CPS Conservatorship Worker

Position Details

Functional

Title:

CPS Conservatorship Worker

Job Title:

CPS CVS Spec I

Posting Number: 16978 Closing Date: 06/12/2026

Texas Department of Family & Protective Services offers comprehensive benefits to full‑time employees, including:

• 100% paid health insurance for employees and 50% for eligible family members
• Retirement plans with lifetime monthly payments after five years of service, plus 401(k) and 457 options
• Paid vacation, holidays, and sick leave
• Optional dental, vision, and life insurance
• Flexible spending accounts for health and dependent care tax savings
• Employee discounts on gyms, electronics, and entertainment

• Receive cases from investigators after children are removed from their homes and placed in CPS conservatorship.
• Determine each child’s needs and ensure appropriate referrals for testing, evaluations, records, or further assessments are made, focusing on positive permanency.
• Work with children, families, and communities to plan for a child’s permanency.
• Identify potential permanency resources through ongoing contact with parents, family members, and other key individuals.
• Search for potential kinship providers throughout the case and complete home studies of eligible family members or friends.
• Meet with parents to assess risk, safety issues, and behavior changes needed to achieve child safety; refer parents to appropriate services.
• Meet with children, parents, family friends, or foster homes in public settings and at their homes.
• Collaborate with a Placement Team, including kinship staff, for placements as needed.
• Participate in meetings and conferences at convenient times and locations for family members and all involved parties.
• Visit children monthly to assess their sense of safety, plan for permanency, and discuss their needs, wishes, and progress while in care.
• Attend and participate in court hearings regarding the child and family, including preparing reports and testifying on the child’s needs and the department’s efforts to achieve permanency.
• Keep the child’s, parents', caregivers', attorneys', and guardians' informed of significant events.
• Work with the department's attorney to prepare for contested‑court hearings and trials.
• Support kinship caregivers and foster parents, ensuring they have what they need to care for the child, responding promptly to calls.
• Transition children home during reunification services and provide support until the legal case is closed.
• Supervise adoptive placements until adoption is final or until the case is transferred to an adoption caseworker.
• Use effective time‑management skills to ensure all key tasks are completed.
• Document case records by completing forms, narratives, and reports.
• Develop and maintain effective working relationships between CPS staff and law enforcement, judicial officials, medical professionals, and community resources.
• Perform other duties as assigned to maintain unit operations.
• Promote and demonstrate appropriate respect for cultural diversity among coworkers, clients, and contacts.
• Attend work regularly in accordance with agency leave policy.

• Knowledge of child development and family dynamics.
• Effective verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships.
• Problem‑solving skills.
• Ability to operate a personal computer.
• Ability to travel and attend visits and meetings after 5 pm.
• Ability to be on call on a rotating basis and work irregular hours.
• Ability to work in an emotionally charged environment, including visits in isolated or high‑crime areas.

Requires use of a personal motor vehicle. Candidates must have a reliable vehicle, a clean driving record for the past five years, a current Texas driver’s license, and proof of insurance.

• Accredited bachelor’s degree OR accredited associate’s degree + 2 years of relevant experience OR 60 accredited college credits + 2 years of experience OR 90 accredited college credits + 1 year of experience.
• Relevant experience in social, human, or protective services (paid or volunteer).

• Accredited bachelor’s degree OR…