Child Protective Services Caseworker Supervisor

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Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS)

Opening Date:
June 17 2026

Closing Date:
July 1 2026

Job Class Code: 5078

Grade: 27 (Supervisory Svcs)

Salary: $77,542.40 – $ per year*

* This is inclusive of a $7.50/hr. stipend. This position is eligible for an additional $1.00/hr. stipend for employees possessing a related Master’s Degree.

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We have an anticipated vacancy in our Portland office.

As a Child Protective Services Casework Supervisor, you will plan, coordinate, direct, and monitor the activities of caseworkers and support staff in the areas of child protection, adoption, and substitute care assigned to your unit. You will assess and assign casework loads; and review, monitor and provide guidance to your staff concerning cases and service delivery. You will research and work with staff and peers to resolve critical and crisis situations.

Your typical duties will include:

• Ensuring established quality service standards are maintained.
• Conferring with and counseling workers regarding casework in order to assist with difficult cases and caseload problems.
• Reviewing and comparing work performance and/or products of staff with established standards to assess employee productivity levels and training needs.
• Connecting with other agencies and community resources to coordinate services, promote necessary community resources, and monitor cooperative agreements.
• Evaluating and recommending program-wide changes and establishing unit procedures and goals in order to upgrade the quality and continuity of services.
• Coordinating activities between unit and service providers to effectively deliver social services to agency clients.
• Authorizing service provision and client/caseworker expenditures.
• Negotiating various contracts and agreements with service providers and others to ensure appropriate services are provided.
• Analyzing and reviewing cases to ensure compliance with state and federal laws, standards, and requirements, and initiate and participate in court hearings.
• Directing, coordinating, and/or participating in after-hours coverage to ensure appropriate staffing.

To qualify, your background must include eight (8) years of education and/or professional experience in social work which includes at least two (2) years experience as a fully licensed social worker* (LSW).
* Special

Note:

An LMSW or LCSW automatically meets the two (2) years fully licensed social worker experience requirement.

LICENSING/REGISTRATION/CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS:
Licensed Social Worker (LSW).

• Recent experience in professional child welfare casework.
• A thorough knowledge of and recent experience working with MACWIS/Katahdin.
• Four years of experience as a fully-licensed social worker.

Please submit a cover letter addressing your skills and/or prior experience in each of the three areas above.

For additional information about this position please contact Melissa Beaulieu, Program Administrator at .

To apply , please upload a recent resume (if available) and cover letter addressing each of the three preferred skills/experience areas above. Please submit all documents or files in PDF or Word format. To request a paper application, please contact Mandy.

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