Join the DYFS Team – Help Protect New Jersey’s Children

DYFS SERVICES

• Child protection
• Case management
• Foster Care
• Adoption
• Residential treatment
• Family Supports and Services through community providers
• Information and referral

 BENEFITS OF THE JOB

• 12 vacation days
• 15 sick days
• 3 administrative leave days
• 13 paid holidays
• Health and dental benefits
• Prescription drug benefits
• Vision care
• Retirement plan
• Life insurance
• Deferred compensation plan
• Paid leave for annual military training

• FAMILY SERVICE SPECIALIST TRAINEE
  
• YOUTH WORKER
  
• ASSISTANT FAMILY SERVICE WORKER 2
  

• FAMILY SERVICE SPECIALIST TRAINEE

  
  As a Family Service Specialist Trainee (Bilingual or Non-Bilingual), you will perform field and office work involving collecting, analyzing and recording significant facts.
  
  Responsibilities may include responding to child abuse/neglect referrals, responding to requests for child welfare services, in-home visits and arranging for residential or foster care placements. The starting salary is $46,315.33.
  
  NOTE: During the first 12 months, employees hired in the position of Family Service Specialist Trainee (Bilingual or Non-Bilingual) will attend a comprehensive in-service training program, in addition to performing field and office casework duties.
  
  Here's What You Need
  
  Family Service Specialist Trainee (Bilingual or Non-Bilingual)
  • A bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university.
    NOTE: Bachelors in Social Work or Masters in Social Work preferred.
  • A valid driver’s license is required to perform the essential functions of this position.  Because driving of state vehicles with clients is an essential function of this position, the following may disqualify you from consideration: driving record with five points or more within the past five years; any driving under the influence conviction within the past five years; or, any combination of three motor vehicle violations/license suspensions within the last five years.
  • The ability to read, write, speak, understand and communicate sufficiently in English to perform the duties of the position
  • For bilingual positions only, to successfully pass an examination to test your ability to communicate effectively in both Spanish and English.

  Educated outside of the United States?

  You must submit, at the time of application, an evaluated transcript including specific course evaluations. The evaluation must be done by a recognized evaluation service. If you don’t know of an evaluation service, you can contact:

  World Education Service, Inc.
  P.O. Box 745
  Old Chelsea Station, New York, NY 10011
  Phone : (212) 966-6311
  Fax: (212) 966-6395
  E-mail: info@wes.org
  Web address: www.wes.org
  
  How new staff are selected

  You must submit a cover letter and resume indicating that you hold a bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university.

  Please send to:
  Department of Children and Families
  Office of Human Resources
  PO Box 717
  Trenton, New Jersey 08625-0717
  609-341-5600 or
  877-382-8718
  You can also email: yfsresume@dcf.state.nj.us
  

  Your resume then will then be reviewed for proper qualifications/requirements and recorded into a database for tracking purposes. You will receive an acknowledgement letter and may be asked to complete some necessary paperwork to be mailed back to DYFS. You may be contacted by a Human Resource Representative, who will schedule you for an interview. If you are not initially selected for an interview, but meet the qualifications of the position, your resume will remain on active file for one year. During that year, you may be contacted at any time to be scheduled for an interview.

  Appointees who are hired into the Family Service Specialist Trainee (Bilingual or Non-Bilingual) position and successfully complete the required 12-month training program and pass the final trainee exam will be eligible to be promoted to the title of Family Service Specialist 2 (Bilingual or Non-Bilingual in Spanish and English).
  
  Veterans
  
  Are you a veteran?  If so, please indicate this information in your cover letter and/or resume.  For information on Veterans Preference, please visit the Civil Service Commission's website at www.nj.gov/csc/veterans/index.htm 
  
  
  

  

• YOUTH WORKER

  
  The Youth Worker assists in the planning and implementation of therapeutic programs relating to the everyday living activities of problem children to provide for the emotional, social and educational advancement of the individual child, and to ensure the safety and welfare of the residents.

  Youth Workers at our centers provide supervision for children during three, eight hour shifts.  The shifts are: 11:30 pm to 8:00 am; 7:30 am to 4:00 pm; and 3:30 pm to 12 midnight. The starting salary is $32, 199.45.

