Child Welfare Services Manager

Salary : $91,728.00 - $126,256.00 Annually
Location : Throughout San Bernardino County, CA
Job Type: Full-time
Job Number: 26-03271-01
Department: Human Services-Children and Family Services
Opening Date: 05/12/2026


The Job
The Children and Family Services department is recruiting for Child Welfare Services Managers . Child Welfare Services Managers oversee several units of professional and support staff responsible for delivering services to assist children and families; monitor and evaluate program effectiveness and compliance with regulations and mandates; and recommend and implement changes to policies and procedures. Under the direction of a Deputy Director, incumbents will also plan, organize, and direct the delivery of a wide range of child welfare social service programs in order to accomplish the department's mission and goals. Child Welfare Services Managers play a vital role in the support, development, and growth of staff while also providing opportunities to enhance and develop new skills.
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Excellent Benefits
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THE DEPARTMENT
Children and Family Services (CFS) provides family-centered programs and services designed to ensure safety, permanence and well-being for San Bernardino County's children while strengthening and attempting to preserve the family unit. CFS helps prevent further harm to children from intentional physical or mental injury, sexual abuse, exploitation or neglect by a person responsible for a child's health and welfare. Services provided include: Emergency Response, Family Maintenance, Family Reunification and Permanency Planning.

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CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT
Assignment : Child Welfare Services Managers are rotated between Child Welfare service delivery and specialized administrative support programs, as well as across geographic regions. Assignments are made solely at the discretion of the Director of Children and Family Services and based on department needs. Employees must be willing to accept employment and work at any CFS location including San Bernardino, Barstow, Fontana, Needles, Rancho Cucamonga, Victorville, and/or Yucca Valley. Office locations may change due to space and department operational needs.
Travel : Travel throughout the County may be required and employees will be required to make provisions for such transportation.

Sponsorship: San Bernardino County is not able to consider candidates who will require visa sponsorship at the time of application or in the future.

Minimum Requirements
Experience: Two (2) years of full-time experience equivalent to a in San Bernardino County which includes supervising professional-level employees in a social work or related agency.

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Education: Master's degree in social work, human services, clinical psychology, or counseling with an emphasis in marriage, family or child psychology.

Desired Qualifications
The ideal candidate will demonstrate a commitment to customer service, as well as strong leadership, communication, and organizational skills.

Selection Process
There will be a competitive evaluation of qualifications based on the information provided in the application and the Supplemental Questionnaire. You are encouraged to include detailed descriptions of your qualifying experience and skills, as only the most highly qualified applicants will be referred to the Department.

Applications will be accepted continuously and reviewed periodically. Interested applicants are encouraged to apply as soon as possible as this recruitment may close at any time. Resumes will not be accepted in lieu of the application and/or supplemental questionnaires.
To ensure timely and successful submission of your online application, please allow ample time to complete and submit your application before the posted filing deadline. Applicants will be automatically logged-out if they have not submitted the application and all required materials prior to the posted deadline. Once your application has been successfully submitted you will receive an onscreen confirmation and an email. We recommend that you save and/or print these for your records. Please note, if you do not receive an onscreen confirmation and an email acknowledging our receipt of your application we have not received your application.
Additional Information and Resources:
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Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) / Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA): San Bernardino County is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) and Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) compliant employer, dedicated to ensuring equal employment opportunities for all employees and applicants.

ADA Accommodation: If you have a disability and need accommodations during the testing process, please submit the Special Testing Accommodations Request Form (Download PDF) within one week of the recruitment filing deadline.

Veterans' Preference: Eligible veterans and their spouses or widows/widowers who are not current County employees may receive additional Veterans' Preference points. For details and instructions on how to request these points, please refer to the


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Management Unit

San Bernardino County offers a range of benefit programs for employees and their eligible dependents. These include health, dental, vision, and life insurance, as well as a variety of other voluntary benefits. Programs and benefit amounts vary and are based on bargaining unit, family size, hire date, plan selection, and number of hours worked.


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Refer to the appropriate MOU, contact the County's Employee Benefits and Services Division at View phone number on click.appcast.io or visit the for more detailed information.

