Child Welfare Supervisor Job Delta Colorado USA,Social Work

Child Welfare Supervisor

The position is anticipated to close on June 10, 2026, but applications will be accepted until position is filled and removed from the Delta County jobs website.

GENERAL POSITION DESCRIPTION:

Supervisor performs a variety of duties and supervision of caseworkers to assure child welfare rules and regulations are followed in each assessment or case. The supervisor would provide efficient, effective and compliant Child Protective Service (CPS) operations and use of resources through case management review.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS/RESPONSIBILITIES:

Provide supervision over extensive assessment and situational permanency events. Conduct regular individual and group supervision to review case progress, assess child safety, and guide caseworkers on intervention strategies.
Provide direction to caseworkers regarding clinical decision making for in-home cases and court cases.
Authorize and provide oversight for high-impact actions, including child removals, placements, and safety plan implementations.
Review and approve all legal documentation, family assessments, and court reports to ensure compliance with state statutes and federal mandates.
Monitor high-risk cases continuously to ensure that risk mitigation strategies are effective and that permanency goals are being actively pursued.
Attend and testify at juvenile or family court hearings; coach caseworkers on trial testimony and the presentation of evidence.
Translate complex state and federal policy changes into actionable practice for department employees.
Provide support to workers performing 24 hour a day emergency services and crisis intervention.
Provide resource mobilization, information, and referrals to other agencies involved in child protection.
Liaise with law enforcement, schools, medical providers, and legal counsel to coordinate multidisciplinary services for families.
Provide supervision over investigations and ongoing permanency cases dealing with alleged physical abuse, sexual abuse, emotional abuse, and neglect. Includes cases involving adolescents, youth in conflict cases, and adjudicated delinquents.
Utilize statewide automated systems to track unit performance metrics, ensuring all deadlines for visits and documentation are met.
Review and monitor unit expenditures for your area of oversight, including emergency assistance funds for families and vendor payments for contracted services.
Establish individual training needs of social caseworkers, and ensures that an effective training plan is in place
Establish individual performance plans, reviews the performance of social caseworkers on a periodic basis, and completes an annual performance evaluation.
Counsel employees, identifies work problems and meets with individuals or groups to discuss and resolve issues. Follow up to ensure that problems are resolved. Takes corrective and/or disciplinary action when necessary, documenting performance or related work problems using established personnel regulations, procedures and practices.
Responsible for supervision and management of staff; plan, direct, supervise and evaluate the performance; interview and select employees and recommend transfers, reassignment, termination and disciplinary actions; write and conduct performance evaluations; arrange for appropriate training and development; ensure employees comply with applicable occupational health and safety standards, department and organizational policies; compliance with all governing laws; seeks support from human resources department and follows generally accepted human resource laws, policies and protocols.
Reliable and predictable attendance and punctuality are considered essential functions of this job. Employees are expected to be at their work area and ready to work at the scheduled start time to ensure consistent service delivery and operational efficiency.
The primary location of employment for this position is the designated Delta County office with the exception of required duties that are to be performed off site as necessary. The employee is required to perform the majority (generally, at least 95%) of assigned duties from this designated office location to allow for client, customer and coworker access and collaboration, unless prior written approval for an alternative arrangement, such as temporary remote work, has been granted by the employee's direct supervisor and/or department head and maintained in the employee personnel file.

POSITION REQUIREMENTS:

Education and Experience According to 12

CCR 2509-7:

A bachelor's degree from a higher education institution with course work related to the job responsibilities of child welfare social casework supervisor. Course work examples can include and are not limited to, the development of human behavior, child development, family intervention techniques, diagnostic measures, or therapeutic techniques; AND,
Three (3) years of professional, internship, or volunteer work experience in a human services related agency; OR,
A master's degree or…