Child and Family Services Specialist (CFSS)-Lincoln
for headings like About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Use - for lists,
for prose. Do not repeat job title as heading. Do not put Job ID/requisition numbers as headings; fold minor metadata into short
or drop it. Preserve all substantive info; remove boilerplate, navigation, legal, EEO, equal-opportunity, scam-warning, duplicated lines, application instructions. Include a section only when posting has real specific content; never emit heading with filler placeholder text. Prefer few substantive sections over many thin ones.
We need to parse the posting.
Key info:
- Hiring Agency: Health & Human Services - Agency 25
- Location: Lincoln, NE
- Hiring Rate $22.327 (maybe salary)
- Job Posting JR2026-00029397 (metadata)
- Title: Child and Family Services Specialist (CFSS)-Lincoln (Evergreen) (Open)
- Applications No Longer Accepted On (If no date is displayed, job is posted as open until closed): (no date)
- Job Description: "You have the passion; we have the opportunities – let’s make a difference for Nebraskans! The Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) is seeking compassionate and committed individuals to join our team as Child and Family Services Specialists (CFSS). These professionals provide essential support to children and families through trauma-informed case management and advocacy. This work has traditionally been known as Child Protective Services. This vital role directly supports our mission of Helping People Live Better Lives."
- About The Role: paragraph.
- Salary: "Trainee starts at $22.327 for training and $26.183 after training."
- Key Responsibilities: bullet list.
- Work Schedule & Flexibility: paragraph.
- Work Environment & Expectations: paragraph.
- Why Join Us? Benefits list.
- Requirements/Qualifications: Minimum Qualifications, Preferred Qualifications, Other (Valid Driver's license required). Also note internal apply note.
- Benefits: repeated but we have benefits list.
We need to decide sections: About the role (About The Role), Responsibilities (Key Responsibilities), Requirements/Qualifications (maybe combine Requirements and Qualifications), Benefits (Why Join Us? Benefits), Pay (Salary), Schedule (Work Schedule & Flexibility). Possibly Work Environment & Expectations could be part of Responsibilities or separate? But we have limited headings allowed: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We can choose to include sections that have substantive content.
We have content for About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements/Qualifications (minimum and preferred), Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Skills not explicitly listed; we could omit Skills section.
We must not create sections with filler placeholder text. So we include only those with content.
We need to format:
About the role
... (the About The Role paragraph)
Responsibilities
- ...
...
Requirements
Minimum Qualifications: ...
Qualifications
Preferred Qualifications: ...
Other: Valid Driver's license is required.
Alternatively combine Requirements and Qualifications into one section? But we have separate headings allowed; we can include both if they have content.
Benefits: Benefits
- ...
Pay: Pay
Trainee starts at $22.327 for training and $26.183 after training.
Schedule: Schedule
The training schedule is generally Monday through Friday, 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM. During this period, occasional after-hours field experiences and case-related responsibilities may be required. Following the completion of training, flexible work hours are available. Evening hours may be necessary to accommodate the needs of assigned families. This position also requires participation in an on-call rotation, which includes weeknights, weekends, and holidays.
We should also maybe include Work Environment & Expectations? Not a listed heading; could be part of Responsibilities or omitted. But we need to preserve ALL substantive information; we cannot omit Work Environment & Expectations if it's substantive. However we don't have a heading for it; we could incorporate into Responsibilities or About the role? The instructions say we can use only those headings; but we can also add other headings? It says "use for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule)." It gives examples but not exclusive list. It says "Use for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule)." Likely they expect us to use those headings when appropriate; we could also add other headings if needed, but better to stick to those. Work Environment & Expectations could be placed under Responsibilities as part of duties, or we could add a separate section like "Work Environment" but not in list; risk of being considered extra. Safer to incorporate into Responsibilities or About the role. Since it's about expectations, we could add a paragraph under Responsibilities after the list.
But we must preserve all substantive info; we can add a
after the list under Responsibilities covering work environment.
Similarly, the "Why Join Us?" section includes benefits and also some motivational text; we can extract benefits list and maybe keep the motivational text as part of Benefits section preamble.
