CHILD PROTECTIVE INVESTIGATOR - 60070937

Requisition No: 855009 

Agency: Children and Families

Working Title: CHILD PROTECTIVE INVESTIGATOR - 60070937

 Pay Plan: Career Service

Position Number: 60070937 

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

Posting Closing Date: 06/22/2025 

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Child Protective Investigator

Department of Children and Families

Kissimmee, Florida

Open Competitive

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

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

 

 

How you will make an impact:

 

The Toughest Job You'll Ever Love!

 

Ready to roll up your sleeves? Dive into a career where curiosity meets compassion. This job is for the resilient; Those who don’t back down from a challenge. If you’re in pursuit of a meaningful career, look no further. Florida’s Department of Children and Families is looking for individuals like you to Protect Florida’s Future.

Child Protective Investigators with the Florida Department of Children and Families are at the forefront of advocating for children’s safety and well-being. This role isn’t about sitting behind a desk; it’s about actively making a difference by investigating, locating resources, and protecting. With each case, you’ll have the chance to impact a child’s future, giving them the opportunity for a safer tomorrow.

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's Assistant/Aide 

Daycare Provider/Worker 

Therapeutic Assistant 

Behavioral Health Technician 

Family Intervention Specialist  

Home Health Aide 

Nurse (LPN or RN) or similar profession<