CHILD PROTECTIVE INVESTIGATOR (C12-TRNG) - 60072448

Requisition No: 860695 

Agency: Children and Families

Working Title: CHILD PROTECTIVE INVESTIGATOR (C12-TRNG) - 60072448

 Pay Plan: Career Service

Position Number: 60072448 

Salary:  $50,000.08 annually / $1,923.08 bi-weekly 

Posting Closing Date: 09/21/2025 

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Child Protective Investigator

Department of Children and Families

Sarasota, Florida

Open Competitive

This posting will be used to fill position vacancies in Career Service.

Current employees will be compensated in accordance with the DCF salary policy.

 

How you will make an impact:

WHEN SECONDS COUNT…A CHILD CANNOT WAIT!!!

Children in crisis need quick action from strong, compassionate individuals dedicated to ensuring their safety. This demanding and challenging career could be your opportunity to speak for those with no voice and fight to help ensure the safety of those who cannot protect themselves.  We are looking for people who are detailed-oriented, possess good decision-making skills, and can thrive in a high-pressure, fast-paced environment. When seconds count, your career decision may be the critical difference in the life of a child.

 

What you will do:

• Conduct investigations of abuse, neglect, abandonment and/or special conditions for children;
• Collect information through observation and interviews with the children, parents, relatives, and neighbors;
• Assess danger threats, child vulnerabilities and caregiver protective capacities in order to determine whether a child is safe;
• Arrange emergency placement for any child that cannot safely remain in their home;
• Notify state attorney, law enforcement and child protection teams;
• Provide families with service linkages to agency and community resources;
• Conduct initial/ongoing child present and impending danger assessments;
• Report indication of abuse, neglect and/or abandonment to the Florida Abuse Hotline.

 

Qualifications:

• A high school diploma or GED equivalent and four years of law enforcement experience or active military service (honorably discharged or status that current service reflects serving honorably); OR
• An associate degree or 60+ credit hours from an accredited college or university and two years of professional work experience (see examples below) or two years of law enforcement experience or active military service (honorably discharged or status that current service reflects serving honorably);

 

Examples of professional work experience could be, although not limited to: 

Guardian Ad Litem or similar child advocate role 

Family Support Worker  

Group Home Worker 

Teacher/Teacher's Assistant/Aide

Daycare Provider/Worker 

Therapeutic Assistant 

Behavioral Health Technician 

Family Intervention Specialist  

Home Health Aide/CNA 

Healthcare Practitioner (LPN, RN) or similar profession 

Nursing Facility Assistant