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Family Services Supervisor I (Child Protective Services)

Chesapeake, VA

Job Description

Are you a born leader? Do you have a passion for helping the citizens of the City of Chesapeake overcome poverty, abuse, and neglect?

Chesapeake Department of Human Services is seeking a Family Services Supervisor with the ability to engage and synergize a team of Family Services professionals to fulfill our mission of helping people triumph over poverty, abuse, and neglect to shape strong futures for themselves, their families, and communities. We are looking for a visionary leader that values excellent customer service and strengthening families at every contact while protecting the vulnerable citizens from abuse, neglect, and exploitation and promoting the dignity and worth of each individual citizen in Chesapeake.
The person selected for this position should have prior knowledge and/or experience in CPS and/or Prevention. As a Family Services Supervisor, you will monitor caseloads, supervise, train, and lead employees in making the best decision regarding safety, well-being, and permanency of all children in the City of Chesapeake.

Duties include but not limited to:
  • Supervises a team of Family Services Specialists and Human Services Assistants;
  • Sets and enforces objectives for quality and quantity of work performed by the team;
  • Evaluates social service programs and budgets;
  • Applies appropriate human resource practices in the supervision of employees;
  • Establishes and maintains good working relationships with others;
  • Recommends policy changes based on evaluation of program effectiveness;
  • Deals with difficult or dangerous cases;
  • Interprets social service programs for other agencies and to the public;
  • Participates in community planning and development of new resources;
  • Complete hiring and annual performance appraisals;
  • Work in collaboration with law enforcement and emergency response personnel;
After normal business hours supervisory coverage on a rotating basis

ESSENTIAL TASK
  • Supervises Social Workers and support staff, including selecting or recommending selection, training, assigning and evaluating work, counseling, disciplining, and terminating or recommending termination.
  • Conducts interviews or investigations and makes client/resident and family assessments; formulates and implements plan of action; documents progress.
  • Interacts/coordinates with other agencies, organizations, or the courts to provide services for clients/residents.
  • Oversees, reviews, and approves expenditures for assigned area; provides fiscal data for preparation of annual budgets; ensures timely payment of accounts payable.
  • Gathers and maintains information to support periodic and special reports documenting activities and events for area of responsibility.
  • Participates in development and implementation of policy and procedures for area of responsibility; interprets same for staff as needed.
  • Maintains record system for area of responsibility; processes daily paperwork including reports, documents, memos, and personnel information.
  • Serves as information resource for clients/residents, students, and professionals.
  • Monitors program compliance with applicable guidelines, regulations, and laws; monitors referrals and notifications.
  • Serves as emergency duty on-call Supervisor.
  • Attends or conducts staff, committee, team, and other professional meetings to exchange information; attends professional seminars or conferences to improve professional skills.
  • Performs other related duties as assigned.

The City of Chesapeake offers an exceptional range of benefits. Please browse our Benefits Brochure, for a full list of benefits and employee perks.PDN-a0540be6-9887-43ae-a5a2-e44cb8d25364
Are you a born leader? Do you have a passion for helping the citizens of the City of Chesapeake overcome poverty, abuse, and neglect?

Chesapeake Department of Human Services is seeking a Family Services Supervisor with the ability to engage and synergize a team of Family Services professionals to fulfill our mission of helping people triumph over poverty, abuse, and neglect to shape strong futures for themselves, their families, and communities. We are looking for a visionary leader that values excellent customer service and strengthening families at every contact while protecting the vulnerable citizens from abuse, neglect, and exploitation and promoting the dignity and worth of each individual citizen in Chesapeake.
The person selected for this position should have prior knowledge and/or experience in CPS and/or Prevention. As a Family Services Supervisor, you will monitor caseloads, supervise, train, and lead employees in making the best decision regarding safety, well-being, and permanency of all children in the City of Chesapeake.

Duties include but not limited to:
  • Supervises a team of Family Services Specialists and Human Services Assistants;
  • Sets and enforces objectives for quality and quantity of work performed by the team;
  • Evaluates social service programs and budgets;
  • Applies appropriate human resource practices in the supervision of employees;
  • Establishes and maintains good working relationships with others;
  • Recommends policy changes based on evaluation of program effectiveness;
  • Deals with difficult or dangerous cases;
  • Interprets social service programs for other agencies and to the public;
  • Participates in community planning and development of new resources;
  • Complete hiring and annual performance appraisals;
  • Work in collaboration with law enforcement and emergency response personnel;
After normal business hours supervisory coverage on a rotating basis

ESSENTIAL TASK
  • Supervises Social Workers and support staff, including selecting or recommending selection, training, assigning and evaluating work, counseling, disciplining, and terminating or recommending termination.
  • Conducts interviews or investigations and makes client/resident and family assessments; formulates and implements plan of action; documents progress.
  • Interacts/coordinates with other agencies, organizations, or the courts to provide services for clients/residents.
  • Oversees, reviews, and approves expenditures for assigned area; provides fiscal data for preparation of annual budgets; ensures timely payment of accounts payable.
  • Gathers and maintains information to support periodic and special reports documenting activities and events for area of responsibility.
  • Participates in development and implementation of policy and procedures for area of responsibility; interprets same for staff as needed.
  • Maintains record system for area of responsibility; processes daily paperwork including reports, documents, memos, and personnel information.
  • Serves as information resource for clients/residents, students, and professionals.
  • Monitors program compliance with applicable guidelines, regulations, and laws; monitors referrals and notifications.
  • Serves as emergency duty on-call Supervisor.
  • Attends or conducts staff, committee, team, and other professional meetings to exchange information; attends professional seminars or conferences to improve professional skills.
  • Performs other related duties as assigned.

The City of Chesapeake offers an exceptional range of benefits. Please browse our Benefits Brochure, for a full list of benefits and employee perks.PDN-a0540be6-9887-43ae-a5a2-e44cb8d25364

About City of Chesapeake

Chesapeake, Virginia is a vibrant community that enjoys the best of two worlds, one of urban variety, culture, and excitement, and another of rural landscapes and relaxed living. 

Located 20 minutes from the oceanfront, 15 minutes from downtown Norfolk, and 45 minutes from Colonial Williamsburg and the Outer Banks of North Carolina, Chesapeake is the perfect place in which to live, work, and raise a family. 

Home to beautiful parks, lakes, and rivers, Chesapeake has more miles of deepwater canals (part of the Intracoastal Waterway) than any other city in the country! 

The City of Chesapeake was formed through the merger of the City of South Norfolk and Norfolk County in 1963. It’s a community of communities, with each having its own distinctive history. 

Over the last decade, many national and international companies have taken advantage of the City’s ports, atmosphere, and highly qualified labor market by relocating to Chesapeake. 

Chesapeake’s neighborhoods offer a variety of comfortable housing alternatives, from apartments and town homes, to single-family residences and executive homes. The City is consistently ranked by the FBI as one of the safest U.S. cities (with populations over 150,000), which lends to the safe, community atmosphere that residents enjoy.

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