SENIOR HUMAN SERVICES COUNSELOR SUPERVISOR - 60019911

Requisition No: 874706 

Agency: Children and Families

Working Title: SENIOR HUMAN SERVICES COUNSELOR SUPERVISOR - 60019911

 Pay Plan: Career Service

Position Number: 60019911 

Salary:  AGENCY TO UPDATE 

Posting Closing Date: 05/01/2026 

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Senior Human Services Counselor Supervisor -SES

 

Starting Salary: $ 40,000.22 or per DCF Salary Policy

 

 

************This position is currently being reclassified from a career service position to a select exempt position. This position is being listed as an anticipated vacany***********

 

 

OCCUPATION PROFILE

 

       This position is located in the Northwest Region and covers Jefferson, Leon, Gadsden, Franklin, Wakulla, Liberty, Escambia, Santa Rosa, Okaloosa, Walton, Bay, Gulf, Washington, Calhoun, Holmes and Jackson Counties.

 

       This position has been designated as an essential position.  Incumbents are expected to work during emergency situations or natural disasters and may be required to work before, during and beyond normal work hours/days.

                                                                                                               

JOB FAMILY: COMMUNITY AND SOCIAL SERVICES

CCUPATIONAL GROUP: COUNSELING AND SOCIAL WORK

OCCUPATION: COMMUNITY AND SOCIAL SERVICE SPECIALISTS, ALL OTHER
 

DESCRIPTION
This is professional work supervising and directing the activities of an Adult Protective Services Unit composed of 7 Human Services Counselors.  This unit is responsible for the arrangement and/or provision of services to eligible Adult Protective Services clients, living in the community or in state-licensed facilities through the following programs, Voluntary and Court Ordered Protective Supervision, the Home Care for Disabled Adults, Community Care for Disabled Adults, Medicaid Wavier Programs, Short-term Case Management, Placement and Supportive Services. This position also supervises the duties of a Secretary Specialist.  

 

 

EXAMPLES OF WORK
 

• Supervise Human Services Counselor IIIs. Case assignment, consultation, and closure.

 

• Provides guidance regarding services activities such as emergency placement, casework, family/victim assessment, risk and service needs, court reports, recommendations, review/approval of activities of the services case record and electronic case management system.

 

• Staff cases with counselors and offers on-going supervision.

  

• Trains, coaches and mentor services staff. 

 

• Completes field work when necessary

 

• Ensure standards are met timely.

 

•  Telephone information and referral.

 

• Uses the computer for ASIS, Outlook, Florida Safe Families Network and upgrades computer skills as needed to perform job duties.

 

• Evaluates staff performance and sets goals, informally and on an annual basis, or as required by personnel regulations.

 

• Establishes and maintains cooperative working relationships with organizations and other agencies involved with adult protective services such as community-based providers, law enforcement, medical personnel, schools and other community/agency resources

 

• Performs travel in relation to the above duties in order to provide direction and supervision of staff and outlying counties, assist with case problems, attend / conduct staff meetings, conferences, training sessions, etc. Perfo