Child Protective Services Specialist 4 - Grade 27

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This title exists in Children&Family Svcs, Off of and has approximately 3 positions.

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Salary Information for Child Protective Services Specialist Tr
Title Grade Hiring Rate/yr Job Rate/yr
Child Protective Services Specialist Tr 13 $49,363 $63,169
Child Protective Services Specialist 1 16 $58,247 $74,135
Child Protective Services Specialist 2 20 $72,032 $91,381
Child Protective Services Specialist 3 23 $84,156 $106,454
Child Protective Services Specialist 4 27 $103,784 $127,830
Child Protective Services Specialist 5 29 $114,976 $140,815

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Job Duties

As a Child Protective Services Specialist 4, you would be responsible for all operational aspects of the Statewide Central Register 24/7 Child Abuse and Maltreatment Hotline. You would provide leadership and promote staff development and productivity, quality assurance, personnel management, and line management; build relationships with stakeholders, verbally and in writing, to ensure the timely delivery of services in protecting children and supporting the due process rights of citizens of New York State; coordinate and integrate computer and telephone technology; and allocate resources so that all service levels are achieved and legal mandates are met.

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Summary of Minimum Qualifications

Please note: qualifications for this position may be subject to change. If substitutions for education and/or experience are allowed, this information would be available on the announcement.

You must take and pass a Civil Service examination to be considered for appointment to this position.  

On or before the date of the examination, you must be a qualified employee of the New York State Office of Children and Family Services and have had three months of permanent competitive or 55-b/55-c service as a Child Protective Services Specialist 3.

Only the title or titles listed are qualifying.

If you were permanently appointed to a qualifying title on or before July 22, 2022, and have served continuously in this title since that date, you are eligible to file for this examination.

For informational purposes only, click on the examination number(s) listed below to see the current or previous examination(s) that are used to fill this title.

38-796010

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