*Retirement benefits subject to change.
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ASSIGNED WORK LOCATION & GEOGRAPHIC AVAILABILITY: Employees must be willing to accept employment and work at any CFS location including San Bernardino, Barstow, Fontana, Needles, Rancho Cucamonga, Victorville, and/or Yucca Valley. Office locations may change due to space and department operational needs. Failure to accept a job in any location will result in removal from the eligibility list. Are you available and willing to work in the above mentioned geographic areas?

• Yes, I am available and willing to work in any of the above mentioned geographic areas.
• No, I am not available nor willing to work in the above mentioned geographic areas. I understand that by selecting this option, my application will not be advanced further in the selection process.

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INSTRUCTIONS: The information on the Application and your responses to the following Supplemental Questions will be used in a competitive evaluation . Accurate responses should be provided for each question, and all experience must be clearly detailed in the employment history section of your application in order to ensure qualifications are properly considered.

• I have read and understand the above statement.

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Education: Do you possess a Master's Degree or higher?

• Yes
• No

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Degree Major: My Master's Degree (or higher) major is in:

• Social Work
• Human Services
• Clinical Psychology
• Counseling with an emphasis in Marriage, Family or Child Psychology
• Other
• I do not possess a master's degree or higher

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If you indicated "Other" in the question above, provide the degree major.
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MANAGEMENT & SUPERVISION: Describe your experience as a regular/ongoing supervisor or manager (not as backup) to professional staff in a social work agency. Include information regarding the number and level of positions supervised including second-level subordinates, (must specify job titles of staff) and your scope of responsibility for hiring, writing performance evaluations, and handling disciplinary matters in a social work agency . Be sure to describe any experience in the support, development, and growth of staff.
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COLLABORATION & PUBLIC RELATIONS: Describe your participation with professional, internal or external committees/work groups on behalf of an agency, consumers or the community. Indicate the mission or goal of the committee, agencies represented, and the outcome. Indicate length of involvement for each committee and dates of committee involvement in a social work agency.
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PROGRAM PLANNING & POLICY DEVELOPMENT: Describe your experience in program/policy planning and development. Include experience assessing needs, conducting analyses, and coordinating/implementing changes, new programs, services, policies or procedures. Be specific as to your level of responsibility in these areas and experience obtained in a children and family services program.
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Applicant Acknowledgement - Notification via email: As part of our efforts to increase efficiency and promote conservation of resources, human resources uses email to communicate with applicants. Therefore, all future communications regarding this recruitment, including applicant status and testing notifications, will be made via email. Each applicant needs their own email address. We strongly encourage you, as an applicant, to ensure that the email address you have provided us with your application is current, secure, confidential, and readily accessible to you. Adjust Spam and/or other filters so that our emails are accepted. Please carefully read any notices that we send you and follow any instructions provided in a timely manner. We will not be responsible in any way if you do not receive our emails (i.e., for the non-delivery of our emails or if you fail to check your e-mail on a timely basis).

• I acknowledge that I have read, understood, and agree to the above.

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For your convenience, a step-by-step guide to create and apply filters within Gmail is available in the attached PDF. Once downloaded, follow the instructions so that you will receive future emails from San Bernardino County Human Resources.

Note: If you apply the filters and still do not receive emails from San Bernardino County Human Resources you can check your (Neogov) account inbox. All notifications will appear there.

• I understand

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Applicant Acknowledgement - Application Complete: Thank you for taking the time to complete this application and supplemental questionnaire. Please be sure to review all information provided prior to submitting it as you cannot update or revise it once submitted. Your submitted application will be reviewed and evaluated as is. Please do not refer to a resume or other documentation in lieu of completing the employment history section or responding to the supplemental questions; they will not be reviewed or considered.
Once your application has been successfully submitted, you will receive an onscreen confirmation and an email confirmation will be sent to the email address listed on your application. We recommend that you save and/or print these for your records. Please note: if you do not receive an onscreen confirmation and an email acknowledging our receipt of your application, we have not received your application.

• I acknowledge that I have reviewed my application and understand that I will not be able to update or revise any part of it once submitted.

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