Human Services Licensing Representative - Southwest Region

The Human Services Licensing Representative position with the Department of Human Services is a chance to serve your community in a powerful way. You will help uphold essential safety rules that protect residents who depend on personal care and assisted living services. This job offers independence, purpose, and the chance to solve meaningful challenges. Be part of an agency that values your judgment and dedication.

This role focuses on conducting inspections and investigations that ensure personal care homes and assisted living residences follow state laws and regulations. Your work supports the health, safety, and well-being of residents throughout Pennsylvania. As a Human Services Licensing Representative, you will perform the following duties:

• Inspection
  
  Activities:
  
  Conduct independent inspections of personal care homes and assisted living residences to assess compliance with state laws and regulations
• Complaint Investigations: Investigate complaints and incidents by gathering facts and determining regulatory compliance
• Information Review: Examine medical, legal, and program documents to evaluate adherence to licensing requirements
• Technical Guidance: Provide advice to facility operators regarding compliance with statutes, policies, and procedures
• Relocation Support: Assist in the safe relocation of residents from noncompliant homes by coordinating needs, belongings, and transportation
• Enforcement Recommendations: Recommend licensing and enforcement actions based on inspection findings and professional judgment

Interested in learning more? Additional details regarding this position can be found in the position description.

• Full-time employment
• Work hours are 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM, Monday - Friday, with 30-minute lunch.
• Home Headquartered: This position is home headquartered. In order to be home headquartered, you must have a securely configured high-speed internet connection and work from an approved location inside Pennsylvania.
• Travel is required.
• Salary: In some cases, the starting salary may be non‑negotiable.
• You will receive further communication regarding this position via email. Check your email, including spam/junk folders, for these notices.

Minimum Experience and Training Requirements:

• Two years of professional experience gathering and analyzing information in a social service or law enforcement program, and a bachelor’s degree;
  or
• An equivalent combination of experience and training.

• You must reside in or be willing to relocate to the Southwest Region which includes Allegheny, Fayette, Greene and Washington counties.
• You must meet the PA residency requirement. For more information on ways to meet PA residency requirements, follow the link and click on Residency Guidelines.
• You must be able to perform essential job functions.

• Pennsylvania law (51 Pa. C.S. §7103) provides employment preference for qualified veterans for appointment to many state and local government jobs. To learn more about employment preferences for veterans, go to (Use the "Apply for this Job" box below). and click on Veterans.

• 711 (hearing and speech disabilities or other individuals).

If you are contacted for an interview and need accommodations due to a disability, please discuss your request for accommodations with the interviewer in advance of your interview date.

The Commonwealth is an equal employment opportunity employer and is committed to a diverse workforce. The Commonwealth values inclusion as we seek to recruit, develop, and retain the most qualified people to serve the citizens of Pennsylvania. The Commonwealth does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religious creed,…