Child Welfare Specialist V - Resource Family Staff

This position is located in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

Child Welfare Specialist V - H23E

Annual Salary: $58,847.88 + Full State Employee Benefits

Applicants who possess a Master's Degree in Social Work will be entitled to a salary incentive of an additional 5%.

Travel is extensive.  Must possess a valid driver's license and maintain required car insurance.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Masters Degree plus two years of experience as a Child Welfare Specialist
• OR a Bachelors Degree plus three years of experience as a Child Welfare Specialist
• OR Four years of experience as a Child Welfare Specialist

Job Responsibilities

• Resource Family staff provides day-to-day operations, planning, and oversight of foster care and adoption activities. This includes maintenance of all foster, kinship, and adoptive families.
• Leadership level that provides direct supervision to a unit of lower-level Child Welfare Specialists.
• As a direct supervisor, will interview and select child welfare services staff; maintain personnel records and complete performance evaluations; train new staff, perform case reviews and develop and administer in-services training programs.
• Position includes close coordination and consultation with other Child Welfare Supervisors and District Directors regarding appropriate case actions and referrals, auditing and tracking of referrals with providers to ensure and verify the delivery of contractual services.

If you have questions, please contact [email protected]

OKDHS is a Fair Chance Employer.

This is a position in the Oklahoma Civil Service.

Announcement Number: 26-BC082

83012680/JR58684