FIELD SERVICE SUPERVISOR 3 CHILDREN & FAMILIES
Children & Families
Career Family: FIELD SERVICE SUPERVISOR
New Jersey treats Field Service Supervisor 3 Children & Families as a competitive-class job, so the gate is an examination and the ranked list it produces rather than a direct offer.
The spec names a master's degree, but it leaves the door open to substitute experience for the degree. The FY 2027 range lands between $72,896 and $106,798, and state payroll currently lists about 11 people in the title, most of them at Human Services.
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Field Service Supervisor 3 Children & Families appears on the State payroll at one department, Department of Human Services.
State departments
| Employer | Employees |
|---|---|
| Department of Human Services | 11 |
State payroll and independent authority payroll are separate systems and are never merged. See data sources.
Pay ladder: Field Service Supervisor series
- Field Service Supervisor 3 Family Development — $72,896 – $106,798
- Field Service Supervisor 2 Family Development — $79,844 – $117,228
- Field Service Supervisor 1 Quality Control — $87,507 – $128,719
Its top salary lands around the 54th percentile of all NJ civil service titles that publish a range.
Rungs are ordered by FY 2027 pay. NJ level numbers are not always sequential, so ordering follows salary rather than the title number.
Who employs this title
State payroll records show 11 people working under this title. The median actual salary is $103,187. The agencies employing the most are:
- Human Services (11)
Counts from NJ YourMoney agency payroll. See statewide workforce analytics.
Official job specification
The text below is the official specification published by the New Jersey Civil Service Commission. The plain-language summary and analysis above are derived from it by NJ Civil Service Navigator. Source: the official specification page at NJ CSC.
Definition
Under the direction of a Field Service Supervisor II, Youth and Family Services, Department of Human Services, or other Divisional supervisor, represents the Division in one of the regional administrative areas comprised of County Welfare Agencies; as well as Division of Youth and Family Services district offices, assists in the supervision and monitoring of delivered social service programs and is the official liaison to the County Welfare Agencies, performs related duties as required.
Examples of work
As liaison, provides technical assistance to County Welfare Agencies, (CWA) within a Division of Youth and Family Services Regional Office and assists with the supervision and monitoring of social service programs. Promotes, facilitates, coordinates and integrates projects and all other matters involving DYFS- CWA interfact situations on the county level. Consults with CWA administrative staff, arranges for and/or provides in-service training for all levels of service staff. Includes the coordination of relevant training resources and direct training of District Office staff, Division of Family Services in CWA-DYFS related training areas. Consults with CWAs, assures the implementation of social service programs consistent with State and Federal program objectives, rules and regulations. Consults with a Field Service Supervisor, develops and utilizes a monitoring and evaluating instrument to determine conformity of the Social Service delivery systems of the DWAs to existent State and Federal requirements. Includes coordinating any Federal and State monitoring of the CWA social services delivery systems. Interprets policies and procedures related to the Bureau of Family Services for the District Office and agency service staff. Attends conferences and meetings; promotes effective working relationships with other state and private agencies. Prepares monthly progress reports, statistical reports, and other reports, correspondence, memoranda relative to field work for the Regional Supervisor. Performs special assignments and responsibilities as designated by Regional Supervisor. Directs outreach projects to provide public and community relations. Consults with CWAs regarding staffing patterns and most effective utilization of service staff. Reviews and makes recommendations regarding CWA service budgets requests. Advises appropriate vision personnel where gaps its CWA related service areas of policies are identified, provides related background data and makes recommendations. Gathers information and reviews CWA actions is reported critical incidents and makes reports to Division staff as requested. In cooperation with CWA staff recommends designs and reviews procedures and related forms developed to operationalize programs, implement various regulations and policies. Promotes, facilitates, coordinates and integrates projects and all other matters evolving DMAHS- CWA interface situations on the county level for EPSDT and Family Planning Services.
License
Appointee will be required to possess 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.
Knowledge, skills and abilities
Ability to acquire considerable knowledge of the laws of New Jersey and the regulations of the Bureau of Family Services and the Department of Human Services relating to child welfare and social services programs. Considerable knowledge of the administrative, reporting and other problems of local government units charged with the administration of social services and of the methods of their solutions. Considerable knowledge of the objectives, programs, standards, and procedures of the private and public organizations and agencies concerned with services to children and families. Considerable knowledge of modern accepted social case work aims, practices and techniques. Considerable knowledge of the problems and practices of public social services administration. Ability to analyze laws, rules, regulations, and established procedures, interpret and apply them to specific situations, and service the work of local units in order to determine whether legal requirements are being net. Ability to collect, compile, and make accurate appraisal of factual information relating to the public social service delivery system. Ability to make the required field visits, studies, and investigations and prepare reports thereon. Ability to work effectively with superior officers, local government officers, associates, clients, and others interested in, or concerned, with the work of the Bureau of Family Services to establish and maintain cooperative working relationships. Ability to comprehend the administrative and other related problems of local public social service administrations and supply them with needed advice and assistance when problems arise. Ability to assign and instruct technical and other employees and supervise the performance of their work. Ability to direct the required statistical, and recording and reporting work in connection with federal programs. Ability to attend and participate in lay and professional conferences and meetings and to act as the representative of the Bureau in public contacts. Ability to help plan and participate in staff training programs. Ability to draft correspondence relating to the field program of the Bureau. Ability to prepare and supervise the preparation of clear, sound, accurate and informative statistical and other reports containing findings. Ability to supervise the establishment and maintenance of the essential records and files. Ability to read, write, speak, understand, or communicate in English sufficiently to perform the duties of this position. American Sign Language or Braille may also be considered as acceptable forms of communication. Persons with mental or physical disabilities are eligible as long as they can perform the essential functions of the job after reasonable accommodation is made to their known limitations. If the accommodation cannot be made because it would cause the employer undue hardship, such persons may not be eligible.
Note
Applicants must meet one of the following or a combination of both experience and education. Thirty (30) semester hour credits are equal to one (1) year of relevant experience. Seven (7) years of professional experience in the field of social services systems which should have involved contacts with lay and professional public and the responsibility for the interpretation of basic laws and regulations. OR Possession of a Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university; and three (3) years of the above-mentioned professional experience. OR Possession of a Master's degree in Social Work, Public Administration or related areas; and two (2) years of the above-mentioned professional experience. "Professional experience" refers to work that is creative, analytical, evaluative, and interpretive; requires a range and depth of specialized knowledge of the profession's principles, concepts, theories, and practices; and is performed with the authority to act according to one's own judgement and make accurate and informed decisions.