Senior Human Services Program Spec; Opbi

salary: $42,561.57, in accordance with dcf salary policy

only current department employees are eligible to apply.

senior human services program specialist

department of children and families

this is a statewide vacancy – positon location will be determined by selected candidate location

the florida department of children and families (dcf) is the state of florida’s social services agency. The agency oversees services for child safety, fostering, adoption, domestic violence, adult protective services, refugees, homelessness, mental health, substance abuse, child care providers, human trafficking, and public assistance. The agency’s mission is to work in partnership with local communities to protect the vulnerable, promote strong and economically self-sufficient families, and advance personal and family recovery and resiliency.

within dcf, the economic self-sufficiency (ess) program helps to promote strong and economically self-sufficient communities by determining eligibility for food, cash and medical assistance for individuals and families on the road to economic recovery.

under the ess program, the office of public benefits integrity (opbi) is responsible for investigating public assistance fraud or misuse regarding the snap (food assistance), d-snap (disaster food assistance), tanf (cash assistance), and medicaid programs by individuals or merchants.

to be considered for this position responses to the qualifying questions are required and must be verifiable based on your submitted application.

* the requested information must be disclosed on the state of florida candidate profile. It is not acceptable to write "see resume" on the candidate profile (application).*

applicants must meet minimum requirements to be hired for this position.

this is not a telework position.

the selected candidate will be required to work at the closest available office location.

this position is a statewide vacancy and the position’s location will be determined by the selected candidate’s location.

some travel may be required and your personal vehicle may be required.

this is classified as a career service position, working full-time, 40 hours per week.

business hours are 8:00 am - 5:00 pm est, monday - friday.

the incumbent is a member of the dcf d-snap disaster response team and, in that capacity, may be required on short notice to perform duties and travel in support of disaster relief. During such events, incumbent may be required to work more than 8 hours per day.

• must be a current florida department of children and families (dcf) economic self sufficiency (ess) employee
• a valid state issues driver’s license
• a willingness to travel extensively, including overnight travel
• three (3) or more years of experience working in the florida dcf ess program determining eligibility or policy applications for any of the public assistance programs (food assistance, temporary cash assistance, medicaid, or refugee assistance)
• minimum of 2 years of experience reading/reviewing cases in the quality management system (qms)
• one year (12 months) or more as an investigation specialist i or higher in the benefit investigations program.

• two (2) or more years of experience in collecting and analyzing data and writing reports.
• two (2) or more years as an investigation specialist i or higher in the benefit investigations program.

the office of quality management is seeking a senior human services program specialist (shsps) to join the quality control (qc) team within the florida ess program office. This is a career service position responsible for assisting the qc team who is charged with timely and accurate completion of federally mandated reviews of snap eligibility decisions made by florida dcf ess staff in the snap program.

The incumbent is responsible for providing data to be used as technical assistance in aiding the agency to reduce the amount of misspent funds for snap.

this is a highly responsible professional position requiring advanced expertise…