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Senior Family Service Specialist/Master Family Service Specialist

State of Delaware

DE · Posted June 2, 2026

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Opening Date: 6/2/2026. Closing Date: 11/28/2026 11:59:00 PM Type of Recruitment: Open Competitive. Salary: Yearly: SFF - $49,913.00/MSFF - $56,649.00. Pay Grade: 11 13 Shift Hours: Various Shifts Listed below in Additional Posting Information Section Employment Type: Actual Vacancies Employment Term: Regular Agency: DSCYF/Family Services Location(s): Statewide: (Multiple, Positions, Available Statewide, ) Contact Name: DSCYF Talent Acquisition Contact Phone: 302-739-5458 Summary: The Family Service Specialist series consists of the Family Service Specialist, Senior Family Service Specialist, Master Family Service Specialist, and Family Crisis Therapist classifications. Incumbents in these roles directly provide and coordinate professional case management services to children, youth, adults, and families experiencing abuse, neglect, dependency, behavioral concerns, crisis situations, or family dysfunction. An incumbent in this class conducts assessments, and provides planning, facilitation, advocacy, monitoring, and evaluation which is achieved through collaboration with the client and other professionals. The incumbent is responsible for conducting child abuse investigations and/or providing ongoing case management services, which may include foster care and other permanency planning.

Positions require the ability to work independently in both the office and during home visits or in community settings, including independent statewide travel to conduct home visits, court appearances, community-based services and responses, and respond to urgent situations to assess/maintain child safety and well-being. Work may involve responding to time-sensitive situations in community and home settings, which may require working outside of the standard work hours based on meet the needs of families and children as well as other operational needs. View this Recruitment: Senior Family Service Specialist/Master Family Service Specialist - #052826-UDDQ12-370600