Family Services Supervisor- Family Support Supervisor (Albemarle)
Family Services Supervisor- Family Support Supervisor (Albemarle)
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26-07-2025
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Posted on :
26-07-2025
Job Description
Description
Supervisory Responsibilities:
Supervises an inclusive team in multiple program areas to ensure the effectiveness of and compliance with local state and federal regulations.
Essential Functions:
- Responsible for performance management workforce development and staff retention including coaching onboarding assessing professional development needs providing training evaluating staff performance advocating for staff well-being fostering resilience to help staff manage secondary traumatic stress cultivating an inclusive team culture and recommending personnel actions including hiring advancement and discipline.
- Provides staff supervision in their delivery of specialized trauma-informed and family-centered services designed to ensure child safety well-being and permanency; assigns reviews closes cases and approves services plans.
- Coordinates and maintains extensive partnerships with other child welfare programs and school personnel and provides a pivotal role in community service coordination with numerous local social service agencies; responds to service provision inquiries and concerns/complaints regarding program policies/practices.
- Promotes cultural understanding and competency and an organizational climate of equity and inclusion; provides a high level of service to all internal and external customers.
- Gathers and analyzes relevant data to evaluate and advocate for programmatic needs making recommendations regarding regulations and service program implementation; briefs agency director and other management staff on local state and federal legislative issues that impact the program assists in the development of prevention program resources and formulates programs/policies to support program staff.
- Prepares and reviews program plans (management strategic annual report state plans) and special reports for the agency director advisory board school and/or local government officials.
- Prepares grant applications authorizes funding for services and provides fiscal oversight of purchased services and expenditures.
- Participates in agency interagency teams and state-level workgroups; coordinates and/or assists with special projects and events.
- Provides on call supervisory consultation for Child Welfare Staff after hours and on weekends for emergencies involving the abuse/neglect of children or situations requiring immediate attention regarding children in the custody of the Department of Social Services. Provides direct back up assistance as needed.
- Performs related tasks as required.
Competency: Knowledge/ Skills/ Abilities:
- Thorough knowledge of the philosophies objectives practices and techniques of social work and counseling;
- Thorough knowledge of current social economic and health problems;
- Thorough knowledge of the techniques and means of effective supervision including interviewing counseling and investigating;
- Thorough knowledge of the principles and techniques of family services public assistance or protective service work;
- Thorough knowledge of the programs laws and procedures of public assistance programs of the area of assignment; thorough knowledge of community resources for social services;
- Thorough knowledge of the legal/judicial process relative to the area of assignment.
- Ability to plan organize assign and supervise the work of a staff of caseworkers and to train and instruct subordinates;
- Ability to communicate complex ideas effectively orally and in writing;
- Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with clients officials employees and various parties to cases;
- Ability to analyze situations to make sound judgments within the framework of existing laws policies and regulations.
Required Education and Experience:
- Minimum of a bachelors degree in a Human Services field or a minimum of a bachelors degree in any field
- Minimum of two years of appropriate and related experience in a Human Services area.
- Considerable experience in assigned program area/human services programs and completion of required training programs.
- Additional requirement of supervisory experience or work experience in a leadership role and considerable experience in human services programs or any equivalent combination of experience and training which provides the required knowledge skills and abilities. Possession of a BSW or MSW or related masters degree and a Commonwealth of Virginia Social Work license or other clinical license are preferred.
- Workers in this position are required to drive and they must meet the eligibility requirements of the Countys safe driver policy. Workers must be willing to travel occasionally overnight and may be required to assist in managing emergency shelters for the public. The candidate may be subject to criminal history and central registry background checks.
Preferred Qualifications/Certifications:
- Possession of a BSW or MSW or related masters degree and a Commonwealth of Virginia Social Work license or other clinical license.
Physical and Mental Requirements:
- Work is typically performed in an office setting with occasional extended periods of time at a computer terminal.
- Frequent need to travel for meetings within the County and schools and occasional travel beyond the County for training or meetings is required.
- Regular contact with local and state staff in various departments including Social Services and Education other County departments and school staff
Remote Work:
This position is not eligible for remote work. All County staff must maintain residence within the Commonwealth of Virginia.
Albemarle County Core Values:
Albemarle County holds its employees to the highest standards in fulfilling the Countys Vision and Mission. We believe in excellence in public service through
Community: We expect diversity equity and inclusion to be integrated into how we live our mission.
Integrity: We value our customers and co-workers by always providing honest and fair treatment.
Innovation: We embrace creativity and positive change.
Stewardship: We honor our role as stewards of the public trust by managing our natural human and financial resources respectfully and responsibly.
Learning: We encourage and support lifelong learning and personal and professional growth.
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Contact Information:
For questions related to this posting please contact: Kiersten Trader
Required Experience:
Manager
Employment Type
Full-Time
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