DCFS REGIONAL ADMINISTRATOR
Location: Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Description: Louisiana Department of State Civil Service is at present looking to employ DCFS REGIONAL ADMINISTRATOR right now, this job will be presented in Louisiana. Detailed specification about this job opportunity kindly see the descriptions. MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: A baccalaureate degree plus seven years of professional level social services experience, four years of which must have be! en at the supervisory level in Child Support Enforcement, Child Welfare or Economic Stability programs. SUBSTITUTIONS: Six years of full-time work experience in any field may be substituted for the required baccalaureate degree. Candidates without a baccalaureate degree may combine work experience and college credit to substitute for the baccalaureate degree as follows: A maximum of 120 semester hours may be combined with experience to substitute for the baccalaureate degree. 30 to 59 semester hours credit will substitute for one year of experience towards the baccalaureate degree. 60 to 89 semester hours credit will substitute for two years of experience towards the baccalaureate degree. 90 to 119 semester hours credit will substitute for three years of experience towards the baccalaureate degree. 120 or more semester hours credit will substitute for four years of experience towards the baccalaureate degree. College credit earned without obtaining a baccalaureate degree ma! y be substituted for a maximum of four years full-time work ex! perience towards the baccalaureate degree. Candidates with 120 or more semester hours of credit, but without a degree, must also have at least two years of full-time work experience to substitute for the baccalaureate degree. Graduate training with eighteen semester hours in one or any combination of the following fields will substitute for a maximum of one year of the general experience on the basis of thirty semester hours for one year of experience: counseling; social work; psychology; economics; business, public, or health administration. A master's degree in the above fields will substitute for one year of the required general experience. A Juris Doctorate will substitute for one year of the required general experience. Graduate training with less than a Ph.D. will substitute for a maximum of one year of the required general experience. A Ph.D. in the above fields will substitute for two years of the required general experience. Graduate training and degrees will subst! itute for a maximum of two years of the required general experience. NECESSARY SPECIAL REQUIREMENT: Individuals occupying this job who are subject to state licensing or registration laws administered by the Louisiana State Board of Social Work Examiners must possess and keep current the license or registration. NOTE: Any college hours or degree must be from a school accredited by one of the following regional accrediting bodies: the Middle States Commission on Higher Education; the New England Association of Schools and Colleges; the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools; the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities; the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools; and the Western Association of Schools and Colleges. NOTE: Economic Stability experience refers to work related to programs designed to assist families with needs such as food, cash, child care or medical care includes work with programs such as but not limited to Supplemental Nutrition Assi! stance Program (SNAP - formerly Food Stamps), Kinship Care Subsidy Prog! ram (KCSP), Child Care Assistance Program (CCAP), Strategies to Empower People (STEP), the Family Independence Temporary Assistance Program (FITAP) and Medicare.
This position is limited to permanent classified employees of the Department of Children & Family Services. Others will not be considered.
This position iswith the Baton Rouge Regional Office located in the State Office Buidling in Baton Rouge, LA.
This position may be filled by promotion or as a detail of a permanent classified employee of The Department of Children & Family Services with the possibility of promoting within 12 months.
A Civil Service test score is not required in order to be considered for this vacancy.
To apply for this vacancy, click on the link above and complete an electronic application which can be used for this vacancy as well as future job opportunities.
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Application Status Message What it Means Application received Your application has been submitted successfully. Checking for required test score We are making sure you have an active, passing score for the required written test. Evaluating experience Your application is being reviewed by Human Resources to ensure you meet the minimum qualifications for the position. Eligible for consideration You are among a group of applicants who MAY be selected for the position. Referred to hiring manager for review Your application has been delivered to the hiring manager. You may or may not be called for an interview. Position filled Someone has been selected for the position. Position cancelled The agency has decided not to fill the position. If you have any questions about this posting, please contact:
Chandra W. Thomas ( chandra.w.thomas@la.gov ) Department of Children and Family Services
Human Resources Divis! ion
P.O. Box 3776
Baton Rouge, La. 70821
Job Concepts:
FUNCTION OF WORK: To serve as administrator over social service field activities for a geographic region as defined by the Department of Children and Family Services. LEVEL OF WORK: Administrator. SUPERVISION RECEIVED: Administrative direction from a Deputy Secretary or other equivalent level personnel. SUPERVISION EXERCISED: Direct over DCFS Area Directors and/or positions serving as program operations managers within a geographic area within a region or other defined area of DCFS. LOCATION OF WORK: Department of Children and Family Services. JOB DISTINCTIONS: Differs from DCFS Area Director by the presence of responsibility for the management of an entire DCFS region. Differs from the Program Manager â€" Social Services series by the absence of statewide programmatic scope. See allocation criteria memo.
Examples of Work:
EXAMPLES BELOW ARE A BRIEF SAMPLE OF COMMON! DUTIES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS JOB TITLE. NOT ALL POSSIBLE TASKS ARE INCLUDED. Establishes and maintains appropriate service goals and objectives consistent with the vision and mission of the agency. Plans and executes strategies to enhance and improve overall regional performance, focusing on performance based outcomes for service delivery. Ensures the development and implementation of regional long and short range strategic plans. Develops and ensures the implementation of action plans for handling extremely sensitive issues and/or cases. Directs and coordinates the management of the region’s budget. Builds and maintains positive working relationships with other regional and departmental staff, advisory boards, community providers, judges and other agencies involved in program implementation. Establishes and oversees the monitoring of program evaluation, quality assurance and other management systems design to assure the quality of direct services within the region.
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