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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

Career Opportunities

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.

NOTE: During the first twelve (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 driver’s license valid in New Jersey only if the operation of a vehicle, rather than employee mobility, is necessary to perform the essential duties of the position
  • The ability to read, write, speak, understand and communicate sufficiently in English to perform the duties of the position
  • For bilingual positions, employees will be tested for the 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
609-292-9066
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 (1) 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 Department of Personnel's website at www.state.nj.us/personnel/veterans/index.htm.

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
 
 
To report suspected child abuse or neglect, please call 1-877-NJ Abuse (652-2873)