CFWS Social Service Specialist 3 (SSS3)

Benefits, Questions, Description, Our vision is to ensure that “Washington state’s children and youth grow up safe and healthy— thriving physically, emotionally, and academically, nurtured by family and community.

• Perform assessments, deliver services, and conduct inclusive permanency planning for immediate family, extended family, kin, and children
• Assess the need for out-of-home placement, and work with the family to find the strongest placement
• Provide psychosocial summaries, home studies, and other appropriate correspondence to outside agencies
• Provide case management services to facilitate out-of-home placements and review the need for continued out-of-home care
• Supervise and place as necessary, dependent children (abused, neglected, and abandoned) in foster or other approved placements
• Prepare and document cases for court proceedings
• Prepare and present written and oral testimony for court proceedings
• Utilize FAMLINK to document case activities and maintain case records

• Six (6) years of paid social service experience
• 30 semester or 45 quarter credits in a Social Service discipline
• Bachelor’s degree in social services, human services, behavioral sciences, or any degree that includes 30 semester or 45 quarter credits in a Social Service discipline
• Two (2) years of paid social service experience
• Master’s degree in social services, human services, behavioral sciences, or any degree which includes 30 semester or 45 quarter credits in a Social Service discipline
• One (1) year of experience as a Social Service Specialist 2
• Commitment to equity, inclusion, and respectful workplace principles

• Benefits
• 10% assignment pay
• Medical, dental, and basic life insurance
• Basic life and long-term disability insurance
• Flexible spending account for healthcare expenses
• Dependent care assistance
• Auto, boat, home, and renter insurance
• Employee Assistance Program
• Retirement and Deferred Compensation
• Social Security
• Public Service Loan Forgiveness
• Paid holidays and one paid personal holiday per calendar year
• Sick leave
• Vacation (Annual Leave)
• Military Leave
• Bereavement Leave
• Additional Leave

The Department of Children, Youth, and Families (DCYF) is committed to Washington’s children and youth growing up safe, healthy, and thriving.