Social Service Supervisor - Wellbeing and Permanency

Salary: $58,934.39 - $71,208.86 Annually
Location : 06 - BOLIVAR COUNTY, MS
Job Type: Full-Time
Job Number: 9800-0681-20260521BLV1
Department: 0681 - CHILD PROTECTION SERVICES
Opening Date: 05/26/2026
Closing Date: 6/2/2026 11:59 PM Central
Agency Minimum Salary: $58,934.39
Agency Maximum Salary: $71,208.86
About the Agency: The Mississippi Department of Child Protection Services has a position available for a Frontline Social Service Supervisor position within Wellbeing and Permanency Unit. The Mississippi Department of Child Protection Services (MDCPS) is committed to protecting and nurturing Mississippi's at-risk children and families. MDCPS offers a variety of positions statewide, including social work positions providing case management services and working with potential foster families, supervisor positions providing clinical and administrative support, and agency support positions such as policy development, human resources, information technology, program management, training, and budgeting/finance. Working with MDCPS will give you the chance to make a life-changing difference for Mississippi's most vulnerable children and families. If you have any additional questions, you can contact Touya Harrington, Director of Workforce Development at View phone number on click.appcast.io or View email address on click.appcast.io
About the Position: The Mississippi Department of Child Protection Services is recruiting for a Social Services Supervisor (working title: Frontline Social Service Supervisor) within the Wellbeing and Permanency Unit in Bolivar County, Mississippi.This position is responsible for supervising and supporting case management activities that promote child safety, permanency, and wellbeing. Duties include conducting ongoing safety and risk assessments, identifying safety concerns, and ensuring appropriate safety plans are developed, implemented, and monitored throughout the life of the case.The incumbent will assist with gathering demographic information on children and families and ensuring diligent search efforts are conducted when contact cannot be made or when such efforts are needed to support timely permanency. This position is responsible for ensuring that the frequency and quality of visits with children and families are sufficient to assess and support safety, permanency, and wellbeing.This position also works to identify the physical, educational, and mental or behavioral health needs of children, parents, and foster parents, and to ensure those needs are addressed through coordination with internal and external supports.Additional responsibilities include coordinating with the local youth court to establish permanency goals; ensuring that foster care placements and living arrangements are stable and in the best interests of the child; and making concerted efforts to achieve timely permanency in accordance with the Adoption and Safe Families Act and applicable agency policies.The incumbent will also work to maintain sibling placements together unless separation is necessary to meet the needs of one or more siblings. When safe and appropriate, this position supports maintaining a child's connections to their neighborhood, community, faith, extended family, tribe, school, and friends.Duties include documenting case management activities within policy-established timeframes, preparing professional court reports, providing professional recommendations in court proceedings, and participating in ongoing learning and professional development opportunities.This position requires work-related travel in a privately owned vehicle, including transporting children when necessary. The position also routinely serves on after-hours on-call duty for foster care and in-home service needs.The incumbent will receive job-related training and must pass a comprehensive test to continue employment and/or advancement.Due to the travel requirements of this position, a valid driver's license and proof of automobile insurance are required.
What you'll need to be Successful: Professional commitment to and caring about clients and the larger profession of child welfare. Personal resilience and strong self-efficacy beliefs about the ability to work with clients to produce positive client outcomes. Efficient organizational and time management skills. Good oral and written communication skills. Positive work morale. Ability to be flexible in thinking and problem solving. Realistic expectations about the difficulty and challenges of the work. Ability to handle an often-unpredictable work environment
Preferred Qualifications: Typically requires a Bachelor's Degree and 3-5 years of experience, and 1-3 years of supervisory experience. Appointing authority may require a Master's Degree and/or social worker's license. **Hiring agency's preferred qualifications: a Bachelor's Degree from an accredited four-year college or university in social work, social services, psychology, educational psychology, sociology, nursing, criminal justice, counseling, marriage and family therapy, family studies, or a related field. and 3-5 years of experience, and 1-3 years of supervisory experience.**


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Wellness Benefits

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Life Insurance

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Flexible Spending Accounts

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Paid Personal Leave and Sick Leave Full-time employees receive paid time off for personal needs and for sick leave. Leave begins accruing after one month of employment and may be used as it is accrued. Employees earn approximately 18 days of personal leave annually and 12 days of sick leave annually.
Military Leave

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Career Development and Training

The Mississippi State Personnel Board offers several management and administrative certification programs, as well as professional development courses to enhance employee value to the agency. Individual agencies also offer technical training and allow membership in professional organizations to employees in their specific fields of employment.
Promotional Opportunities

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Career Ladders

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Do you have 1-3 years of supervisory experience?

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How many years of experience do you have? (Refer to the job posting for an explanation of related experience.)

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What is the highest level of education (or semester hours of college) you have completed?

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• 3 years / 90 semester hours
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Do you have a Master's Degree and/or social worker's license?

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