Child Support Enforcement Worker

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Hiring Agency:

Health & Human Services - Agency 25

Location:

Lincoln, NE

Hiring Rate:

$18.626

Job Posting:

JR2025-00016118 Child Support Enforcement Worker (Evergreen) (Open)

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Job Description:

Are you detailed, organized and looking for an amazing career with top notch benefits?

The State of Nebraska, Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Economic Assistance is seeking a Child Support Enforcement Worker in the Lincoln area.

Under general supervision, a Child Support Enforcement Worker reviews applications, establishes paper and computer case records. Establishes and enforces paternity and court orders for child support and medical support using legal and administrative processes. Obtains financial information from parties to calculate child support guidelines; drafts legal documents under the direction of an attorney; performs related work as required.

"You have the passion; we have the opportunities – let’s make a difference for Nebraskans."

 

The Child Support Enforcement Worker:

• Manages an assigned child support caseload and demonstrates critical thinking skills required to complete tasks independently.

• Requires a person that can independently analyze a variety of case situations to determine appropriate establishment, enforcement, and intergovernmental actions.

• Communicates on the phone with customers that may be reluctant to establish or pay support orders.

• Requires a personality that can be tactful and empathetic under stressful or difficult situations.

• Communicates with a variety of in and out of state agencies including: federal/state partners, attorneys, clerks of the court, and related entities to achieve the goals of the child support program.

• Ability to multi-task in a busy work environment while maintaining a high level of confidentiality, accuracy, and efficiency.

• Ability to work with detailed information with minimal mistakes.

• Positive attitude with ability to perform at a consistently high level in a fast-paced environment.

• Must be a hard worker with predictable and reliable attendance.

Examples of Work:

• Interviews noncustodial parent delinquent in child support, obtains financial information, and explains the legal basis and remedies for collection of current and delinquent child support.

• Drafts, under the direction of an attorney, petitions to establish paternity and/or an equitable order for support and obtains the client's signature.

• Drafts, under the direction of an attorney, stipulations and voluntary wage assignments for the non-custodial parent's signature so additional money can be obtained to purge delinquencies.

• Drafts, under the direction of an attorney, garnishments, contempt actions, and withhold and transmit to enforce support obligations from uncooperative noncustodial parents.

• Under the direction of an attorney, negotiates and enters into agreements with noncustodial parents for additional monies to purge delinquencies.

• Files, after the attorney's approval, all legal documents with the appropriate Clerk of the District Court and monitors the timeframes for legal service, completion of interrogatories and answers by the noncustodial parent to ensure timely progression of the case through the court system.

• Personally, interviews clients on sensitive matters involving a child born out-of-wedlock to obtain information which may be used in court to establish paternity, to explain the legal process of establishing paternity and/or an order for support and the basis for completion of legal documents.

• Schedules genetic testing to establish paternity, witnesses the procedure for the legal "chain of evidence", and identifies the alleged/noncustodial parent and client for the court.

• Files the petition with the Clerk of the District Court, schedules a hearing date and monitors the petition to ensure that it is served on the alleged/noncustodial parent and/or the alleged/noncustodial parent answers the petition to ensure statutory timeframes are met.

• Researches and verifies, at the request of another state, noncustodial parent information by reviewing legal documents for correctness and accuracy to ensure filings are appropriate to establish/collect support for another state.

• Monitors payments and initiates administrative enforcement actions, (i.e. Income Withholding, License Suspension, Administrative Attachment).

• File with the Clerk of the District Court to establish an order for support, to register a foreign suppor