Salary : $60,894.29 - $106,565.06 Annually
Location : SOUTH COUNTY HUMAN SVCS CENTER, 8350 RICHMOND HIGHWAY, ALEXANDRIA (MM03), VA
Job Type: FT Hourly W BN
Job Number: 26-01074
Department: Family Services
Opening Date: 07/18/2026
Closing Date: 7/31/2026 11:59 PM Eastern
Pay Grade: S21
Posting Type: Open to General Public

Job Announcement

This position includes a signing bonus of $2,500 (full-time) for new county hires.

ABOUT THIS POSITION:
Our Adult and Aging Division welcomes applicants interested in the Adult Services Family Safety Practitioner I position.

• This position under supervision, performs entry-level assessment of social, health, emotional, and economic needs of clients to implement and monitor a plan of service; makes appropriate referrals; provides consultation; and performs related work as required identifying resources and monitoring services in place.
• Supports other family safety practitioners with routine client check-in calls and completes notes, documentation, follow up and referrals as needed.
• Helps with identifying and utilizing available resources and refers clients to public and private agencies and services.
• Assists clients and families with completing Medicaid applications and obtaining needed income and resource documentation.
• Maintains documentation about availability of resources for program staff use.
• Performs other duties as assigned in support of the Adult and Aging division and the Department of Family Services including but not limited to assisting with administrative tasks and driving agency vehicles to county facilities for repair and maintenance.
• This position will require assessment, care planning, and coordination skills, the ability to manage competing priorities, and to respond effectively to both deadlines and crisis situations.
• This position attend and participates in local meetings.
• This position requires assessment, care planning and coordination skills; the ability to manage competing priorities and to respond effectively to crisis situations.
• This position works with the client, family and service providers to resolve service delivery issues.
• This position completes required paperwork and follows policy required by the state.
• This position utilizes local and state information systems for individual client record keeping and tracking.
• This position performs record keeping according to local and state policy requirements within designated timeframes.
• The primary purpose of the Adult and Aging Division is to ensure resources, advocacy, safety and well-being of older adults, adults with disabilities and caregivers are met. To ensure that the division can carry out its purpose and meet the agency's responsibilities related to advocacy, protection, and wellbeing, the Adult and Aging Division Director may move or reassign this position's related work duties and responsibilities within the job class.

Required Knowledge Skills and Abilities

(The knowledge, skills and abilities listed in this specification are representative of the class but are not an all-inclusive list.)

Knowledge of the principles and practices of professional casework;
Knowledge of current social service problems and methods/approaches to address issues;
Knowledge of law, policy, regulations and guidelines relating to the assigned area of social service specialization;
Ability to analyze case information and to reach sound decisions based on such information;
Ability to communicate clearly and concisely, both orally and in writing;
Ability to use case management and documentation software systems to establish and maintain case records;
Ability to maintain professional ethics and confidentiality of client information;
Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with a variety of individuals and organizations;
Ability to schedule and manage workload sufficiently to meet policy-driven deadlines, court orders and supervisory deadlines;
Ability to effectively and empathically engage with persons from different cultures who may be experiencing stressful family situations;
Ability to employe empathy and emotional intelligence while performing client related tasks.
Employment Standards

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
Minimum of a bachelor's degree in a human services field OR minimum of a bachelor's degree in any field with a minimum of two years of appropriate and related experience in a human services area (Section 22VAC40-670-20 of the Administrative Code of Virginia).

In order to be evaluated for positions in the Family Services Occupational Group, individuals who do not meet the degree requirement at the time of application for employment must be in their last semester of a degree program that will meet the requirements listed above.

Contingent upon the area of assignment, some positions within this class may require specific certification(s) or experience prior to employment and/or the ability to acquire necessary certification(s) within a specified time period following employment. The certifications and preferred qualifications are identified in the position description and employment advertisement.

CERTIFICATES AND LICENSES REQUIRED:

• Valid driver's license
• Positions within this class are required to complete the state mandated training in the functional area within a specified time period.

NECESSARY SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS:
The appointee to this position will be required to complete a criminal background check to the satisfaction of the employer.

