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HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION CCL Inspector III in San Antonio, Texas

Job/Position DescriptionWhy choose to become a Child-Care Regulation Inspector? -Be an agent of change-Challenging, never boring-Flexibility-Advancement and promotional opportunitiesIf youand#146;re seeking a rewarding career where you can utilize your skills, educate and regulate child-care providers to ensure the health, safety, and well-being of children in Texas, and make a difference, youand#146;re in the right place!Our child-care regulation inspectors work as a collaborative team monitoring and investigating child-care facilities throughout the State of Texas. Team members perform facility inspections, conduct investigations in child-care facilities and homes, provide training to child-care providers, and convene pre-application meetings for 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.Essential Job FunctionsMonitors licensed and registered child-care facilities, documents compliance or noncompliance with standards, and notifies providers of any required corrective action in accordance with CCR policy. Monitoring includes the timely completion of monitoring inspections; follow-up inspections; providing feedback on waivers and variances. Monitors application and permit fees payments; monitors for results of background checks for review and next steps; assesses controlling persons identification; and monitors permit renewals. Effectively plans inspections evaluates all standards in a two-year period; evaluates the federally required standards annually; identifies and cites deficiencies correctly while ensuring risk mitigation; takes photos as required and documents those correctly; ensures the documentation is clear and concise; ensures corrections to deficiencies are appropriate to address risk; and provides useful, purposeful technical assistance to assist operations in improving compliance. (30%)Investigates complaints, allegations of minimum standards violations in licensed child-care facilities and licensed, registered, and listed homes. Investigations are completed timely according to law, rule, and policy expectations. This position must complete investigation initiations and investigation actions timely and accurately within required time frames; and send investigation notifications timely. Documentation reflects that investigations are thorough, address risk to children, and are compliant with laws, rules, and minimum standards. In addition, documentation of findings is sufficient to support the investigation decisions. Completes regulatory tasks associated with DFPS investigations of abuse, neglect, or exploitation in residential childcare operations such as participating in risk assessments; evaluation of information collected during DFPS investigations to cite deficiencies for minimum standards violations timely according to law, rule, and policy; and ensures all actions are completed timely and accurately within required time frames. (25%)Evaluates new applications for child-care facilities to issue permits. Permit applications and issuances are processed according to law, rules, and policy time frames. Documentation accurately reflects the acceptance and i https://jobshrportal.hhsc.state.tx.us/ENG/CareerPortal/job_profile.cfm?szOrderID=616685 Copy the URL in the preceding sentence to an Internet Explorer browser to apply to the job directly through the Texas Health and Human Services Career Portal.

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