We also need to remove boilerplate: Equal Opportunity Statement, application instructions, etc. Also remove duplicated lines (video link appears twice). Keep one video link? The instructions say remove duplicated lines. The video link appears in Salary section and later in Watching the Realistic Job Preview video. Both are same link. We should keep only one occurrence? Probably keep one mention; but we need to preserve substantive info: the video link is a suggestion to watch; it's not essential but could be considered substantive. However we might drop it as it's not a core job detail? The instruction: "Preserve ALL substantive information; do NOT invent or summarize away detail." The video link is a suggestion; it's substantive? Might be considered extra but still part of posting. However we have duplicated lines; we should keep one. We'll keep one mention under About the role or maybe under a note.
But we also have "Check out this video to learn more! https://youtu.be/XPwQ5CIDdhw" and later "Watching the Realistic Job Preview video is highly recommended prior to applying.... Watch the video here. https://youtu.be/XPwQ5CIDdhw". We'll keep one.
We also need to remove "Applications No Longer Accepted On (If no date is displayed, job is posted as open until closed):" as it's metadata with no date; we can drop.
We need to drop "Hiring Agency Health & Human Services - Agency 25 Location: Lincoln, NE Hiring Rate $22.327 Job Posting JR2026-00029397". We can incorporate location and hiring rate into appropriate sections: location maybe in About the role? Not required but we could add a short p with location and hiring rate? The instruction: "Do NOT put Job ID / requisition numbers as headings — fold minor metadata into a short
or drop it." So we can create a short
for metadata like location and hiring rate, but we already have Pay section for salary. Location could be a short p before sections. But we might just drop location? It's substantive; we should keep. We'll add a
at top: "Location: Lincoln, NE." Also maybe include hiring rate? But we have Pay section.
We must not repeat job title as heading.
Now produce HTML fragment.
Let's craft:
Location: Lincoln, NE.
About the role
The Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) is seeking compassionate and committed individuals to join our team as Child and Family Services Specialists (CFSS). These professionals provide essential support to children and families through trauma-informed case management and advocacy. This work has traditionally been known as Child Protective Services. This vital role directly supports our mission of Helping People Live Better Lives.
Responsibilities
- Serve as a case manager for families referred to DHHS.
- Conduct home visits and comprehensive safety assessments in diverse community settings.
- Advocate for the well-being of children and families while respecting cultural and individual diversity.
- Apply family-centered practices and actively involve families in decision-making.
- Collaborate with the legal system and other partners to support case permanency goals.
- Utilize Structured Decision Making (SDM) tools to inform safety planning and case decisions.
- Write timely, accurate, and professional documentation for internal and legal use.
- Connect families to formal services and informal supports based on assessed needs.
- Promote normalcy and permanency for children in care.
- Apply trauma-informed and least-restrictive approaches to strengthen family functioning and resilience.
Work Environment & Expectations: As a CFSS, you will sometimes enter homes that are in poor or unsanitary conditions and may encounter emotionally difficult situations. Worker safety is a top priority, and training and protocols are in place to prepare and support staff in the field. You must be able to engage effectively with children and adults from diverse backgrounds, including those experiencing crisis, trauma, or instability. In some situations, you may be required to care for children temporarily while coordinating their transition to safe and appropriate placements. While the work can be demanding, you will always have support. Ongoing supervision, training, peer support, and collaboration with law enforcement and legal partners help ensure both staff safety and effective outcomes for families. Even when you are in the field on your own, assistance is just a phone call away.
Requirements
Minimum Qualifications: A bachelor’s degree in social work, psychology, sociology, counseling, human development, mental health care, education, criminal justice, or other related fields. Consideration will be given to applicants who are enrolled in the final semester of their bachelor’s degree. Promotion to a Child and Family Services Specialist is contingent on successfully completing degree requirements and required training.
Qualifications
Preferred Qualifications: Experience in child welfare, juvenile justice and/or case management experience, internships with human services/child welfare agencies will also be considered.
Other: Valid Driver's license is required.
Benefits
- Vacation and sick leave begin accruing immediately upon hire.
- 13 paid holidays.
- Agency-backed retirement plan with employer match.
- Supportive leadership and team culture.
- Numerous opportunities for internal advancement and promotion.
Pay
Trainee starts at $22.327 for training and $26.183 after training.
Schedule
The training schedule is generally Monday through Friday, 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM. During this period, occasional after-hours field experiences and case-related responsibilities may be required. Following the completion of training, flexible work hours are available. Evening hours may be necessary to accommodate the needs of assigned families. This position also requires participation in an on-call rotation, which includes weeknights, weekends, and holidays.
