Children's service worker vs child protective investigator

Differences between children's service worker and child protective investigator duties and responsibilities

Children's service worker example responsibilities.

• Help children/youth in state custody achieve permanency whether through reintegration, adoption or custodianship.
• Task supervisor for MSW graduate students for field placement.
• Recognize risk factors quickly, collaborate with interdisciplinary team, nurture positive relationships with patients through consistency and modeling healthy boundaries.
• Authorize medical necessity forms for Medicaid services.
• Assure federal regulations and all eligibility requirements are follow when placing customers into proper Medicaid program.
• Perform related adoptions and supervisory visits for state adoptions.

Child protective investigator example responsibilities.

• Utilize locating systems, negotiate agreements, file motions and prepare subpoenas.
• Review and approve time sheets, mileage reports for CPI assign to the unit.
• Complete timely findings including determining if someone should be place on the child abuse registry.
• Investigate reports of abuse, neglect and exploitation that are report to the state abuse hotline.
• Respond to Hotline reports, conduct child safety assessments, and determine immediate risk to child.
• Review child safety assessments as submitted by CPI, and provide direction and guidance in the investigation.
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