For more information on benefit and retirement programs, please see the sections below.
In order to receive consideration, applicants must indicate their availability for any work type, travel, and location requirements listed.

Family Services Specialists perform a variety of duties to assist families in achieving self-sufficiency. Incumbents determine eligibility for a variety of public assistance and health related programs to include, but not limited to: Medicaid, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, and Temporary Assistance for Needy Families within the Division of Welfare and Supportive Services and Title IVE, Title XIX, foster care, adoption payments and other State funded programs for children in custody or who have been adopted within the Division of Child and Family Services; provide coordinated employment and training services including assessment, vocational guidance, support services and education to clients; and/or provide child support enforcement services. Positions in this series may specialize in one service area or may work in multiple areas depending upon the needs of the agency.

Incumbents perform in a trainee capacity and acquire the knowledge, skills and abilities required in this occupation.

The Division of Welfare and Supportive Services is hiring for vacancies located in Ely & Elko, Nevada. Family Services Specialists interview clients, explain eligibility, and elicit information to determine which public assistance programs are applicable; assist clients in completing required applications; and research and verify information provided by clients in order to confirm citizenship, residency, household composition, current and previous earnings, and projected household expenses. Incumbents also evaluate and process information to establish eligibility, calculate income, and make determinations in accordance with program regulations, policies, and procedures and within required timeframes. Under close supervision, positions in this series may specialize in one service area or may work in multiple areas as a generalist, depending upon the needs of the agency. This is the entry level in the series which provides for progression to the journey level upon satisfactory completion of the required training period, successfully meeting minimum qualifications, and with the recommendation of the appointing authority. Some positions require the incumbent to accept an intermittent schedule. An intermittent position may be required to work a full-time schedule, however, may be called to work at any time and must be willing to work an intermittent schedule with hours that may vary, depending on changes in the amount of work. The starting salary for newly hired state employees will be at the beginning of the pay range listed above. The State of Nevada is committed to Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action in recruitment of its employees and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion or belief, age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, domestic partnership, genetic information (GINA), or compensation and/or wages.

In order to be qualified, you must meet the following requirements: