Child Welfare & Adult Protection Services Manager

Job Title

Child Welfare & Adult Protection Services Manager

Department of Human Services

Human Services Director

Full-Time, Exempt

$78,000 - $88,000

Employee Benefits | Lake County, CO

Join a workplace where public service meets opportunity. At Lake County Government, employees are empowered to grow, collaborate, and make a meaningful impact every day. We offer a supportive environment that values innovation and connection, with reliable compensation, comprehensive benefits, and a commitment to helping you succeed both professionally and personally.

• Assume Good Intent:
  Approach each interaction with positive mindset and openness to understand others.
• Model Professional:
  Maintain high standards in behavior and communication that reflects our values.
• Apply County Wide Lens:
  Consider the broader impact of decisions on our community and organization as a whole.
• Be Solutions-Oriented:
  Focus on finding constructive solutions rather than dwelling on problems or challenges.
• Practice Servant Leadership:
  Prioritize the needs of others, fostering a supportive and collaborative work environment.
• Support Meaningful Work-Life Balance:
  Encourage boundaries that support personal well‑being while achieving professional responsibilities.

This position functions within a state‑supervised, county‑administered human services structure. The position provides a full range of intake and ongoing child welfare services and supervision for a variety of Title XX program areas such as child abuse and neglect cases, youth in conflict cases, foster care, adoption, and adults unable to protect their own interests. Positions at this level typically are assigned continuous supervisory responsibilities over other social caseworkers and may assist with specialized caseloads in which the incumbent is responsible for ensuring the provision of intensive treatment on a regular basis.

The assignment of these duties may not, in and of itself, warrant the classification of a position at this level. The county appointing authority may determine the functioning level of the employee based on the Essential and Marginal Functions section of this profile and “underfill” the position at a lower level.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Provides continuous supervisory responsibilities over four lower‑level social casework positions.
• Reviews case plans and case reports for technical judgment and appropriateness to assigned cases.
• Assists the Social Caseworkers in the unit with difficult and unusually complex cases; reviews progress and evaluates goals to help them develop, maintain and modify family service plans.
• Assists in training new Social Caseworkers and acts as liaison between Director and the Caseworkers.
• Provides administrative supervision and evaluates Social Caseworker performance.
• Assesses and diagnoses child’s disability, daily living skills, need or protection and evaluates problems to develop appropriate treatment plan. May assist with identifying specialized foster care in order to accommodate special needs placements.
• Provides oversight on cases involving special problems such as relinquishment, counseling and resultant work with attorneys and court; performs adoptive home studies, including court‑ordered studies and predisposition reports.
• Provides oversight on investigations of alleged physical abuse, neglect and parent‑conflicts; determines if situation warrants placing children outside the home; supervises placement of children in foster care and ensures parent/child visits are taking place; and determines when and if to recommend that children return to the home.
• Provides oversight on case plans and oversees counseling services to families regarding parenting skills, family problems, parent‑child relationships and problems with the community. Supervises the RED Team process—the assessment of any new child abuse or re‑abuse complaints.
• Supervises the intake assessment and evaluation process,…