Company Overview
The TN Department of Children's Services is Tennessee's public child welfare agency dedicated to ensuring the safety and well-being of children and youth across the state. We establish best practices for child welfare, investigate allegations of abuse and neglect, and administer the foster care system to achieve permanency for children in our care.
Class Title: DCS Program Specialist (Court Liaison)
County: Montgomery
Job ID: 80267
Last Day to Apply: 8/24/2026
Candidates Must Apply on the State of Tennessee website:
https://careers.edison.tn.gov/psc/hrprdrs/EMPLOYEE/HRMS/c/HRS_HRAM_FL.HRS_CG_SEARCH_FL.GBL?FOCUS=Applicant&Page=HRS_APP_JBPST_FL&SiteId=1&JobOpeningId=80267&PostingSeq=1&
Work Settings:
This Court Liaison position will service the Davidson County court (in person) but may assist in other local areas as needed to ensure appropriate coverage for our court systems and families. This position will attend court daily, depending on the court schedule. This position will spend majority of time in court or in the local Davidson County DCS office. This position will work business hours that typically reflect an 8:00am to 4:30pm, Monday through Friday schedule. Some overtime might be required based on court attendance or other designated tasks. Court Liaisons do not perform on call duties. No required holidays or weekends (unless court schedules a hearing).
Responsibilities:
The Statewide Court Liaison program is designed to streamline communication and coordinate efforts between the court system, children and families, communities, and the Department of Children’s Services. Court Liaisons can achieve this by building strong relationships with stakeholders, diverting youth from DCS custody, facilitating and developing goal-oriented prevention plans, connecting children/families to services & resources, and by possessing knowledge of Departmental Policy and State Statutes. Core goals for the Court Liaison Program are timely court ordered service program assignment, prevention efforts, and providing supportive assistance to internal and external partners.
The position that you will be interviewing for will be responsible for, but not limited to, the following job responsibilities:
- Attend Court, represent DCS (daily, weekly, monthly, or as scheduled by court)
- Preparing Court Dockets, Packets, & Notifications
- Engage with Judge/Magistrate/Attorneys/Court Personnel, Community Partners, Children/Families, and other DCS Personnel
- Connecting children and families to resources & services (to divert youth from DCS custody)
- Assess and Complete Orders of Reference (family home studies, non-CPS)
- Enter Custodial and Non-Custodial Intakes into DCS electronic database (FSS, FCIP, Probation, etc)
- Data Tracking (tracking prevention efforts and tasks on spreadsheets)
- Additional Administrative Tasks (as designated by specific location)
Qualifications
Education and Experience: Graduation from an accredited college or university with a bachelor's degree and experience equivalent to three years of professional work in one or a combination of the following: counseling or case management services; program evaluation of counseling or case management services, two years of which must involve providing these services to children and/or juveniles.
Substitution of Education for Experience: Graduate course work credit received from an accredited college or university in social work, criminal justice, psychology, sociology, human services, and/or child development may substitute for the required experience on a year-for-year basis to a maximum of one year, there being no substitution for the required two years of children's services work (e.g. 36 graduate quarter hours in one or a combination of the above listed fields may substitute for one year of the required experience).
Training Hours:
New hire training is 8:00am to 4:30pm, Monday through Friday. Training is paid. Training is conducted both in person and virtual. Duration of training depends on related work experience, learning speed, successfully meeting training milestones, etc. Travel might be required for new hire Pre-Service training (depends on training location, possibly Nashville).
Salary:
Starting hiring monthly salary is $4,057.00. Opportunities for pay increases are possible throughout the duration of being in this position per TN state employee guidelines.
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $4,057.00 per month
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- Dental insurance
- Health insurance
- Paid time off
- Vision insurance
Work Location: In person
