Child Support Enforcement Consultant

Child Support Enforcement Consultant

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Child Support Enforcement Consultant

Salary

4,470.00 - $8,044.00 Monthly

Location

Baton Rouge, LA

Job Type

Classified

Job Number

206284CSECons-2.25.25SS

Department

DCFS-Department of Children and Family Services

Opening Date

02 / 26 / 2025

Closing Date

3 / 3 / 2025 11 : 59 PM Central

Description

Benefits

Questions

Supplemental Information

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 vacancy is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.

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.

Resumes cannot be submitted in lieu of completing an 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 “Apply” 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 Yolanda.Jackson.DCFS@La.Gov

Minimum Qualifications

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS :

Six years of experience in child support enforcement; OR

Six years of full-time work experience in any field plus three years of experience in child support enforcement; OR

A bachelor’s degree plus three years of experience in child support enforcement; OR

A master's degree plus two years of experience in child support enforcement.

Job Concepts

FUNCTION OF WORK :

To provide advanced level professional support services for programs that provide child support enforcement services.

LEVEL OF WORK : Advanced.

SUPERVISION RECEIVED :

Broad from Child Support Enforcement Manager 1 or other higher level personnel.

SUPERVISION EXERCISED :

None.

LOCATION OF WORK :

Department of Children and Family Services.

JOB DISTINCTIONS :

Differs from Child Support Enforcement Specialist by the presence of lead worker responsibility and / or duties involving a higher level of complexity.

Differs from Child Support Enforcement Manager 1 by the absence of direct line supervisory responsibility.

Examples of Work

EXAMPLES BELOW ARE A BRIEF SAMPLE OF COMMON DUTIES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS JOB TITLE. NOT ALL POSSIBLE TASKS ARE INCLUDED.

Performs quality assurance functions for field offices in a region by reviewing case records and / or procedures in local offices to assure that program benefits are accurately determined.

Prepares exit conferences, written reports and confirmations.

Sets up standards of operation, checks progress, and sees that policies are carried out.

Conducts ongoing administrative programmatic reviews of field offices to ensure compliance with federal and state regulations.

Recommends and directs plans to ensure efficiencies regarding use of personnel and overall program effectiveness.

Conducts regional corrective action committee meetings and directs implementation of corrective action measures designed to minimize errors and avoid federal sanctions, resulting in subsequent loss of state funds, loss of agency credibility, pain and suffering of clients, inequality of service and liability of lawsuits.

Provides program information through guest speeches, interviews for news media and other public appearances.

Investigates requests from politicians, community officials and social agencies about client problems in the region.

Coordinates services and negotiates agreements with administrators of government and private agencies, doctors, lawyers, executives in private industry, and governmental officials.

Conducts studies, compiles reports, analyzes statistical data, completes projects, etc. as requested by agency management.

Researches and responds to program policy requests from parish offices by providing clarification and interpretation of policy.

May serve as a lead worker over a staff of Child Support Enforcement Specialists.

Louisiana State Government represents a wide variety of career options and offers an outstanding opportunity tomake a differencethrough public service. With an array of career opportunities in every major metropolitan center and in many rural areas, state employment provides an outstanding option to begin or continue your career.

As a state employee, you will earn competitive pay, choose from a variety of benefits, and have access to a great professional development program :

Insurance Coverage More information can be found at https : / / info.groupbenefits.org /

Parental Leave– Up to six weeks paid parental leave

More information can be found athttps : / / www.civilservice.louisiana.gov / Parental-Leave / Default.aspx

Holidays and Leave – State employees receive the following paid holidays each year :

New Year's Day

Martin Luther King, Jr. Day,

Mardi Gras,

Good Friday,

Memorial Day,

Independence Day,

Labor Day,

Veteran's Day,

Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day.

• Additional holidays may be proclaimed by the Governor

State employees earn sick and annual leave which can be accumulated and saved for future use. Your accrual rate increases as your years of service increase.

Retirement – State of Louisiana employees are eligible to participate in various retirement systems (based on the type of appointment and agency for which an employee works). These retirement systems provide retirement allowances and other benefits for state officers and employees and their beneficiaries. State retirement systems may include (but are not limited to) :

Louisiana State Employees Retirement System (www.lasersonline.org). LASERS has provided this video (https : / / lasersonline.org / wp-content / uploads / 2016 / 07 / Your_Retirement_System.mp4) to give you more detailed information about their system

Teacher's Retirement System of Louisiana (www.trsl.org),

Louisiana School Employees Retirement System (www.lsers.net), among others

Please select how you qualify for this position from the options below.

Six years of experience in child support enforcement.

Six years of full-time work experience in any field plus three years of experience in child support enforcement.

A bachelor’s degree plus three years of experience in child support enforcement

A master's degree plus two years of experience in child support enforcement.

None of the above.

How many years of experience in Child Support Enforcement do you have?

Required Question

Employer

State of Louisiana

Address

For agency contact information, please refer to

the supplemental information above.

Louisiana State Civil Service, Louisiana, 70802

Phone

866) 783-5462

Website

http : / / agency.governmentjobs.com / louisiana / default.cfm

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Salary : $4,470 - $8,044