CFWS Social Service Specialist ; SSS- Mt. Vernon

Job Title and Location

CFWS Social Service Supervisor 5 (SSS5) – Mt. Vernon, WA – Region
3. Flexible/hybrid: can work remotely; must be in Olympia at least every month or every other month.

Closes Monday, July 6th, 2026.

Annual salary $78,912 – $106,104 plus 10% assignment pay. Salary does not include the 2% general wage increase effective July 1, 2026.

Join the Department of Children, Youth, and Families (DCYF) as a Social Service Supervisor to oversee frontline staff in Child Protective Services. Provide advanced guidance, training, and case‑management support toward child safety and family stability.

• Provide supervisory duties for the unit, including on‑the‑job training, mentoring, feedback, coaching, and consultation to Social Service Specialists transitioning to and performing fieldwork.
• Provide professional staff with guidance and direction regarding caseload and time management, case actions, assessment and intervention techniques, and application of the Safety Framework and Structured Decision‑Making process to assess risk and safety throughout the life of a case.
• Plan, direct, and manage the workload of the unit; develop and disseminate expectations that apply to all staff; monitor performance; and ensure staff are meeting expectations in the areas of safety, permanency, and well‑being.
• Conduct regular clinical reviews, consultations, and formal case conferences to counsel and advise staff on case planning, review case activities, identify services for families, and support high‑quality service delivery with a steady focus on child safety.
• Maintain current knowledge of applicable laws, rules, and policies governing child protective and child welfare services and provide consultation to staff to ensure services are delivered accordingly.
• Monitor staff training needs, ensure staff attend required trainings, and schedule and offer training opportunities to improve knowledge of organizational expectations, policies, procedures, and child welfare practice.
• Use data to identify trends, review case actions for accuracy, and monitor documentation, supervisory activities, and case records within Fam Link in accordance with agency standards and accountability requirements.
• Complete fair, thorough, and accurate performance assessments; maintain supervisory field files; and develop improvement plans as needed to support staff success.
• Initiate payments within Fam Link for child placements and child and family services, as appropriate, and participate in in‑house, multidisciplinary, and multi‑agency case staffings.
• Provide coverage for assigned caseloads in the absence of a Social Service Specialist, as needed.

• Eight (8) years of paid social service experience and 30 semester or 45 quarter credits in a Social Services discipline.
• A master’s degree in social services, human services, behavioral sciences, or a related discipline and three (3) years of paid social service experience in planning, administering, developing, or delivering public child welfare, social, health, or chemical dependency treatment programs.
• A bachelor’s degree in social services, human services, behavioral sciences, or a related discipline and four (4) years of paid social service experience in planning, administering, developing, or delivering public child welfare, social, health, or chemical dependency treatment programs.
• One (1) year of experience as a Social Service Specialist 4.
• Two (2) years of experience as a Social Service Specialist 3.
• The ability to take action to learn and grow.
• The ability to take action to meet the needs of others.
• Paid social service experience must include at least one year of assessing risk and safety to children and providing direct family‑centered practice services.
• Degrees must be obtained from an accredited institution.
• A two‑year master’s degree that included a practicum may be substituted for one (1) year of paid social service experience.

• A Master’s Degree in Social Work.
• Previously demonstrated experience working with children and families.
• Previously demonstrated ability to effectively…