Assistant Family Service Worker Family
Career series with 4 positions across 4 levels
In New Jersey civil service, Assistant Family Service Worker names a 4-level progression covering 4 distinct titles.
Entry is typically through Assistant Family Service Worker 1, advancing through the ladder toward Assistant Family Service Worker 4. Pay across the family spans $38,928 to $76,518, around the 13th percentile of all civil service job families by top pay. State payroll records show 369 people across the family's titles, most concentrated at Children and Families.
Assistant Family Service Worker supervises titles such as Food Service Worker (10 - and Laboratory Service Worker.
Positions in This Family
- ASSISTANT FAMILY SERVICE WORKER 1 (54248) $38,928 - $55,860/year
- ASSISTANT FAMILY SERVICE WORKER 2 (54249) $44,260 - $63,811/year
- ASSISTANT FAMILY SERVICE WORKER 3 (54250) $48,272 - $69,861/year
- ASSISTANT FAMILY SERVICE WORKER 4 (54251) $52,696 - $76,518/year
What the Assistant Family Service Worker family covers
New Jersey classifies Assistant Family Service Worker as a 4-level series holding 4 separate title codes. Every title in it is a state title, so the employer is a state department, commission or authority rather than a county or municipality.
Case-carrying titles are the largest civilian block in New Jersey government outside clerical work. They run through the Department of Children and Families, Human Services, county welfare and social services boards, and the guardianship and child support programs. The families are usually built as clean numbered ladders because caseload complexity is what separates one rung from the next, not a change of profession. A social work degree is common at the professional levels, though many of the specialist and technician titles admit experience instead.
The ladder, ordered by pay
Sorted by pay instead of by title number, the Assistant Family Service Worker family stacks up as follows. Here the numbering happens to agree with the pay order, which is not guaranteed elsewhere in New Jersey's plan.
- Assistant Family Service Worker 4 — $52,696 to $76,518 (4 years of experience)
- Assistant Family Service Worker 3 — $48,272 to $69,861 (3 years of experience)
- Assistant Family Service Worker 2 — $44,260 to $63,811 (2 years of experience)
- Assistant Family Service Worker 1 — $38,928 to $55,860 (1 year of experience)
The distance from the bottom of Assistant Family Service Worker 1 to the top of Assistant Family Service Worker 4 is $37,591, an increase of about 97% over the entry minimum.
What each title does
The specifications themselves are the clearest guide to what separates these titles. Here is how each one opens.
- Assistant Family Service Worker 1: Under close supervision of a Supervising Family Service Specialist 1, or 2 or other supervisory official in the Department of Children and Families…
- Assistant Family Service Worker 2: Under limited supervision of a Supervising Family Service Specialist 1, or 2 or other supervisory official in the Department of Children and Families…
- Assistant Family Service Worker 3: Under general supervision of a Supervising Family Service Specialist 1, or 2 or other supervisory official in the Department of Children and Families…
- Assistant Family Service Worker 4: Under the supervision of a Supervising Family Service Specialist 1, or 2 or other supervisory official in the Department of Children and Families…
Getting in: the stated requirements
None of the specifications in this family names a degree requirement, which places these titles among the New Jersey positions open to applicants without formal higher education. Stated experience runs from 1 year at the lowest rung to 4 at the highest, which is the main thing separating one level from the next.
On how the jobs are filled: 3 are competitive, filled from an eligible list after an open competitive or promotional examination and 1 is non-competitive, appointed on proof of the stated qualifications rather than by examination. 1 title in this family is covered by the compendium's special incentive program, which lets an appointing authority hire a qualified candidate above the bottom step instead of starting them at step one. See the full list of incentive titles.
Who actually employs these titles
369 people appear on the state payroll under 4 of these titles, at 1 agency. Children and Families alone accounts for about 100% of them.
- Children and Families — 369 employees
Median actual pay varies across the family, from $44,155 for Assistant Family Service Worker 1 up to $73,931 for Assistant Family Service Worker 4. Those are medians of what people are really paid, not schedule minimums and maximums.
State payroll only, deduplicated by payroll title; local employers file separately, so a family with local codes looks smaller here than it is. How this is counted.
How the pay is set
Titles in this family are paid on the H salary schedule. See every step in that schedule. Bargaining is handled by AFSCME. Union contracts and rights are collected here.
Where these jobs exist
Hiring for this family runs through state service. Departments, commissions and boards fill these titles from eligible lists built by the Civil Service Commission, so the route in is an announcement and a filing deadline rather than a posting you apply to directly. What state jurisdiction means, and a breakdown of who employs what.
Related titles elsewhere in the plan
Nearby in the plan, ranked by how distinctive the shared terms are rather than by how many words happen to match.
- Family Service Worker (local jurisdiction)
- Social/Family Service Worker Trainee (local jurisdiction)
- Social/Family Service Worker Trainee (local jurisdiction)
- Family Service Worker Bilingual in Spanish and English (local jurisdiction)
- Family Service Supervisor (local jurisdiction)
- Family Service Specialist 2 ($69,668 to $101,951, state jurisdiction) — in the Family Service Specialist family
Common questions about Assistant Family Service Worker jobs
How many separate Assistant Family Service Worker classifications does New Jersey have?
The Assistant Family Service Worker family holds 4 title codes arranged across 4 levels. Each code is a separate classification with its own published specification, requirements and salary treatment.
How much is an Assistant Family Service Worker paid?
Published salary data for this family runs from $38,928 at the bottom of Assistant Family Service Worker 1 to $76,518 at the top of Assistant Family Service Worker 4. Those are schedule figures. Where the title appears on the state payroll, actual median pay is listed on the page above.
Is there a civil service test for Assistant Family Service Worker?
Yes for most of the family. 3 of the 4 titles are in the competitive division, which means appointment comes from an eligible list built by an open competitive or promotional examination.
What are the requirements to become an Assistant Family Service Worker?
No degree requirement is parsed from the specifications in this family, which puts these titles among the New Jersey civil service jobs reachable without formal higher education. Experience of 1 to 4 years is named where a requirement is stated.
Which agencies employ Assistant Family Service Worker staff?
State payroll records show 369 people in this family across 1 agency, with Children and Families the largest at 369. Local government employers are not covered by that extract.