We also might
for prose. Do not repeat job title as heading. Do not put Job ID/requisition numbers as headings; fold minor metadata into short
or drop it. Preserve all substantive info; remove boilerplate, navigation, legal, EEO, equal-opportunity, scam-warning, duplicated lines, application instructions. Include a section only when posting has real specific content; never emit heading with filler placeholder text. Prefer few substantive sections over many thin ones. We need to parse the posting. Key info: - Hiring Agency: Health & Human Services - Agency 25 - Location: Lincoln, NE - Hiring Rate $22.327 (maybe salary) - Job Posting JR2026-00029397 (metadata) - Title: Child and Family Services Specialist (CFSS)-Lincoln (Evergreen) (Open) - Applications No Longer Accepted On (If no date is displayed, job is posted as open until closed): (no date) - Job Description: "You have the passion; we have the opportunities – let’s make a difference for Nebraskans! The Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) is seeking compassionate and committed individuals to join our team as Child and Family Services Specialists (CFSS). These professionals provide essential support to children and families through trauma-informed case management and advocacy. This work has traditionally been known as Child Protective Services. This vital role directly supports our mission of Helping People Live Better Lives." - About The Role: paragraph. - Salary: "Trainee starts at $22.327 for training and $26.183 after training." - Key Responsibilities: bullet list. - Work Schedule & Flexibility: paragraph. - Work Environment & Expectations: paragraph. - Why Join Us? Benefits list. - Requirements/Qualifications: Minimum Qualifications, Preferred Qualifications, Other (Valid Driver's license required). Also note internal apply note. - Benefits: repeated but we have benefits list. We need to decide sections: About the role (About The Role), Responsibilities (Key Responsibilities), Requirements/Qualifications (maybe combine Requirements and Qualifications), Benefits (Why Join Us? Benefits), Pay (Salary), Schedule (Work Schedule & Flexibility). Possibly Work Environment & Expectations could be part of Responsibilities or separate? But we have limited headings allowed: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We can choose to include sections that have substantive content. We have content for About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements/Qualifications (minimum and preferred), Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Skills not explicitly listed; we could omit Skills section. We must not create sections with filler placeholder text. So we include only those with content. We need to format:
About the role
... (the About The Role paragraph)
Responsibilities
- ... ...
Requirements
Minimum Qualifications: ...
Qualifications
Preferred Qualifications: ...
Other: Valid Driver's license is required.
Alternatively combine Requirements and Qualifications into one section? But we have separate headings allowed; we can include both if they have content. Benefits:Benefits
- ...
Pay
Trainee starts at $22.327 for training and $26.183 after training.
Schedule:Schedule
The training schedule is generally Monday through Friday, 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM. During this period, occasional after-hours field experiences and case-related responsibilities may be required. Following the completion of training, flexible work hours are available. Evening hours may be necessary to accommodate the needs of assigned families. This position also requires participation in an on-call rotation, which includes weeknights, weekends, and holidays.
We should also maybe include Work Environment & Expectations? Not a listed heading; could be part of Responsibilities or omitted. But we need to preserve ALL substantive information; we cannot omit Work Environment & Expectations if it's substantive. However we don't have a heading for it; we could incorporate into Responsibilities or About the role? The instructions say we can use only those headings; but we can also add other headings? It says "use for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule)." It gives examples but not exclusive list. It says "Use for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule)." Likely they expect us to use those headings when appropriate; we could also add other headings if needed, but better to stick to those. Work Environment & Expectations could be placed under Responsibilities as part of duties, or we could add a separate section like "Work Environment" but not in list; risk of being considered extra. Safer to incorporate into Responsibilities or About the role. Since it's about expectations, we could add a paragraph under Responsibilities after the list.
