concern for supporting the mission of keeping children safe while helping families become self-sufficient. Preference may be given to applicants who possess the following skills, abilities and/or characteristics: + Team oriented - willing to work in and support a team of approximately 5 people + Time management and organizational skills + Computer experience + Ability to accept training and constructive direction from authority + Good oral and written communication skills. Schedule flexibility – this position may require some extended hours Selected Core Competencies: + Displaying Expertise: The ability to exhibit specialized skills or knowledge gained from experience or training + Driving Results: The ability to identify important goals and work to achieve them. + Focusing on Customers: The ability to serve the needs of those who support and/or rely on the services provided. + Following Policies and Procedures: The ability to comply with policies and procedures of the organization as well as State Civil Service rules, and all applicable federal and state laws. + Learning Actively: The ability to acquire necessary knowledge and skills to improve performance and achieve organizational goals. + Making Accurate Judgments: The ability to form an opinion objectively and decisively based on relevant information and in accordance with established standards. + Managing Resources: The ability to ensure resources such as time, money, and people are utilized appropriately to result in maximum business value. + Thinking Critically: The ability to generate ideas, manipulate ideas, and make unconventional connections to develop original approaches. Selected Preferred Competencies: None NECESSARY SPECIAL REQUIREMENT: A valid driver's license and access to a personal vehicle In accordance with La. R.S. 46:51.2 the department shall conduct a State Central Registry (SCR) check for a potential employee of the department to determine whether or not said individual's name appears on a SCR subsequent to December 31, 2009, and whose duties include: investigations of child abuse or neglect, supervisory or disciplinary authority over children, direct care to a child, or performance of licensing surveys. In accordance with state laws, selected candidates must pass the following checks before any final job offer will be made: Drug Test, Criminal Background, State Central This position may be filled as a probational appointment or a job appointment that may last up to 48 months. Job appointments may convert to probational appointments. Also, it may be filled as a detail and promoted within 12 months. Youmustinclude all relevant education and experience on your official State application. Resumes cannot be submitted in lieu of completing an application. The duties that you describe in the Work Experience section of your application will be reviewed by State Civil Service as part of the process in determining if you meet the minimum qualifications for this job. Your experienceWILL NOTbe evaluated based on the job title alone. You must describe your actual duties. If you are a current employee of the State of Louisiana it is important that you indicate in the “Duties” section for each jobthe specific programs that you worked in to receive credit for that experience. List all prior employment. Work experience left off of your electronic application or only included in an attached resume will not be credited. Resumes WILL NOT be accepted in lieu of completed education and experience sections on your application. Incomplete applications will not be considered. Applicants qualifying based on college training or receipt of a baccalaureate degree will be required to submit an official college transcript to verify credentials claimed prior to appointment. Please make every effort to attach a copy of your transcript to your application. The transcripts can be added as an attachment to your online application.The selected candidate will be required to submit original documentation upon hire. No Civil Service test is required to be considered for this vacancy. To apply for this vacancy, click on the "Apply" link above and complete an electronic application, which can be used for this vacancy as well as future job opportunities. Applicants are responsible for checking the status of their application to determine where they are in the recruitment process. Further status message information is located under the Information section of the Current Job Opportunities page. DCFS is an "Equal Opportunity Employer" and Louisiana is a "State as a Model Employer for People with Disabilities" For further information about this vacancy contact: Katherine.Siverand.DCFS@LA.GOV Minimum Qualifications MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: Three years of experience in social services; OR Six years of full-time experience in any field; OR A bachelor's degree. EXPERIENCE SUBSTITUTION: Every 30 semester hours earned from an accredited college or university will be credited as one year of experience towards the six years of full-time work experience in any field. The maximum substitution allowed is 120 semester hours which substitutes for a maximum of four years of experience in any field. Job Concepts FUNCTION OF WORK: To assess, evaluate, and provide social services that are administered by the Department of Children and Family Services. LEVEL OF WORK: Entry. SUPERVISION RECEIVED: Close from a higher level supervisory or managerial position. SUPERVISION EXERCISED: None. LOCATION OF WORK: Department of Children and Family Services. JOB DISTINCTIONS: Differs from the Social Services Analyst 2 by the presence of less independence and complexity of work. Examples of Work EXAMPLES BELOW ARE A BRIEF SAMPLE OF COMMON DUTIES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS JOB TITLE. NOT ALL POSSIBLE TASKS ARE INCLUDED. Under close supervision, the entry level Social Services Analyst learns to perform the following duties: Interprets and applies complex federal, state and local laws and regulations, program directives, and agency policies and procedures. Interviews clients/applicants to obtain information, assess employment and educational history, work abilities, and training interests in order to determine the support services needed. Serves as case manager for assigned caseload by recording findings, recommendations and services provided; completes case record forms and any necessary correspondence in connection with assigned cases. Explains program to applicants and discusses its rules and procedures, assesses clients' willingness and ability to comply with program mandates, identifies barriers to participation, and selects resources to eliminate barriers. Monitors program participation to determine compliance and takes appropriate action to ensure that participants fulfill program obligations. May assist with representing the agency on client appeals and appeal hearings by compiling the Summary of Evidence and other agency documentation. Performs investigative and enforcement function of child support cases in the areas of intake services, absent parent location, collection of payments, and probation services regarding criminal neglect of family cases. Assesses financial resources to determine an absent parent's ability to provide support. Monitors all support