Child and Family Services Administrative Reviewer

The Administrative Review Division's (ARD) vision is to create a safe and promising future for children and at‑risk adults. Our mission is to strengthen the communities, families, and systems that work to make that future possible. As a neutral, third party, we do this by facilitating reviews, gathering and analyzing data, publishing research, and providing training and technical assistance to effect change in practice, policy, and programs that lead to improved outcomes for Colorado's children and at‑risk adults.

Colorado's Administrative Review Division (ARD) serves as an independent third party review system under the auspices of the Colorado Department of Human Services. The ARD manages quality assurance and quality improvement programs for Colorado’s child welfare and adult protective services systems. Specifically, the ARD is the mechanism responsible for the federally required Case Review System and a portion of the Quality Assurance System for both the Division of Child Welfare and the Division of Youth Services.

Additionally, the ARD conducts quality assurance reviews of Adult Protective Services cases.

With an ultimate passion of providing permanency and well‑being for Colorado's children, and the safety and protection of at‑risk adults, the Administrative Review Division works closely with Colorado's counties to train, measure and assess their adherence to State and Federal regulations. Such regulations are in place to help prevent unnecessary moves for children in foster care and to assess (and encourage) that the needs of the families', children, and at‑risk adults are being appropriately addressed.

Specifically, the ARD is the mechanism responsible for:

• Child Welfare Quality Assurance:
  • The federally required child welfare Case Review and Qualitative Case Review systems,
    • Administrative Reviews
    • Court ordered substituting Administrative Reviews
    • Screen Out Reviews/Assessment Reviews
    • In‑home Services Case Reviews
    • Institutional Abuse/Neglect Reviews
  • Colorado’s statutorily mandated Child Fatality Review Team
  • Foster Home Certification Reviews
  • Child Welfare Hotline Reviews
• Adult Protective Services Quality Assurance:
  • Adult Protective Services qualitative case reviews
• Child and Adult Maltreatment Dispute Review Section
  • Child abuse and neglect dispute review unit
  • Adult Protective Services dispute review unit
• Qualified Residential Treatment Program Placement Review

This position follows a hybrid work arrangement, combining remote work with regular travel. The employee will maintain a home office located within 20 miles of the Colorado Department of Human Services (CDHS) offices at 1575 Sherman Street, Denver, CO 80203. Candidates are preferred to reside in the following counties within the Denver metro region:
Denver County, Broomfield County, Northern Jefferson County, Western Adams County, and Southern Boulder County. The ideal home location is north of Interstate 70 (I-70), east of the foothills corridor served by major highways such as Interstate 25 (I-25) and Interstate 76 (I-76) within this metro zone, and no further east than Denver International Airport. These major transportation routes support the frequent travel requirement throughout the assigned counties.

Provides independent third party review and quality improvement processes for the Division of Child Welfare (CW) and the Division of Youth Services (DYS) service delivery. These reviews and quality assurance processes include:

• Administrative Reviews
• Court‑ordered Substituting Administrative Reviews
• Quality Assurance Reviews (including reviews of child protection assessments and in‑home service cases)
• Child and Family Services Reviews
• Ad‑hoc reviews, and
• IV‑E eligibility reviews to maximize Title IV‑E…