Supplemental Information
This position is located in the Orleans Parish Child Welfare Office

Department MISSION
DCFS is working to keep children safe, helping individuals and families become self-sufficient, and providing safe refuge during disasters.
Department VISION
We care for the well-being and safety of Louisiana\'s people.
Department VALUES
Treating all people with dignity, compassion and respect, while providing services with integrity.
This position may be filled as a probational appointment or a job appointment that may last up to 48 months. Job appointments may convert to probational appointments. Also, it may be filled as a detail and promoted within 12 months.
You must include all relevant education and experience on your official State application.

The duties that you describe in the Work Experience section of your application will be reviewed by State Civil Service as part of the process in determining if you meet the minimum qualifications for this job.

Your experience WILL NOT be evaluated based on the job title alone. You must describe your actual duties. If you are a current employee of the State of Louisiana it is important that you indicate in the "Duties" section for each job the specific programs that you worked in to receive credit for that experience.

List all prior employment. Work experience left off of your electronic application or only included in an attached resume will not be credited. Resumes WILL NOT be accepted in lieu of completed education and experience sections on your application. Incomplete applications will not be considered.

Applicants qualifying based on college training or receipt of a baccalaureate degree will be required to submit an official college transcript to verify credentials claimed prior to appointment. Please make every effort to attach a copy of your transcript to your application. The transcripts can be added as an attachment to your online application. The selected candidate will be required to submit original documentation upon hire.

No Civil Service test score is required in order to be considered for this vacancy.

To apply for this vacancy, click on the \xe2\x80\x9cApply\xe2\x80\x9d link above and complete an electronic application, which can be used for this vacancy as well as future job opportunities. Applicants are responsible for checking the status of their application to determine where they are in the recruitment process. Further status message information is located under the Information section of the Current Job Opportunities page.

DCFS is an "Equal Opportunity Employer" and Louisiana is a "State as a Model Employer for People with Disabilities"

For additional information about this vacancy, please contact:
Raghan Durousseau
raghan.durousseau.dcfs@la.gov

Qualifications

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
A baccalaureate degree plus three years of professional level experience in administrative services, economics, public health, public relations, social services or health services.

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.

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 experience on the basis of thirty semester hours for one year of experience: public health; counseling; social work; psychology; rehabilitation services; economics; business, public, or health administration.

A master\'s degree in the above fields will substitute for one year of the required experience.

A Juris Doctorate will substitute for one year of the required experience.

Graduate training with less than a Ph.D. will substitute for a maximum of one year of the required experience.

A Ph.D. in the above fields will substitute for two years of the required experience.

Specialized degrees will substitute for a maximum of two years of the required experience.

NOTE:
Any college hours or degree must be from an accredited college or university.
Job Concepts

FUNCTION OF WORK:
To provide advanced professional level support services for social service programs.

LEVEL OF WORK:
Advanced.

SUPERVISION RECEIVED:
General from a Program Manager 1-Social Services or other higher level personnel.

SUPERVISION EXERCISED:
May directly or functionally supervise a small staff of clerical and/or professional employees.

LOCATION OF WORK:
Predominately at Department of Children and Family Services.

JOB DISTINCTIONS:
Differs from Program Specialist-Social Services by the presence of advanced responsibilities.

Differs from Program Manager 1-Social Services by the absence of responsibility for managing a statewide program.

See allocation criteria memo.
Examples of Work

EXAMPLES OF WORK:
EXAMPLES LISTED BELOW INCLUDE BRIEF SAMPLES OF COMMON DUTIES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS JOB TITLE. PLEASE NOTE THAT ALL TASKS ARE NOT INCLUDED.

Plans, coordinates and controls a statewide program element in a program area.

Develops and implements policies and monitoring procedures for the program element.

Conducts studies or special projects.

Revises rules, regulations and procedures to comply with changes in law or policy.

Identifies needs for resources and training related to community based services and determines how these needs can be met; develops proposals for meeting the needs.

Writes and submits grant proposals.

Meets with government officials, private officials, professionals and others on matters regarding the program element.

Trains agency personnel regarding procedures and policies.

Maintains records, prepares reports and conducts correspondence relative to the program element assigned.

May direct the work of staff of professional or clerical employees, serving as a leadworker or direct supervisor.