Job/Position DescriptionWhy choose to become a Residential Child-Care Regulation Inspector?- Be an agent of change- Challenging, never boring- Flexibility- Advancement opportunitiesIf 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 residential child-care facilities throughout the State of Texas. Team members perform facility inspections, conduct investigations in general residential operations, child-placing agencies, and agency homes, provide training to residential child-care providers, and convene inquiry meetings for residential 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.Additionally, the Child Care Regulation department offers opportunities to promote up once certain requirements have been met. Essential Job FunctionsMonitors general residential operations and child-placing agencies, 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; 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 general residential operations and child-placing agencies, and agency 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 general residential operations and child-placing agencies to issue licenses. Licensing applications and issuances are processed according to Child Care Regulation law, rules, and policy time frames. Decisions to accept application and issue permits are made in accordance with law, rules, and policy. Documentation reflects the acceptance and issuance decisions. (15%)Identifies risk and recommending appropriate enforcement actions be taken in accordance with law, rule, and policy, to ensure the health, safety, and well-being of chil https://jobshrportal.hhsc.state.tx.us/ENG/CareerPortal/job_profile.cfm?szOrderID=612467 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.