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Social Work Supervisor Family

Career series with 11 positions across 3 levels

In New Jersey civil service, Social Work Supervisor names a 3-level progression covering 11 distinct titles.

Entry is typically through Social Work Supervisor 3 Geriatrics, advancing through the ladder toward Social Work Supervisor 1, Psychiatric. Pay across the family spans $72,896 to $128,719, around the 54th percentile of all civil service job families by top pay. State payroll records show 106 people across the family's titles, most concentrated at Health and Senior Services.

Social Work Supervisor supervises titles such as Social Worker and Medical Social Care Specialist.

11
Positions
3
Career Levels
6
Specializations
Salary Range: $72,896 - $128,719/year

Specializations

Developmental Disabilities Geriatrics Medical Psychiatric Secured Facilities Secured Facilities Bi Spanish And English

Positions in This Family

What the Social Work Supervisor family covers

Social Work Supervisor covers 11 title codes arranged into 3 levels of responsibility. 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

The Social Work Supervisor rungs, listed from the best paid down. Note that the numbers in these titles do not run in pay order. In this family a lower number sits higher on the ladder, which is a New Jersey convention that catches people out when they read a title list top to bottom.

The distance from the bottom of Social Work Supervisor 3, Psychiatric to the top of Social Work Supervisor 1 Secured Facilities Bi Spanish and English is $55,822, an increase of about 77% over the entry minimum.

What each title does

Reading the definitions side by side is the quickest way to see what changes as you move through the family.

Showing 8 of 11 published definitions in this family. The full list of titles is below.

Requirements across the family

Across the 11 titles we have parsed, the education requirements read as a master's degree on 10 of them. Stated experience runs from 2 years 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: 11 are competitive, filled from an eligible list after an open competitive or promotional examination. 3 titles in this family are 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

106 people appear on the state payroll under 8 of these titles, at 4 agencies. Health and Senior Services alone accounts for about 77% of them.

  • Health and Senior Services — 82 employees
  • Military and Veterans Affairs — 13 employees
  • Juvenile Justice Commission — 6 employees
  • Human Services — 5 employees

Median actual pay varies across the family, from $99,911 for Social Work Supervisor 3, Psychiatric up to $104,234 for Social Work Supervisor 2 Medical. 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 A-P-R-S salary schedule. See every step in that schedule. Bargaining is handled by CWA. 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

Other classifications built on the same terms as Social Work Supervisor. Worth checking if this family has no current opening.

Families next to this one

New Jersey's classification plan links families by shared terminology and by the routes people actually take between them. These sit closest to Social Work Supervisor.

Common questions about Social Work Supervisor jobs

How many separate Social Work Supervisor classifications does New Jersey have?

The Social Work Supervisor family holds 11 title codes arranged across 3 levels. Each code is a separate classification with its own published specification, requirements and salary treatment.

How much is a Social Work Supervisor paid?

Published salary data for this family runs from $72,896 at the bottom of Social Work Supervisor 3, Psychiatric to $128,719 at the top of Social Work Supervisor 1 Secured Facilities Bi Spanish and English. 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 Social Work Supervisor?

Yes for most of the family. 11 of the 11 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 a Social Work Supervisor?

The most common education requirement in this family is a master's degree, named on 10 of the 11 titles. Stated experience ranges from 2 to 4 years depending on the rung. Read the individual specification for the exact wording, including any experience substitution.

Which agencies employ Social Work Supervisor staff?

State payroll records show 106 people in this family across 4 agencies, with Health and Senior Services the largest at 82. Local government employers are not covered by that extract.

Is Social Work Supervisor 1 higher or lower than Social Work Supervisor 3?

In this family the lower number is the more senior title. New Jersey's level numbering does not run in pay order, and reading the titles by number alone will give you the ladder upside down. The list above is sorted by what each title actually pays.