SENIOR CHILD PROTECTIVE INVESTIGATOR - 60071442
State of FloridaAbout the role
Requisition No: 843617
Agency: Children and Families
Working Title: SENIOR CHILD PROTECTIVE INVESTIGATOR - 60071442
Pay Plan: Career Service
Position Number: 60071442
Salary: 54,500.16
Posting Closing Date: 12/26/2024
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Date: 12/19/2024
Location: Gainesville, FL
Requisition No: 843617
Agency: Children and Families
Working Title: Senior Child Protective Investigator
Position Number: 60071442
Posting begin and end date: 12/19/2024-12/26/2024
Salary: $54,516.00 annual $2,096.16 bi-weekly
Senior Child Protective Investigator
Department of Children and Families
Gainesville, FL
Internal Only
Current employees will be compensated in accordance with the DCF salary policy.
What you will do:
This is professional work protecting children, working with families and conducting investigations of alleged abused, abandoned, neglected or exploited children. This position will assume an individual contributor role and be a model of child protection practice to other Child Protective Investigators (CPIs).
How you will make an impact:
Conduct investigations regarding allegations of abuse, neglect, abandonment and/or special conditions for children.
Collect information through interviews with the children, parents, relatives, neighbors, and other parties associated with the case.
Engage families, identifies needs and determines the level of intervention needed to include voluntary services or court ordered dependency services; provides services linkages to agency and community resources based on needs assessment.
Provide recommendations for development of case plan to Case Manager.
Conduct initial/ongoing child Present and Impending Danger assessments.
Develop with the family a signed Present Danger Plan and a signed safety plan for any identified threats and interventions.
Arrange emergency placement for any child that cannot safely remain in the home.
Notify state attorney, law enforcement, child protection team and other required individuals as appropriate.
Schedule and gathers information for and participates in case staffings,
Prepare appropriate reports/documentation in coordination with Children’s Legal Services and provide testimony in court.
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