Job/Position DescriptionWhy choose to become a Child-Care Regulation Inspector? -Be an agent of change-Challenging, never boring-Flexibility-Advancement opportunities If youand#146;re seeking a rewarding career where you can utilize your skills, help protect the children of 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{target="blank"} to employees. HHSC is a qualifying organization for the Federal Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program{target="blank"}, which forgives the remaining balance on college student Direct Loans after making 120 qualifying monthly payments. We also offer excellent health benefits{target="blank"}, a lifetime monthly retirement annuity{target="blank"}as well as 401(k) and 457 Programs{target="blank"} under the Employees Retirement System of Texas.Additionally, the Child Care Regulation department offers opportunities to promote up once certain requirements have been met.Essential Job FunctionsMonitors licensed and registered child-care facilities, documents compliance or noncompliance with standards, and notifies providers of required corrective or adverse actions being taken. Monitoring includes the timely completion of monitoring inspections; follow-up inspections; waivers and variances requests; fees payments; background checks; controlling persons identification; and permit renewals. Ensures their time at the operation is appropriate to the facility type, capacity, and inspection type conducted; evaluates all standards in a two-year period; evaluates the federally required standards annually; conducts inspections at the appropriate times of day; identifies and cites deficiencies correctly and addresses risk; 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, incidents, and reports 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. 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. (25%)Evaluates new applications for child-care facilities to issue licenses and registrations. Licensing applications and issuances are processed according to Child https://jobshrportal.hhsc.state.tx.us/ENG/CareerPortal/jobprofile.cfm?szOrderID=613360 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.