Support Enforcement Specialist

Department of Social Services
Full Time Lynchburg, Virginia, United States Posted 1 week ago
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Job Overview

The Support Enforcement Specialist serves as a program agent for assigned child support cases, engaging families to ensure financial and family support. This role involves managing a large caseload with a focus on efficiency, accountability, and building helping relationships with parents.

Responsibilities

  • Locating non-custodial parents
  • Working with other state and country child support agencies
  • Establishing paternity
  • Determining and assessing child support obligations and health care coverage
  • Ensuring parents comply with child and/or medical support orders through administrative and judicial enforcement actions
  • Providing testimony in court proceedings when required
  • Connecting parents with resources and partners to support self-sufficiency and active participation in their children’s lives

Qualifications

  • Delivering high level of customer service while maximizing payment collection efforts
  • Handling sensitive case information including legal, financial, medical, and personal circumstances
  • Researching, analyzing, and following up on accounts to verify protocols
  • Interacting with customers to resolve challenges using multiple communication channels
  • Developing effective partnerships within and across teams
  • Building strong relationships with customers who may evade or distrust the system
  • Managing high-volume, detail-oriented work with multiple conflicting priorities