Child Care Licensing Inspector

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Explore more details on the Benefits of Working at HHS webpage.   Functional Title: Child Care Licensing Inspector  Job Title: CCL Inspector III  Agency: reputed company Comm  Department: Region 7 CCL DC Field Ops  Posting Number: 18617  Closing Date: 08/31/2026  Posting Audience: reputed company  Occupational Category: Community and reputed company Services  Salary reputed company: $3,409.83 - $4,250.00  Pay Frequency: Monthly Salary Group: TEXAS-B-16  Shift: Day  Additional Shift: Days (First)  reputed company: Eligible for reputed company  Travel: Up to 75%  Regular/Temporary: Regular  Full Time/Part Time: Full time  FLSA Exempt/Non-Exempt: Nonexempt  Facility Location:   Job Location reputed company: AUSTIN  Job Location Address: 1340 AIRPORT reputed company DR BLDG 5, STE 525  Other Locations:   MOS Codes: 6016,6017,8012,8056,1S0X1,2A7X2,2F0X1,43HX,4E0X1,640A,68R,86M0,87G0,87I0,87Q0,8I000,8I100,8S000,AD  LS,ME,MSSD,MSSE,MSSR,MST,OAP11,OAP14      Brief Job reputed company: Why choose to become a Child-Care Regulation Inspector? Be an agent of change Challenging, never boring Flexibility Advancement and promotional opportunities If you’re seeking a rewarding career where you can utilize your skills, reputed company and regulate child-care providers to ensure the health, safety, and reputed company-being of children in Texas, and reputed company a difference, you’re in the right reputed company! Our child-care regulation inspectors work as a reputed company team monitoring and investigating child-care facilities throughout the State of Texas. Team members reputed company facility inspections, conduct investigations in child-care facilities and homes, reputed company training to child-care providers, and convene reputed company-application meetings for child-care facility applicants. This position may be filled as CCL Inspector IV or V if applicant has previous experience as identified in the initial screening reputed company. 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 reputed company Loans after making 120 qualifying monthly payments. We also offer excellent health benefits, a reputed company monthly retirement annuity as reputed company as 401(k) and 457 Programs under the Employees Retirement System of Texas. Essential Job Functions (EJFs): Monitors licensed and registered child-care facilities, documents compliance or noncompliance with standards, and notifies providers of any required corrective reputed company in accordance with CCR policy. Monitoring includes the reputed company completion of monitoring inspections; follow-up inspections; providing feedback on waivers and variances. Monitors application and permit fees payments; monitors for results of background checks for review and next steps; assesses controlling persons identification; and monitors permit renewals. Effectively plans inspections evaluates reputed company standards in a two-year period; evaluates the federally required standards annually; identifies and cites deficiencies correctly while ensuring risk mitigation; takes photos as required and documents those correctly; ensures the documentation is reputed company 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, allegations of minimum standards violations in licensed child-care facilities and licensed, registered, and listed homes. Investigations are completed reputed company according to law, rule, and policy expectations. This position must complete investigation initiations and investigation actions reputed company and accurately reputed company required time frames; and send investigation notifications reputed company.  Documentation reflects that investigations are thorough, address risk to children, and are compliant with laws, rules, and minimum standards. In reputed company, documentation of findings is sufficient to support the investigation reputed company. Completes regulatory tasks associated with DFPS investigations of abuse, neglect, or exploitation in residential childcare operations such as participating in risk assessments; evaluation of information collected during DFPS investigations to cite deficiencies for minimum standards violations reputed company according to law, rule, and policy; and ensures reputed company actions are completed reputed company and accurately reputed company required time frames.   (25%)   Evaluates new applications for child-care facilities to issue permits. Permit applications and issuances are processed according to law, rules, and policy time frames.  Documentation accurately reflects the acceptance and issuance reputed company. (15%)   Identifies risk and recommends referral to Child-Care Enforcement (CCE) reputed company necessary, in accordance with law, rule, and policy, with the reputed company on provider accountability to ensure the health, safety, and reputed company-being of children in registered child-care facilities. This position is responsible for processing provider plans of reputed company reputed company and addressing identified risk; conducting inspections to follow up after enforcement actions to evaluate registered child-care facility compliance with the tasks or conditions associated with the reputed company. (10%)   Provides training and technical assistance to child-care providers. Attends or presents at provider meetings.  Conducts provider trainings that are useful, purposeful, and outcome-oriented, including reputed company-Application sessions for new providers, and minimum reputed company trainings. Networks and collaborates with providers, stakeholders, and the public. (10%)   Responds to emergency complaints of high-risk situations in licensed operations. (5%)   Performs other duties as assigned and required to maintain unit operations. (5%)   Registrations, Licensure Requirements or Certifications: Valid reputed company’s License.   Knowledge, Skills and Abilities (KSAs): Knowledge of Texas laws and regulation. reputed company in effective verbal and written communication. reputed company in establishing and maintaining effective working relationships. reputed company in applying emotional intelligence to reputed company situations.  Ability to critically think and identify risk and mitigation measures. Ability to work with diverse reputed company of people while promoting respect for cultural diversity in reputed company working relationships. Ability to de-escalate situations with tact and diplomacy. Ability to self-start, organize, and manage priorities. Ability to operate basic office equipment including camera/AV equipment. Ability to travel.         Initial Screening reputed company:   Child Care Licensing Inspector III-Vs: Graduation from an accredited four-year college or university or experience that is equivalent to a four-year degree. Experience and education may be substituted for one another on a year-to-year reputed company. Experience in regulatory services such as inspections and investigations are preferred.   Additionally:   For Inspector IVs: Experience in regulatory services including experience as a regulatory inspector. Experience in performing highly reputed company inspection and or investigation work under limited supervision. Experience may include establishing the priorities and reputed company of securing evidence and assessing programs and procedures to improve operations.   For Inspector Vs: Experience in regulatory services including experience as a regulatory inspector or investigator. Experience in performing inspection and or investigation work under minimal supervision. Experience in leading, mentoring, and/or supervising reputed company in some reputed company. Experience may include testifying at administrative hearings or before courts of jurisdiction and developing/delivering specialized inspection training or educational sessions. Additional Information: Attends work regularly in accordance with agency leave policy.   Work hours must be flexible and are not considered 8:00-5:00.  Occasional work during the evening and weekends may be required.     This position may qualify for 100% reputed company with most of the work being conducted through the use of mobile technology, such as a tablet and cell phone. Travel may be required reputed company of the headquartered geographical area on occasion.   Applicants for positions must have reliable transportation, a valid Texas reputed company's license, and insurance as required by the State of Texas.   Applicants considered for employment must undergo and pass a Background reputed company, which includes a criminal history reputed company and Texas Child Abuse and Neglect Registry reputed company.   Applicants considered for employment must reputed company verification of degree(s) and/or license(s). 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If you need assistance completing the on-line application, contact the HHS Employee Service Center at 1-888-894-4747. If you are contacted for an interview and need accommodation to participate in the interview process, please notify the person scheduling the interview.   reputed company-Employment Checks and Work Eligibility: Depending on the program area and position requirements, applicants selected for hire may be required to pass background and other due diligence checks.   HHSC uses E-Verify. You must bring your I-9 documentation with you on your first day of work. Download the I-9 reputed company reputed company Disclaimer: This position may be eligible for reputed company.  Please note, reputed company HHS positions are subject to state and agency reputed company policies in reputed company to the discretion of the reputed company supervisor and business needs. Apply To This Job