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 The County of Santa Cruz has retained Berkeley Search Consultants to recruit for their Division Director of Child Welfare Services. Within a drivable distance of the San Francisco Bay Area and Monterey, the County is located on the scenic Central California coastline and encompasses the incorporated cities of Santa Cruz, Watsonville, Scotts Valley, and Capitola. The County’s Human Services Department offers a wide range of programs and services to the community, including but not limited to Family and Children’s Services, Adult and Long-Term Care Services, Employment and Benefit Services, and Housing for Health (Homeless Services). As their motto states, the people of the County of Santa Cruz Human Services Department are truly “dedicated to making a difference” in the community they serve.

Position Profile

Under the direction of the Human Services Department’s Director, the Director of Child Welfare Services. establishes and maintains goals, objectives, and plans for carrying out division functions consistent with overall Department goals; coordinates and directs through managers and supervisors the work of staff engaged in providing a wide variety of casework services; works closely with management and supervisory staff of the division, department, and other departments to coordinate and integrate services, resolve administrative problems, and develop joint procedures.  The Division Director analyzes divisional work activities and programs, conducts, or directs studies of systems and procedures, evaluates divisional policies, services, and systems, and formulates needed improvements; directs and participates in the formulation and preparation of the divisional budget; monitors divisional budget; may direct a decentralized fiscal component. 

  Requirements

Any combination of training and experience that would provide the required knowledge and abilities is qualifying. A typical way to obtain this knowledge and abilities would be:

• Three years of responsible administrative or management experience which would demonstrate application or possession of the required knowledge and abilities listed above;
• A Master's Degree in Business or Public Administration, Social Services or Social Work, or closely related field, may be substituted for one year of the required experience.

This is a great opportunity for someone who is also "dedicated to making a difference” and having an impact on their community. The community is supportive of the Human Services Department and the services they provide.