payment activity on assigned cases and follows up on delinquent payments. Prepares and submits appropriate documents for court proceedings and serves as court liaison for the agency in coordination of docket scheduling, affidavit completion, case testimony, judicial reviews, etc Makes field contact which includes probation supervision, serving of notices, orders, subpoenas, and writs. May issue warrants and makes arrests. Adjudicates disability claims filed under the Social Security Disability and Supplemental Security Income Program. Reviews disability applications to determine appropriate sources of medical, psychological, vocational, and social information to document the claimant's disability or non-disability. Confers with medical professionals on determination of disability and need for medical appliances. Prepares an assessment to determine the claimant's ability to function by applying a multiple step sequential evaluation process to identify the claimant's capability to perform work activity. Conducts Claimant Conferences to fully explain the disability process to claimant. Assesses program eligibility for children placed in the care and/or custody of the Department of Children and Family Services, special needs children who have been adopted and are receiving subsidies, and certain juveniles who are in the custody of the Department of Public Safety and Corrections. Reviews court orders and other documents to assure that reasonable efforts were made to prevent children from coming into state custody. Louisiana State Government represents a wide variety of career options and offers an outstanding opportunity tomake a differencethrough public service. With an array of career opportunities in every major metropolitan center and in many rural areas, state employment provides an outstanding option to begin or continue your career. As a state employee, you will earn competitive pay, choose from a variety of benefits, and have access to a great professional development program: Insurance Coverage More information can be found at https://info.groupbenefits.org/ Parental Leave– Up to six weeks paid parental leave More information can be found athttps://www.civilservice.louisiana.gov/Parental-Leave/Default.aspx Holidays and Leave – State employees receive the following paid holidays each year: + New Year's Day + Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, + Mardi Gras, + Good Friday, + Memorial Day, + Independence Day, + Labor Day, + Veteran's Day, + Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day. ***** Additional holidays may be proclaimed by the Governor State employees earn sick and annual leave which can be accumulated and saved for future use. Your accrual rate increases as your years of service increase. Retirement – State of Louisiana employees are eligible to participate in various retirement systems (based on the type of appointment and agency for which an employee works). These retirement systems provide retirement allowances and other benefits for state officers and employees and their beneficiaries. State retirement systems may include (but are not limited to): + Louisiana State Employees Retirement System (www.lasersonline.org). LASERS has provided this video (https://lasersonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Your\_Retirement\_System.mp4) to give you more detailed information about their system + Teacher's Retirement System of Louisiana (www.trsl.org), + Louisiana School Employees Retirement System (www.lsers.net), among others 01 Do you have any current or previous Child Welfare experience? + Yes + No 02 If you answered "Yes" to the previous question, please describe your Child Welfare experience in detail. If you answered "No" to the previous question, please list "N/A". 03 In your current or previous position(s), have you provided any direct administrative support to an individual, team, and/or department? 04 If you answered "Yes" to the previous question, please describe your administrative experience in detail. If you answered "No" to the previous question, please list "N/A". 05 Please describe your experience with Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, Outlook). 06 Have you ever been on probation or sentenced to jail/prison as a result of a felony conviction or guilty plea to a felony charge? + Yes + No 07 If "Yes", give the law enforcement authority (city, police, sheriff, FBI, etc.), the offense, place, and disposition of case. If "No", type "N/A". 08 FC: Rate your ability to focus on customers based on our definition: The ability to serve the needs of those who support and/or rely on the services provided. + 1= I have no experience and/or am uncomfortable focusing on customers + 2= I have limited experience or require assistance to focus on customers + 3= I can focus on customers + 4= I can focus on customers and help others improve their ability to focus on customers 09 FC: Explain your rating by providing specific and relevant examples in the box below. 10 FPP: Rate your ability to follow policies and procedures based on our definition: The ability to comply with policies and procedures of the organization as well as State Civil Service rules, and all applicable federal and state laws. + 1= I have no experience and/or am uncomfortable following policies and procedures + 2= I have limited experience or require assistance to follow policies and procedures + 3= I can follow policies and procedures + 4= I can follow policies and procedures and help others improve their ability to follow policies and procedures 11 FPP: Explain your rating by providing specific and relevant examples in the box below. 12 MAJ: Rate your ability to make accurate judgments based on our definition: The ability to form an opinion objectively and decisively based on relevant information and in accordance with established standards. + 1= I have no experience and/or am uncomfortable making accurate judgments + 2= I have limited experience or require assistance to make accurate judgments + 3= I can make accurate judgments + 4= I can make accurate judgments and help others improve their ability to make accurate judgments 13 MAJ: Explain your rating by providing specific and relevant examples in the box below. 14 TCr: Rate your ability to think critically based on our definition: The ability to objectively question, analyze, interpret, and evaluate information to form a conclusion. + 1= I have no experience and/or am uncomfortable thinking critically + 2= I have limited experience or require assistance to think critically + 3= I can think critically + 4= I can think critically and help others improve their ability to think critically 15 TCr: Explain your rating by providing specific and relevant examples in the box below. 16 DE: Rate your ability to display expertise based on our definition: The ability to exhibit specialized skills or knowledge gained from experience or training. + 1= I have no experience and/or am uncomfortable displaying expertise + 2= I have limited experience or require assistance to display expertise + 3= I can display expertise + 4= I can display expertise and help others improve their ability to display expertise 17 DE: Explain your rating by providing specific and relevant examples in the box below. 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