District Family Services Worker Interim

Overview

The Department for Children & Families' Family Services Division Barre District is seeking professional level Interim Family Services Workers to join our team of dedicated staff in supporting children, families and communities. Our goal is to promote safety, permanency, wellbeing and law abidance for children in need. Your role may involve conducting assessments related to child abuse and neglect or delinquency and/or providing ongoing services to at‑risk families, children in state care, or youth on juvenile probation.

We work in partnership with parents, relatives, educators, law enforcement, community‑based service providers, courts, foster parents, and others. The work we do is meaningful, challenging and critical to the safety and well‑being of Vermont's children and families. This is an interim position with an end date of May 2028.

This position, District Family Services Worker
- Barre
- Interim (Job Requisition #55148), is open to all State employees and external applicants.

Please note that multiple positions in the same work location may be filled from this job posting.

AHS BACKGROUND CHECKS:
Candidates must pass any level of background investigation applicable to the position. In accordance with AHS Policy 4.02, Hiring Standards, Vermont and/or national criminal record checks, as well as DMV and adult and child abuse registry checks, as appropriate to the position under recruitment, will be conducted on candidates, with the exception of those who are current classified state employees seeking transfer, promotion or demotion into an AHS classified position or are persons exercising re‑employment (RIF) rights.

Duties are performed in a variety of setting ranging from departmental offices, client homes, courtrooms or alternative staffing sites. Considerable field travel is required, for which private means of transportation must be available. Crisis situations may arise at any hour and may require evening or weekend responses. Incumbents predictably encounter high levels of stress and emotional situations, strong differences of opinion, and potentially exposure to physical danger.

Class incumbents may be required to be on available or standby status during night, weekend, and holiday hours.

• Master's degree in social work.
• OR
• Bachelor's degree AND eighteen (18) months of human services casework, including at least six months with a child or youth services caseload where duties included direct responsibility for client intake, assessment, plan development, monitoring, service procurement, and case closure in a formal human services delivery system.
• OR
• Associate's degree in a human services related field AND two (2) years or more of experience in human services work.
• OR
• Four (4) years or more of experience in human services work.

• Master's degree in social work.
• OR
• Bachelor's degree AND eighteen (18) months of human services casework, including at least six months with a child or youth services caseload where duties included direct responsibility for client intake, assessment, plan development, monitoring, service procurement, and case closure in a formal human services delivery system.

As a State employee you are offered a great career opportunity, but it's more than a paycheck. The State's total compensation package features an outstanding set of employee benefits that are worth about 30% of your total compensation, including:

• 80% State paid medical premium
• Dental Plan at no cost for employees and their families
• Flexible Spending healthcare and childcare reimbursement accounts
• Two ways to save for your retirement: A State defined benefit pension plan and a deferred compensation 457(b) plan
• W…