at Department of Healthcare and Family Services in Springfield, Illinois, United States
Job Description
Essential Functions
- Under direction, interviews applicants and/or reviews Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (UIFSA) petitions
received from other IV-D agencies/jurisdictions for public assistance and non assistance Custodial Parents (CPs) to
establish, modify and enforce financial and medical support obligations of legal Non-Custodial Parents (NCPs) and/
or putative parents - Initiates legal pleadings for transmittal to the Office of the Attorney General and other legal representatives and/or
initiates administrative orders for filing/establishing a support or paternity action - Interviews absent parents, putative parents, and spouses
- Serves as liaison to and develops working relationships with the Attorney General, other legal representatives,
other jurisdictions, employers, and the community - Interprets family support policies, rules, and procedures for staff, clients, absent parents, and legal representatives
and monitors implementation to ensure federal regulations are met - Assists regional and central office support staff in making limited field investigations to locate
employers, absent parents, or putative parents when leads indicate they are working/residing in the area and in
locating absent parents whose addresses are unknown - Performs other duties as required or assigned which are reasonably within the scope of the duties enumerated
above
- Requires two (2) years of Child Support Specialist I experience
- Requires extensive knowledge of court and administrative practices related to parentage and child support
- Requires extensive experience in applying analytical tools to assess a child support case
- Requires the ability to pass a national background check prior to employment due to accessing confidential federal tax information
- Requires the ability to utilize and maintain state issued equipment such as a laptop
- Requires ability to travel in the performance of duties, with overnight stays as appropriate
- The conditions of employment listed here are incorporated and related to any of the job duties as listed in the job description
