CPS Social Service Specialist 4 (SSS4) - Parkland

Benefits, Questions, Description

• Serves as the lead worker assigned to the most complex cases
• Provides on-the-job training, mentoring, feedback, coaching, and consultation to staff
• Serves as a lead position over Social Service Specialists and Social Service Support Specialists
• In conjunction with the supervisor, assigns work, reviews work for efficacy, uses data to identify trends, and reviews case actions for accuracy
• Provides feedback and reporting to the supervisor on employees' performance and training needs
• Provides coverage of assigned caseloads in the absence of a Social Service Specialist
• Prepares and provides testimony at administrative hearings, court proceedings, and criminal, civil, and administrative proceedings
• Refers, coordinates, and monitors the delivery of services
• Provides goal-directed, task-centered, and time-limited crisis intervention to children and families
• Utilizes shared planning activities to obtain input from others to develop and coordinate collaborative case plans
• Trains, coaches, and supports Social Service Specialists in preparing court reports, court testimony, hearings, and proceedings
• Provides staff with guidance and training on caseload and time management, case actions, appropriate assessment, and intervention techniques
• Provides staff with guidance and training on applying the Safety Framework and Structured Decision-Making process to assess risk and safety through the life of a case
• Places dependent children in foster or other approved placements (if necessary, for the most complex cases)
• Permanency Planning
• Utilizes FamLink to document case activities and maintain case records/files
• Prepares and files dependency petitions, guardianship petitions, and other legal documents related to the implementation of permanent plans
• Prepares court reports, serves summons, attends court hearings, and provides testimony in court
• Produces Discovery

• Seven (7) years of paid social service experience
• 30 semester or 45 quarter credits in a Social Service discipline
• A Bachelor’s degree in social services, human services, or Bachelor’s degree that includes 30 semester or 45 quarter credits in a Social Service discipline AND three (3) years of paid social service experience
• A Master’s degree in social services, human services, or Master’s degree that includes 30 semester or 45 quarter credits in a Social Service discipline AND two (2) years of paid social service experience
• A Master’s degree in social services, human services, or Master’s degree that included a PRACTICUM and one year (or more) of paid social service experience
• One (1) year of experience as a Social Service Specialist 3
• The ability to take action to learn and grow
• The ability to take action to meet the needs of others

• Health insurance
• 401k matching
• Paid leave
• Staff training and other compensation benefits

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