Title: Support Enforcement Specialist - Fairfax (W1696)

State Role Title: Prog. Admin. Specialist I

Hiring Range: $47,000 - $53,000, (salary commensurate with experience)

Pay Band: 4

Agency: Department of Social Services

Location: DCSE NORTHERN VIRGINIA

Agency Website: www.dss.virginia.gov

Recruitment Type: General Public - G

Job Duties

The Virginia Department of Social Services (VDSS) engages families for success. Its Division of Child Support Enforcement (DCSE) manages nearly 251,000 cases to ensure that child support payments of $590 million per year reach families across the Commonwealth. Support Enforcement Specialists establish and sustain helping relationships with parents who have payment obligations as well as parents who depend on those payments.

The Support Enforcement Specialist (SES) serves as program agent for assigned child support cases, engaging families to ensure the financial and family support they need to grow and thrive. Duties in this position may include:

locating non-custodial parents
working with other state and country child support agencies
establishing paternity
determining and assessing child support obligations and health care coverage
ensuring parents comply with child and/or medical support orders through a number of administrative and judicial enforcement actions
providing testimony in court proceedings when required
connecting parents with resources and partners that support their ability to be self- sufficient and active participants in their child lives

The SES position manages a large caseload equal in volume and complexity and draws on a wide range of case management and communication skills to influence noncustodial and custodial parents toward supporting their children.

The ideal candidate enjoys:

delivering a high level of customer service while maximizing payment collection efforts and addressing other customer service inquiries
handling sensitive case information (legal, financial, medical and other personal circumstances)
researching, analyzing and following up on accounts to verify established protocols have been achieved
interacting with customer to resolve their challenges and questions using multiple communication channels
developing effective partnerships within and across teams that create a culture of continuous support for each other and customers
the challenge of building strong relationships through proactively calling customers who may be evading or distrust the child support system
a high-volume and detail-oriented role where multiple conflicting priorities are consistently part of the daily workload.

The Division of Child Support Enforcement offers an interactive team setting, where staff receive structured training, and the benefit of on-the-job coaching. Support Enforcement Specialist are given the tools to develop the competence and independence to successfully meet the challenges of engaging this fast paced, performance driven environment.

VDSS engages its employees for success offering comprehensive pay and employee benefits, development, and unique job and career opportunities in public service. VDSS employees make a vital difference for Virginia’s families.

Minimum Qualifications

Ability to interact with a diverse public in a service setting to tactfully solve problems, sometimes in difficult situations where conflict is encountered.

Ability to work independently: plan, organize, and handle multiple priorities in a case management/caseload setting.

Skill in information collection through interviewing and obtaining/ reviewing records, documents and reports and the ability to analyze and determine the appropriate action in order to achieve results.

Skill in effective oral and written communication.

Ability to interpret and apply laws, regulations, policies and/or procedures to ensure compliance and produce outcomes and results.

Works in a considerate and respectful way as a team member to set, clarify and achieve team goals.

Additional Considerations

Experience in or comprehensive knowledge of child support enforcement.
Experience in gathering and organizing client documentation to process financial transactions or maintain case activities.
Knowledge of and/or experience in legal processes, to include preparing legal documents and providing court testimony.

Special Instructions

You will be provided a confirmation of receipt when your application and/or résumé is submitted successfully. Please refer to “Your Application” in your account to check the status of your application for this position.

This position may be eligible for telework opportunities; availability, hours, and duration will be in accordance with the Commonwealth’s Teleworking policy on a case-by-case basis.

Selected candidate(s) must successfully pass a fingerprint-based criminal history background check. A record of criminal history does not automatically bar an applicant from consideration. Employment verification will be conducted to include current/previous supervisory employment reference checks.

VDSS will record information from each new employee’s Form I-9 (Employment Eligibility Verification) into the Federal E-Verify system to confirm identity and work authorization.

To be considered for this position, you must submit a Commonwealth of Virginia application or resume through the on-line “Virginia Jobs” (PageUp) employment site no later than 11:55 p.m. on the closing date listed. Each application is reviewed for documentation that shows the applicant meets the minimum and additional considerations as stated in the job announcement. The decision to interview an applicant is based on the information provided. Multiple positions may be filled from this recruitment within 90 days of the closing date.

The Virginia Department of Social Services (VDSS) is an Equal Opportunity Employer and encourages diversity within its workforce.
VDSS does not provide sponsorship.

VDSS is an official certified state agency that values the service and experience of our Veterans. As such, Veterans are encouraged to apply and receive preference in the hiring process. AmeriCorps, Peace Corps and other national service alumni also are encouraged to apply.

Reasonable accommodations are available to applicants, if requested, during the application and/or interview process.

If you have been affected by Policy 1.30 Layoff as a state employee and possess a valid Interagency Placement Screening Form (Yellow Form) or a Preferential Hiring Card (Blue Card), you must submit this document through the “Virginia Jobs” (PageUp) employment site when you apply.

Contact Information

Name: Division of Human Resources

Phone: dssrecruitment@dss.virginia.gov (applications/resumes or any other supporting documents are not accepted)

Email: dssrecruitment@dss.virginia.gov (applications/resumes or any other supporting documents are not accepted)

In support of the Commonwealth’s commitment to inclusion, we are encouraging individuals with disabilities to apply through the Commonwealth Alternative Hiring Process. To be considered for this opportunity, applicants will need to provide their AHP Letter (formerly COD) provided by the Department for Aging & Rehabilitative Services (DARS), or the Department for the Blind & Vision Impaired (DBVI). Service-Connected Veterans are encouraged to answer Veteran status questions and submit their disability documentation, if applicable, to DARS/DBVI to get their AHP Letter. Requesting an AHP Letter can be found at AHP Letter or by calling DARS at 800-552-5019.

Note: Applicants who received a Certificate of Disability from DARS or DBVI dated between April 1, 2022- February 29, 2024, can still use that COD as applicable documentation for the Alternative Hiring Process.

Each agency within the Commonwealth of Virginia is dedicated to recruiting, supporting, and maintaining a competent and diverse work force. Equal Opportunity Employer

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