SENIOR CHILD SUPPORT AGENT - 40001675, 40001658

Duties And Responsibilities

• Establishes and provides case management to ensure that parents provide financial and medical support for their children.
• Coordinates and conducts genetic testing.
• Utilize administrative and legal action and investigative techniques to establish and enforce court orders.
• Locates non-custodial parents.
• Obtains voluntary support obligations.
• Attends court and monitors court orders.
• Makes collections calls for payment.
• Reviews cases to determine if modifications and financial audits are warranted.
• Prepares clients for court and testifies as needed.

Knowledge Skills And Abilities

• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with clients and absent parents, location resources, offices of the Clerk of Court, Magistrates, District Attorney, Sheriff, other court officials, and private attorneys.
• Thorough knowledge of the Child Support Enforcement Program and applicable legal procedures.
• Ability to interview clients, absent parents, and related sources, and to investigate cases.
• Ability to organize, analyze, and summarize case information.
• Basic math skills.
• Strong communication and organizational skills.
• Ability to effectively work with a diverse population.
• Legal knowledge, collections experience, strong research, analytical, mathematical, and case management skills in child support highly preferred.

Minimum Education And Experience Requirements

• A four year degree and six months experience in eligibility, investigative, judiciary, or legal work that provides knowledges, skills and abilities needed to perform the work;
• Or an associate’s degree in business administration, human resources, law enforcement or closely related degree and two years of experience in eligibility, investigative, judiciary, or legal work that provides knowledges, skills and abilities needed to perform the work;
• Or graduation from high school and three years of experience in eligibility, investigative, judiciary, or legal work that provides knowledges, skills and abilities needed to perform the work;
• Or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

Background Check Statement

This position may be subject to a background check, which could include, but is not limited to, criminal history (employment-related and/or SBI fingerprint-based), credit history, motor vehicle records, educational verification, and checks of the sexual offender registry, depending on the specific requirements of the role. A conviction record does not automatically disqualify an applicant from employment consideration, unless otherwise required by applicable state law.