Prevention Services Manager

Prevention Services Manager

Do you have a passion to provide meaningful contributions to your community? Would you like to be part of an organization whose central mission is helping to protect, stabilize and strengthen the lives of South Carolina's children, families, and vulnerable adults? If so, the SC Department of Social Services has the right job opportunity for you!

Job Responsibilities:

• The Prevention Services Manager provides daily leadership and operational oversight to the Regional Prevention Services Coordinators statewide, ensuring consistent guidance, coordination, and adherence to agency expectations.
• The Manager supports internal child welfare staff by assisting them in identifying the most appropriate prevention services.
• The Manager serves as an expert on the agency's service array and is responsible for providing oversight of evidence-based practices and the broader prevention service array to promote high-quality, compliant, and effective service delivery across all assigned areas.
• The Manager will also be responsible for overseeing an assigned region's day to day prevention services operations.
• Provides oversight and technical assistance to service providers and internal DSS staff to support effective implementation of Family First Prevention Services Act (FFPSA) and other child-welfare-related support services.
• Leads strategic planning and operational alignment to strengthen the statewide prevention service array, ensuring that program goals, staffing structures, workflows, and service-delivery expectations are coordinated across regions and aligned with agency priorities.
• Supervises the day-to-day activities of Regional Prevention Services Coordinators statewide, ensuring consistent guidance, adherence to policy, and alignment with best-practice expectations.
• Authorizes and supports FFPSA-related services to ensure compliance with Title IV-E Prevention requirements and promote high-quality service delivery.
• Monitors and tracks service utilization, eligibility, and outcomes within assigned areas in collaboration with the agency's internal CQI team, ensuring accurate analysis and reporting.
• Oversees statewide performance, accountability, and cross-division coordination by analyzing trends, monitoring regional implementation consistency, and ensuring that Regional Coordinators receive the direction, resources, and escalation pathways needed to resolve complex operational issue.
• Consults with county and regional child welfare services staff on the implementation of the service array and collaborates with relevant CWS program areas to support effective service planning and coordination. They work closely with community providers and partner agencies to assess service gaps and help strengthen the service-array infrastructure.
• Ensures that Personal Identifying Information (PII) is properly used, accessed, gathered, shared and disposed. Protects the agency networks and applications by safeguarding systems, equipment and data.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Minimum and

Additional Requirements:

A Bachelor's Degree in Social Work, Social Welfare, Counseling, Behavioral Science, Human Services, or a related field and three (3) years of related professional experience.

Additional Comments:

This application for employment with the SC Department of Social Services must be completed in its entirety. A resume may be included; but shall not be substituted in lieu of the completion of this application in part or in whole. "See Resume" is not acceptable information for the completion of any part of the requirements of this application. If such is submitted, this employment application will be considered incomplete and may not be forwarded as eligible for consideration to hiring managers.

A valid drivers license is required. Must possess a valid driver's license and have access to and be able to operate a motor vehicle. If you certify, by completion and submission of this application, that you possess educational credentials that qualify you for the available DSS positions, you will be required to provide a certified official transcript, if you are selected for job offer.

The South Carolina Department of Social Services offers an exceptional benefits package that includes:

• Health, Dental, Vision, Long Term Disability, and Life Insurance for Employee, Spouse, and Children
• 15 days annual (vacation) leave per year
• 15 days sick leave per year
• 13 paid holidays
• Paid Parental Leave
• State Retirement Plan and Deferred Compensation Programs