Residential Child-Care Regulation Inspector

4 days ago

Austin, Texas, United States Health & Human Services Comm Full time
Job Description:

Why choose to become a Residential Child-Care Regulation Inspector?

  • Be an agent of change
  • Challenging, never boring
  • Flexibility
  • Advancement opportunities

If you're seeking a rewarding career where you can utilize your skills, help protect the children of Texas, and make a difference, you're in the right place.

Our child-care regulation inspectors work as a collaborative team monitoring and investigating residential child-care facilities throughout the State of Texas. Team members perform facility inspections, conduct investigations in general residential operations, child-placing agencies, and agency homes, provide training to residential child-care providers, and convene inquiry meetings for residential child-care facility applicants.

The state of Texas offers many benefits to employees. HHSC is a qualifying organization for the Federal Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program, which forgives the remaining balance on college student Direct Loans after making 120 qualifying monthly payments. We also offer excellent health benefits, a lifetime monthly retirement annuity as well as 401(k) and 457 Programs under the Employees Retirement System of Texas.

Additionally, the Child Care Regulation department offers opportunities to promote up once certain requirements have been met.

Essential Job Functions:
  • Monitors general residential operations and child-placing agencies, documents compliance or noncompliance with standards, and notifies providers of required corrective or adverse actions being taken.
  • Investigates complaints, incidents, and reports of minimum standards violations in general residential operations and child-placing agencies, and agency homes.
  • Evaluates new applications for general residential operations and child-placing agencies to issue licenses.
  • Identifies risk and recommends appropriate enforcement actions be taken in accordance with law, rule, and policy, to ensure the health, safety, and well-being of children in residential child-care facilities.
  • Provides training and technical assistance to residential child-care providers on issues related to minimum standards.
  • Responds to emergency complaints of high-risk situations in residential child-care facilities.
Knowledge Skills Abilities:
  • Knowledge of Texas laws relating to regulation of child-care and child abuse/neglect.
  • Skill in effective verbal and written communication.
  • Skill in establishing and maintaining effective working relationships.
  • Ability to initiate and participate in enforcement of regulations concerning child-care facilities.
  • Ability to evaluate facility's operations in relation to agency guidelines for management of child-care facilities.
  • Ability to work with diverse groups of people.
  • Ability to de-escalate situations with tact and diplomacy.
  • Ability to self-start, organize, and manage priorities.
  • Ability to operate basic office equipment including camera/AV equipment.
  • Ability to travel.
  • Ability to promote and demonstrate appropriate respect for cultural diversity among coworkers and all work-related contacts.
Registration or Licensure Requirements:
  • Valid driver's license
Initial Selection Criteria:
  • Graduation from an accredited four-year college or university.

This position may also be filled as CCL Inspector IV or V if applicant has previous experience as a CCL Inspector.

Additional Information:

Attends work regularly in accordance with agency leave policy.

Work hours must be flexible and are not considered 8:00-5:00. Occasional work during the evening and weekends may be required.

This position will be in a mobile unit which means most of the work will be conducted using mobile technology, such as a tablet and cell phone. Travel may be required outside of headquartered geographical area on occasion.

Applicants for positions must have transportation and a valid Texas driver's license with insurance as required by the State of Texas.

Applicants for this position who are considered for employment must pass a Background Check, which includes a criminal history check and a review of the Texas Child Abuse and Neglect Registry.

MOS Code:

Military occupation(s) that relate to the initial selection criteria and registration or licensure requirements for this position may include: 68R, 35M, 06, 6033, 2A7X2, AM, 35M. For more information see the Texas State Auditor's Military Crosswalk here.

HHS agencies use E-Verify. You must bring your I-9 documentation with you on your first day of work.

I-9 Form - Click here to download the I-9 form.

In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), HHS agencies will provide reasonable accommodation during the hiring and selection process for qualified individuals with a disability. If you need assistance completing the on-line application, contact the HHS Employee Service Center at 1-888-894-4747. If you are contacted for an interview and need accommodation to participate in the interview process, please notify the person scheduling the interview.

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