Senior Child Protective Investigator

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date: jan 9, 2026

requisition no:868016

agency: children and families

working title: senior child protective investigator -

this is work performing in all community, public health and social service specialist occupations not listed separately. Some positions in this occupation may be responsible for coordinating work and supervising employees.

• conducts investigations regarding allegations of abuse, neglect, abandonment and/or special conditions for children;
• works closely with law enforcement;
• collects information through observation and interviews with the children, parents, relatives, neighbors, and other parties associated with the case, as well as analysis of criminal, past service history and other records;
• engages families to understand the family’s perspectives about family dynamics, challenges and solutions, identifies needs and determines the level of intervention needed to include voluntary services or court ordered dependency services;
• assess danger threats, child vulnerabilities and caregiver protective capacities in order to determine whether a child is safe or not safe;
• develops with family and other persons as necessary any required present and/or impending danger plans based on analysis of danger threats in operation;
• manages and modifies safety plans as necessary during the course of the investigation;
• arranges emergency placement for any child that cannot safely remain in the home;
• notifies state attorney, law enforcement, child protection team and other required individuals as appropriate;
• provides written present and impending danger assessments;
• completes risk assessment on families investigated and explains risk score to family;
• conduct staffing’s required for families with risk scores that are high and very high risk;
• presents safety plan and impending danger assessment at case management case transfer staffing and participates in discussion as to recommended follow-up actions;
• provides families with services linkages to agency and community resources based on needs assessment and provides recommendations for development of case plan to case manager;
• conducts initial/ongoing child present and impending danger assessments;
• develops with the family a signed present danger plan and a signed safety plan for any identified threats and interventions;
• schedules and gathers information for and participates in case staffings;
• prepares appropriate reports/documentation in coordination with children’s legal services and provides testimony in court;
• maintains thorough documentation in the client records/appropriate information system(s) and maintains organized client files;
• reports indication of abuse, neglect and/or abandonment to the florida abuse hotline;
• establishes and maintains cooperative and professional 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;

• supervise employees by assigning work, reviewing progress and assessing performance.
• counsel clients and patients, individually and in group sessions, to assist in overcoming dependencies, adjusting to life, and making changes.
• counsel family members to assist in understanding, dealing with, and supporting clients or patients.
• interviews clients, reviews records, and confers with other professionals to evaluate mental or physical condition of client or patient.
• formulate or coordinates program plan for treatment, care, and rehabilitation of client or patient, based on social work experience and knowledge.
• monitor, evaluate, and record client progress according to measurable goals described in treatment and care plan.
• modify treatment plan to comply with changes in client's status.
• refer patient, client, or family to community resources to assist in recovery from mental or physical illness.
• intervene as advocate for client…