Job Description

AN IDEAL CANDIDATE SHOULD POSSESS THE FOLLOWING COMPETENCIES:

Selected Core Competencies:

• Following Policies and Procedures:  The ability to comply with policies and procedures of the organization as well as State Civil Service rules, and all applicable federal and state laws.
• Thinking Critically:  The ability to objectively question, analyze, interpret, and evaluate information to form a conclusion.
• Using Data:  The ability to use relevant and valid data to inform a recommendation for action.

 
  Selected Preferred Competencies:

• Accepting Direction:  The ability to accept and follow directions from those higher in the chain of command.
• Acting Decisively:  The ability to make decisions quickly and effectively.
• Communicating Effectively:  The ability to relay information correctly and appropriately to connect people and ideas.
• Learning Actively:  The ability to acquire necessary knowledge and skills to improve performance and achieve organizational goals.
• Managing Time:  The ability to control your time to increase effectiveness, efficiency, or productivity.
• Solving Problems:  The ability to discover solutions to problems.
• Thinking Creatively:  The ability to generate ideas, manipulate ideas, and make unconventional connections to develop original approaches.

 
Department MISSION
DCFS is working to keep children safe, helping individuals and families become self-sufficient, and providing safe refuge during disasters.
Department VISION
We care for the well-being and safety of Louisiana's people.
Department VALUES
Treating all people with dignity, compassion and respect, while providing services with integrity.

 

  This position is located in East Baton Rouge parish.

The Fraud and Recovery Unit (FRU) is seeking authorization to fill a Fraud Investigator 1/2 position.

 
This position may be filled as a probational appointment or a job appointment that may last up to 48 months. Job appointments may convert to probational appointments. Also, it may be filled as a detail and promoted within 12 months.

This position participates in a Career Progression Group (CPG) and may be filled as a Fraud Investigator 1 or 2 .  The level at which the vacancy is filled will be determined by the qualifications of the candidate selected. This position provides the opportunity to advance within this job series.

The actual starting salary depends on the education and experience of the selected applicant.


 
You must include all relevant education and experience on your official State application.

 
Resumes cannot be submitted in lieu of completing an application.

 
The duties that you describe in the Work Experience section of your application will be reviewed by State Civil Service as part of the process in determining if you meet the minimum qualifications for this job.

 
Your experience WILL NOT be evaluated based on the job title alone. You must describe your actual duties.  If you are a current employee of the State of Louisiana it is important that you indicate in the “Duties” section for each job the specific programs that you worked in to receive credit for that experience.

 
List all prior employment. Work experience left off of your electronic application or only included in an attached resume will not be credited. Resumes WILL NOT be accepted in lieu of completed education and experience sections on your application. Incomplete applications will not be considered.

 
Applicants qualifying based on college training or receipt of a baccalaureate degree will be required to submit an official college transcript to verify credentials claimed prior to appointment. Please make every effort to attach a copy of your transcript to your application. The transcripts can be added as an attachment to your online application. The selected candidate will be required to submit original documentation upon hire.

 

  No Civil Service test score or assessment is required to be considered for this vacancy. 

 
To apply for this vacancy, click on the “Apply” link above and complete an electronic application, which can be used for this vacancy as well as future job opportunities. Applicants are responsible for checking the status of their application to determine where they are in the recruitment process. Further status message information is located under the Information section of the Current Job Opportunities page.

 

  DCFS is an "Equal Opportunity Employer" and Louisiana is a "State as a Model Employer for People with Disabilities".

 
For additional information about this vacancy, please contact   Dwight.Burel.DCFS@La.Gov

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

A baccalaureate degree plus one year of professional level experience in social services.

 

SUBSTITUTIONS:

Six years of full-time work experience in any field will substitute for the required baccalaureate degree.

 

Candidates without a baccalaureate degree may combine work experience and college credit to substitute for the baccalaureate degree as follows:

 

A maximum of 120 semester hours may be combined with experience to substitute for the baccalaureate degree.

 

30 to 59 semester hours credit will substitute for one year of experience towards the baccalaureate degree.

60 to 89 semester hours credit will substitute for two years of experience towards the baccalaureate degree.

90 to 119 semester hours credit will substitute for three years of experience towards the baccalaureate degree.

120 or more semester hours credit will substitute for four years of experience towards the baccalaureate degree.

 

College credit earned without obtaining a baccalaureate degree will substitute for a maximum of four years full-time work experience towards the baccalaureate degree. Candidates with 120 or more semester hours of credit, but without a degree, must also have at least two years of full-time work experience to substitute for the baccalaureate degree.

 

A Bachelor of Social Work degree, from a program accredited by the Council on Social Work Education, will substitute for all of the required experience.

 

A master's degree in social work, psychology, sociology, counseling or education will substitute for all the required experience.

 

NOTE:
Any college hours or degree must be from an accredited college or university.  

 

NOTE:

The degree in social work must be from a school accredited by the Council on Social Work Education, 1701 Duke Street, Suite 200, Alexandria, VA 22314-3457.

 

NOTE:

An applicant may be required to possess a valid Louisiana driver's license at time of appointment.

FUNCTION OF WORK:

To conduct criminal investigations and pre-certification investigations involving the fraudulent procurement of public assistance through all agency administered entitlement programs and to assist in internal affairs investigations.

 

LEVEL OF WORK:

Experienced.

 

SUPERVISION RECEIVED:

Close from a Fraud Detection Supervisor or equivalent level personnel.

 

SUPERVISION EXERCISED:

None.

 

LOCATION OF WORK:

Department of Children and Family Services.

 

JOB DISTINCTIONS:

Differs from Fraud Investigator 2 by the presence of limited involvement in internal affairs investigations and the absence of complex criminal recipient fraud investigations.

EXAMPLES BELOW ARE A BRIEF SAMPLE OF COMMON DUTIES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS JOB TITLE. NOT ALL POSSIBLE TASKS ARE INCLUDED.

 

Conducts criminal investigations involving the fraudulent procurement of monies, goods, or services through programs administered by DCFS.

 

Assists in investigations of agency personnel suspected of employment related criminal misconduct and violations of agency, departmental, or State Civil Service personnel policies.

 

Works with similar investigative units in state and federal law enforcement agencies.

 

Serves documentary evidence from private concerns and governmental agencies. 

 

Deposes witnesses and interrogates suspects; secures physical evidence and handwriting specimens for analysis.

 

Prepares comprehensive investigative and programmatic financial loss reports for use in criminal, administrative, and disciplinary action proceedings.

 

Files criminal charges, serves as agency liaison, and acts as chief witness in related criminal, administrative, and disciplinary action proceedings.

 

Performs pre- and post-adjudication activities including, but not limited to, locating fugitives, securing restitution, executing programmatic disqualification instruments and conferring with Department of Corrections' personnel on pre-sentence and probation revocation proceedings.

 

Prepares detailed cost allocation statistical reports on work performed which are compiled at the state-office level and used to determine appropriate federal matching funding.

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