But we must preserve all substantive info; we can add a
after the list under Responsibilities covering work environment. Similarly, the "Why Join Us?" section includes benefits and also some motivational text; we can extract benefits list and maybe keep the motivational text as part of Benefits section preamble. We also need to remove boilerplate: Equal Opportunity Statement, application instructions, etc. Also remove duplicated lines (video link appears twice). Keep one video link? The instructions say remove duplicated lines. The video link appears in Salary section and later in Watching the Realistic Job Preview video. Both are same link. We should keep only one occurrence? Probably keep one mention; but we need to preserve substantive info: the video link is a suggestion to watch; it's not essential but could be considered substantive. However we might drop it as it's not a core job detail? The instruction: "Preserve ALL substantive information; do NOT invent or summarize away detail." The video link is a suggestion; it's substantive? Might be considered extra but still part of posting. However we have duplicated lines; we should keep one. We'll keep one mention under About the role or maybe under a note. But we also have "Check out this video to learn more! https://youtu.be/XPwQ5CIDdhw" and later "Watching the Realistic Job Preview video is highly recommended prior to applying.... Watch the video here. https://youtu.be/XPwQ5CIDdhw". We'll keep one. We also need to remove "Applications No Longer Accepted On (If no date is displayed, job is posted as open until closed):" as it's metadata with no date; we can drop. We need to drop "Hiring Agency Health & Human Services - Agency 25 Location: Lincoln, NE Hiring Rate $22.327 Job Posting JR2026-00029397". We can incorporate location and hiring rate into appropriate sections: location maybe in About the role? Not required but we could add a short p with location and hiring rate? The instruction: "Do NOT put Job ID / requisition numbers as headings — fold minor metadata into a short
or drop it." So we can create a short
for metadata like location and hiring rate, but we already have Pay section for salary. Location could be a short p before sections. But we might just drop location? It's substantive; we should keep. We'll add a
at top: "Location: Lincoln, NE." Also maybe include hiring rate? But we have Pay section. We must not repeat job title as heading. Now produce HTML fragment. Let's craft:
Location: Lincoln, NE.
About the role
The Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) is seeking compassionate and committed individuals to join our team as Child and Family Services Specialists (CFSS). These professionals provide essential support to children and families through trauma-informed case management and advocacy. This work has traditionally been known as Child Protective Services. This vital role directly supports our mission of Helping People Live Better Lives.
Responsibilities
- Serve as a case manager for families referred to DHHS.
- Conduct home visits and comprehensive safety assessments in diverse community settings.
- Advocate for the well-being of children and families while respecting cultural and individual diversity.
- Apply family-centered practices and actively involve families in decision-making.
- Collaborate with the legal system and other partners to support case permanency goals.
- Utilize Structured Decision Making (SDM) tools to inform safety planning and case decisions.
- Write timely, accurate, and professional documentation for internal and legal use.
- Connect families to formal services and informal supports based on assessed needs.
- Promote normalcy and permanency for children in care.
- Apply trauma-informed and least-restrictive approaches to strengthen family functioning and resilience.
Work Environment & Expectations: As a CFSS, you will sometimes enter homes that are in poor or unsanitary conditions and may encounter emotionally difficult situations. Worker safety is a top priority, and training and protocols are in place to prepare and support staff in the field. You must be able to engage effectively with children and adults from diverse backgrounds, including those experiencing crisis, trauma, or instability. In some situations, you may be required to care for children temporarily while coordinating their transition to safe and appropriate placements. While the work can be demanding, you will always have support. Ongoing supervision, training, peer support, and collaboration with law enforcement and legal partners help ensure both staff safety and effective outcomes for families. Even when you are in the field on your own, assistance is just a phone call away.
Requirements
Minimum Qualifications: A bachelor’s degree in social work, psychology, sociology, counseling, human development, mental health care, education, criminal justice, or other related fields. Consideration will be given to applicants who are enrolled in the final semester of their bachelor’s degree. Promotion to a Child and Family Services Specialist is contingent on successfully completing degree requirements and required training.
Qualifications
Preferred Qualifications: Experience in child welfare, juvenile justice and/or case management experience, internships with human services/child welfare agencies will also be considered.
Other: Valid Driver's license is required.
Benefits
- Vacation and sick leave begin accruing immediately upon hire.
- 13 paid holidays.
- Agency-backed retirement plan with employer match.
- Supportive leadership and team culture.
- Numerous opportunities for internal advancement and promotion.
Pay
Trainee starts at $22.327 for training and $26.183 after training.
Schedule
The training schedule is generally Monday through Friday, 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM. During this period, occasional after-hours field experiences and case-related responsibilities may be required. Following the completion of training, flexible work hours are available. Evening hours may be necessary to accommodate the needs of assigned families. This position also requires participation in an on-call rotation, which includes weeknights, weekends, and holidays.
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