CFWS Social Service Supervisor ; SSS- Bremerton

CFWS Social Service Supervisor 5 (SSS5) – Bremerton

Location:

Bremerton, WA – Region
5. This full‑time, permanent position requires time in the field and in the office; full‑time teleworking is not an option. Travel is a requirement of this position, including travel within assigned areas and to attend trainings and meetings elsewhere.

Salary: $6,576 – $8,842 per month. Assignment Pay:
This position also receives 10% assignment pay in addition to the regular base salary. The required duties include performing visits in unregulated environments, such as private residences, to conduct investigations for allegations of abuse and/or neglect to assess the safety of vulnerable children.

The Department of Children, Youth, and Families is seeking a Child and Family Welfare Services (CFWS) Social Service Supervisor 5 (SSS5) to join our dynamic team in Bremerton. Our office is focused on supporting our team as they learn and develop their skills in child welfare practice. If you have child welfare experience and are looking for an opportunity for professional growth and development in a supervisory role, please apply.

In this role, you will use your strong assessment and engagement skills to supervise Social Service Specialists in the CFWS unit. As a front‑line supervisor, you will provide staff with advanced‑level guidance and specialized case‑management knowledge to accomplish the agency's goals of child protection, permanency planning, and enhancing child well‑being. This position is the supervisor within its unit, reviewing the work of frontline department employees responsible for investigating and intervening with families where there are allegations of child abuse, neglect, and/or abandonment.

The primary function of this position is to provide supervisory duties to positions responsible for determining if children are safe with their families and caregivers, intervening to protect unsafe children, and developing a case plan with the family and caregivers to remedy the situation so families can safely parent their children.

This position provides frontline workers with on‑the‑job training, mentoring, feedback, coaching, and consultation, including field observations and modeling of case‑management skills and techniques. The unit supervisor is responsible for providing regular, thorough clinical reviews, consultations, and monitoring assigned client cases, applying child welfare practice principles, laws, rules, and policies, as well as assessing and intervening on assigned workload when necessary.

• Supervise and mentor a unit of Social Service Specialists and complete CFWS casework.
• Manage and support Social Service Specialists in formal training plans who are transitioning to field work.
• Perform quality assurance on staff documentation, assessments, reports, case management, and payment initiation.
• Ensure Social Service Specialists document case activities and information gathered within the case file and FAMLINK electronic record.
• Provide mentoring, coaching, counseling, consultation, on‑the‑job training, and feedback.
• Prepare written staff performance evaluations utilizing the Performance Evaluation system.
• Consult with administrators and human resources regarding corrective or disciplinary action.
• Train new and existing staff to gather accurate and complete information, organize information, and make case decisions.
• Keep staff informed of policies, rules, and regulations affecting their jobs and the children and families they serve.
• Provide consultation and oversight to ensure accurate application of the child safety framework.
• Review and revise service referrals, letters, court reports, and assessments.
• Review activities with parents and relatives to establish case goals, identifying services for the family.
• Initiate payments within Fam Link for child placement and child/family services.
• Coordinate with other supervisors to ensure appropriate coverage for the office.
• Participate in supervisory, administrative, and individual meetings and conferences.
• Attend and testify in Superior Court.

• Eight (8) years of paid social service experience AND 30 semester or…