Job Details

Child Welfare Manager 2

The position serves as the senior leader within the Office of Child Welfare responsible for directing, supervising, and evaluating the statewide training and workforce development program for DCFS in partnership with the Louisiana Child Welfare Training Academy (LCWTA). This role provides strategic oversight of staff, contracts, budgets, and learning systems while ensuring alignment with the DCFS mission to protect children, empower families, and strengthen communities. If you're driven, collaborative, and ready to make an impact—this could be the opportunity for you!

Job Duties:

• Directs the child welfare training strategy statewide, including foundational, ongoing, and specialized training.
• Develops and maintains policy, program standards, and quality assurance protocols for all training activities to ensure compliance with state/federal mandates and national best practices.
• Supervises and manages Child Welfare Managers, including professional development, coaching, performance evaluation, and staff retention.
• Develops, submits, and manages the statewide training operating budget, including state general funds, federal match, and project-based allocations.
• Oversees curriculum review and approval to ensure alignment with DCFS policy, Louisiana Children's Code, state and federal law, and research-supported best practices.
• Provides consultation to regional leadership, field offices, legal units, and partner agencies to ensure consistent and effective implementation of training statewide.
• Performs other duties as assigned for the smooth operation of the Department.

Position-Specific Details:

Appointment Type: This position may be filled as a probational appointment or a job appointment that may last up to 48 months. Job appointments may convert to probational appointments. Also, it may be filled as a detail and promoted within 12 months or by promotion of a permanent classified employee.

Work Schedule: Typically, work hours are 8:00 am to 4:30 pm, Monday – Friday. Flexible work schedules are available after meeting certain criteria and is dependent upon the position you are applying for. Some positions require working shifts.

Work Location: Baton Rouge, LA

In accordance with La. R.S. 46:51.2 the department shall conduct a State Central Registry (SCR) check for a potential employee of the department to determine whether or not said individual's name appears on a SCR subsequent to December 31, 2009, and whose duties include: investigations of child abuse or neglect, supervisory or disciplinary authority over children, direct care to a child, or performance of licensing surveys.

In accordance with state laws, selected candidates must pass the following checks before any final job offer will be made: Drug Test, Criminal Background, State Central Registry, and Louisiana State Police Sex Offender and Child Predator Registry.

NOTE: The incumbent of this position must not have been convicted or pled nolo contendere to a crime listed in R.S. 15.587.1 (c).

Must possess a valid driver's license & access to a personal vehicle.