  Requirements

  • One year of experience in the direct care and/or training of children with social, emotional, psychological and/or behavioral problems in a residential or community centered program.
  • Thirty semester credit hours from an accredited college, which shall have included at least 12 semester credit hours in the behavioral sciences may be substituted for one year of experience.
  • Applicants who possess the twelve specific credits in the behavioral sciences may substitute additional experience for the remaining education.
  • A valid driver’s license is required to perform the essential functions of this position.  Because driving of state vehicles with clients is an essential function of this position the following may disqualify you from consideration: driving record with five points or more within the past five years; any driving under the influence within the past five years; or, any combination of three motor vehicle violations/license suspensions within the last five years.
  • The ability to read, write, speak, understand and communicate sufficiently in English to perform the duties of the position.

  How new staff are selected

  You must submit a cover letter and resume in order to apply for this position to:
  Department of Children and Families
  Office of Human Resources, Recruitment Unit
  PO Box 717
  Trenton, New Jersey 08625-0717
  
  You can also email your current letter and resume to: yfsresume@dcf.state.nj.us
  
  

  Your resume will then be reviewed for proper qualifications/requirements and recorded into a database for tracking purposes.  You will receive an acknowledgement letter and may be asked to complete some necessary paperwork to be mailed back to the office of Human Resources. You also may be contacted by a Recruitment Specialist, who will schedule you for an interview.  If you are not initially selected for an interview, but meet the requirements of the position, your resume will remain on active file for one year. During that year, you may be contacted at any time to be scheduled for an interview.

  Veterans 

  Are you a veteran? If so, please indicate this information in your cover letter and/or resume.  For information on Veterans Preference, please visit the Civil Service Commission’s website at www.nj.gov/csc/veterans/index.htm 
  
  

  

• ASSISTANT FAMILY SERVICE WORKER 2

  
  The Assistant Family Service Worker 2 assists professional staff in providing services to clients with social, emotional, psychological or behavioral problems. This may include training and work programs, home and money management, setting up medical or dental appointments, family planning services, parenting techniques, receiving complaints involving desertion and abusive parents and supplementary supportive visits under the supervision of a case worker; conducts field audits to evaluate and assess situations; does other related duties. The starting salary is $32, 199.45.
  

  Requirements
  
  Two years of supervised social service experience with responsibility for gathering social service information from clients and assisting them to identify their needs, or experience in the training of children with social, emotional, psychological, and/or behavioral problems.
  
  Note: Thirty semester hour credits from an accredited college, which must include twelve semester hour credits in the behavioral sciences, may be substituted for one year of the experience listed above.
  
  A valid driver’s license is required to perform the essential functions of this position.  Because driving of state vehicles with clients is an essential function of this position the following may disqualify you from consideration: driving record with five points or more within the past five years; any driving under the influence within the past five years; or any combination of three motor vehicle violations/license suspensions within the last five years.
  
  The ability to read, write, speak, understand and communicate sufficiently in English to perform the duties of the position.
  
  This position is an Open Competitive title
  Selected candidates will be required to apply for, and successfully pass, an open competitive civil service examination to remain in this position.
  If you are selected for the position, you are responsible for applying for the examination when it is announced by the New Jersey Civil Service Commission and you must be reachable for appointment from the issued list of eligible(s) in order to be appointed into a permanent position.
  
  How To Apply:
  You must submit a cover letter and resume in order to apply for this position to:

  Department of Children and Families
  Office of Human Resources, Recruitment Unit
  PO Box 717
  Trenton, NJ  08625-0717
  
  You can also email your current letter and resume to: yfsresume@dcf.state.nj.us

  Your resume will then be reviewed for proper qualifications/requirements and recorded into a database for tracking purposes.  You will receive an acknowledgement letter and may be asked to complete some necessary paperwork to be mailed back to the office of Human Resources.  You also may be contacted by a Recruitment Specialist, who will schedule you for an interview.  If you are not initially selected for an interview, but meet the requirements of the position, your resume will remain on active file for one year.  During that year, you may be contacted at any time to be scheduled for an interview.
  
  Veterans
  
  Are you a veteran?  If so, please indicate this information in your cover letter and/or resume.  For information on Veterans Preference, please visit the Civil Service Commission’s website at www.nj.gov/csc/veterans/index.htm.