At Denver Human Services (DHS), we envision a healthy community where people are connected, supported, safe, and well. One in three people in Denver turn to DHS for support at all stages of life. Our employees help children, at-risk adults, families, and individuals navigate social and economic pressures by connecting them to services and experts who support their overall well-being.
Division of Economic Security:
Through our Economic Security Division (ESD), Denver Human Services seeks to engage residents in strengthening economic well-being and mobility across their lifespan. By leveraging the resources of Denver Human Services’ programs and a network of community partnerships, Economic Security provides a holistic approach to service delivery in order to assist customers in the ability to foresee crisis as well as adapt to and leverage changing life conditions to their advantage.
The Economic Security Division is comprised of the following program areas: Colorado Works Workforce Development, SNAP to Success (Denver’s name for Employment First), Childcare Assistance Program (CCAP) and Child Support Services (CSS).
Child Support Services (CSS) is currently seeking highly skilled applicants for the position of Child Support Customer Service Technician I.
Child Support Services (CSS) partners with federal, state, tribal, and local governments and others to promote parental responsibility so that children receive support from both parents, even when they live in separate households. Nationally, the child support program is one of the largest income-support programs for families, contributing money to family budgets to help pay for the basics: shelter, food, childcare, transportation, and school clothes. Child support makes a big difference to children. We strive to provide family centered services and are incorporating innovative strategies that improve the reliability of child support payments.
CSS Vision: The vision of Child Support Services is to help build a world where children can count on their parents for the support and love that they need to be healthy and successful. CSS will put children first by both parents assuming responsibility for the economic and social well-being, health and stability of their children. We recognize that children benefit from positive, ongoing relationships with both parents.
The Child Support Customer Services Technician I:
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Works in a call center setting taking inbound calls to assist the Child Support customers and the divisions Child Support Technician I/II’s. This roles primary responsibility is serving in the call center, with occasional assignments in the lobby as needed
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Works at DHS’s Castro Building assisting customers face-to-face as needed
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Collaborates with other divisions within the DHS agency to meet the needs of all customers we serve
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Works closely with families, the City Attorneys and the judicial system to modify medical and financial support orders to ensure that they are “right-sized” and accurately reflect the parent’s current ability to financially support their children
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Receives and reviews referrals from a variety of sources and determines the next appropriate steps needed to initiate child support obligations
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Performs research and investigative work to collect necessary information and documentation not provided in the intake interviews
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Responds to a variety of questions, explains policies, procedures, and processes, and provides child support related information to various stakeholders
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Enters and maintains client records in various databases ranging from updating demographic information to posting child support orders
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Works with Assistance Program employees at Human Services to sanction benefits when clients are nonresponsive. Determines the status of a case and transfers it accordingly for child support orders to be established, enforced or modified
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By position, schedules and monitors tests involving the establishment of paternity
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Performs other related duties as assigned or requested