CHILD PROTECTIVE INVESTIGATOR SUPV-SES - 60074947

CHILD PROTECTIVE INVESTIGATOR SUPV-SES - 60074947

Date : Mar 17, 2025

Agency : Children and Families

Working Title : CHILD PROTECTIVE INVESTIGATOR SUPV-SES - 60074947

Child Protective Investigator Supervisor

What you will do

This is advanced professional work supervising and directing the work of child protective investigators and support staff. The primary duty of the employee(s) in the position (s) allocated to this class is to spend most of the time communicating with, motivating, training, and evaluating employees.

How you will make an impact

• Supervise, plan and direct workloads, workflows, deadlines, work objectives and time utilization of subordinate staff in the delivery of protecting children, working with families, and conducting investigations of alleged abused, abandoned, neglected, or exploited children.
• Develops performance standards and job duty expectations with investigators, reviews standards and plans for continuous improvement.
• Communicates investigators' compliance with these expectations on a regular basis and provides coaching by acknowledging outstanding performance and providing suggestions on areas for improvement.
• Evaluates employees against established standards and takes any necessary steps for corrective action.
• Promotes career development of investigators by ensuring each individual receives the proper training and leads cross-training efforts on differential investigative skills.
• Reviews casework, assessments, and safety plans with investigators, and provides consultation and direction to assure appropriateness, clarity, quality, thoroughness, and proper documentation.
• Use management tools in appropriate information system(s) on an ongoing basis to monitor open cases and manage workflow for steady progress to ensure the timeline for actions to be taken are met and to prevent backlog.
• Ensures that CPI operations are within legislative authority and in compliance with required federal, state rules and regulations.
• Identifies improvements and implements adjustments needed to ensure program effectiveness and efficiency.
• Facilitates and participates in the hiring, promoting, demoting, discipline and / or dismissal of employees.
• Collects, analyzes, and reports data regarding child protective investigations.
• Establishes and maintains cooperative working relationships with organizations and other agencies involved with child protective investigations such as community-based providers, Children's Legal Services, law enforcement, medical personnel, schools, and other community / agency resources.
• Ensures effective communication with deaf or hard-of-hearing Customers or companions in accordance with the ADA and / or Section 504.

Qualifications

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

Additional Information / Requirements

This position will require night, weekend, and holiday work. It has also been designated as an essential position. Incumbents are expected to work during emergency situations or natural disasters and may be required to work before, during and beyond normal work hours / days.

Benefits of Working for the State of Florida

BACKGROUND SCREENING REQUIREMENT : It is the policy of the Florida Department of Children and Families that any applicant being considered for employment must successfully complete a State and National criminal history check as a condition of employment before beginning employment.

The State of Florida is an Equal Opportunity Employer / Affirmative Action Employer and does not tolerate discrimination or violence in the workplace.

Candidates requiring a reasonable accommodation, as defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act, must notify the agency hiring authority and / or People First Service Center (1-866-663-4735). Notification to the hiring authority must be made in advance to allow sufficient time to provide the accommodation.

The State of Florida supports a Drug-Free workplace. All employees are subject to reasonable suspicion drug testing in accordance with Section 112.0455, F.S., Drug-Free Workplace Act.

Location : FT LAUDERDALE, FL, US, 33309

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