BONUS ELIGIBILITY:
Positions within this classification that are general merit may be eligible for a one-time hiring incentive bonus for new county employees only. This bonus program requires a signed payback agreement between the department and employee.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Full-time equivalent professional social services or human services experience in any of the following areas: adult protective services, adults with disabilities, child protective services/preservation, homeless shelters, hospital social work, housing, intellectual disabilities, mental health, older adults.
• One or more years of full-time equivalent experience conducting home visits.
• One or more years of full-time equivalent experience working with a diverse multicultural population.
• One or more years of full-time equivalent experience working in an inter-disciplinary team setting.
• Experience working in a public, state or local social services agency
• One or more years of full-time equivalent experience working with computerized case management programs.
• Proficient in any of the following Microsoft Office Suite applications: Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Access

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:
Work requires performing administrative tasks to support the general work of advocacy, well-being and protection for older adults and adults with disabilities. Works requires performing tasks to support the general work of advocacy, well-being and protection for older adults and adults with disabilities. Sufficiently mobile to attend meetings and community events outside the office. Ability to communicate clearly and concisely, both orally and in writing. Ability to use automated technology. Ability to operate motor vehicle Ability to sit long periods of time. Job requires walking, standing, sitting (for long periods of time), kneeling, reaching, bending, climbing stairs; uses hands to grasp, handle, or feel Visual acuity is required to read data on a computer monitor; ability to operate keyboard driven equipment and computer. Ability to transport older adults and adults with disabilities to appointments. Ability to follow directions, read maps and complete forms. All duties performed with or without reasonable accommodations.

SELECTION PROCEDURE:
Panel interview and may include exercise.
Fairfax County is home to a highly diverse population, with a significant number of residents speaking languages other than English at home (including ) We encourage candidates who are bilingual in English and another language to apply for this opportunity.

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01

What is the highest level of education that you have completed?

• Less than 12th grade
• High school diploma or GED
• Some college
• Associate's degree
• Bachelor's degree
• Master's degree
• Doctorate degree

02

Please indicate your area(s) of study or major(s)/minor(s) towards a degree. Check all that apply.

• Counseling
• Human services
• Sociology
• Psychology
• Social work
• Other (related field)
• Other (non-related field)
• Not applicable

03

If you answered "Other (related field)" or "Other (non-related field)" for the previous question, please list all of your majors and minors. If this question does not pertain to you, or you do not have a degree, enter "Not applicable".
04

If you have not completed a degree, are you in the last semester of a degree program? (In order to be evaluated for positions in the Family Services Occupational Group, individuals who do not meet the degree requirement at the time of application for employment must be in their last semester of a degree program that will meet the requirements).

• Yes
• No
• Not applicable

05

Do you currently possess a valid driver's license?

• Yes
• No

06

How many years of full-time equivalent experience of appropriate and related experience in a Human Services area do you possess?

• None
• Less than one year
• One to less than two years
• Two to less than three years
• Three to less than four years
• Four to less than five years
• Five or more years

07

Do you have full-time equivalent professional social services or human services experience in any of the following areas? Check all that apply.

• Adult protective services
• Alcohol and drug Sservices
• Child protective services
• Homeless shelters
• Hospital social work
• Housing
• Intellectual disabilities
• Mental health
• Older adults
• None of the above

08

How many years of full-time equivalent experience do you have conducting home visits?

• None
• Less than one year
• One to less than two years
• Two to less than three years
• Three to less than four years
• Four to less than five years
• Five or more years

09

How many years of full-time equivalent experience do you have working with a diverse multicultural population?

• None
• Less than one year
• One to less than two years
• Two to less than three years
• Three to less than four years
• Four to less than five years
• Five or more years

10

How many years of full-time equivalent experience do you have working in an inter-disciplinary team setting?

• None
• Less than one year
• One to less than two years
• Two to less than three years
• Three to less than four years
• Four to less than five years
• Five or more years

11

If you responded yes to the previous, please indicate what type of setting you worked in. Check all that apply.

• Hospital setting
• Public agency
• State of local government
• Other
• None of the above

12

If you indicate above, please list the inter-disciplinary setting that you have worked in below. If this does not apply to you enter, N/A
13

How many years of full-time equivalent experience do you have working in a public, state or local social services agency?

• None
• Less than one year
• One to less than two years
• Two to less than three years
• Three to less than four years
• Four to less than five years
• Five or more years

14

How many years of full-time equivalent experience do you have working with computerized case management programs?

• None
• Less than one year
• One to less than two years
• Two to less than three years
• Three to less than four years
• Four to less than five years
• Five or more years

15

Are you proficient in any of the following Microsoft Office Suite applications? Check all that apply.

• Outlook (Composing email messages; sending and receiving email messages; organizing email messages into folders; managing contacts; scheduling appointments & meetings, managing tasks)
• Word (Knowledge of common functions such as creating a title; using, modifying, and creating styles; indenting paragraphs; using tabs and tables; inserting a hard page break; using page numbering; creating headers and footers; inserting graphics; adding comments and tracking changes)
• PowerPoint (Creating a template and working with a design template; working with graphics, animation and multimedia; building interactive presentations using hyperl