Arizona Department of Child Safety
Arizona Department of Child Safety
Arizona Department of Child Safety DCS Specialist Reviews
Updated Jun 8, 2022
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- Former Employee, less than 1 year★★★★★
Pros
There are none - run
Cons
Lots of driving. Grunt work
- Current Employee★★★★★
Pros
Benefit package is decent. Coworkers are helpful.
Cons
High caseloads, high turnover rate.
- Current Employee, more than 1 year★★★★★
Pros
Job Security Working with Families and Children
Cons
Heavy Workload Often Doing the Work of Others Mentally, Emotionally, and Physically Draining
Continue reading - Current Employee, more than 8 years★★★★★
Pros
Pension, resume, exposure, often supportive employees, sense of making a difference
Cons
Ran like a business, inconsiderate and selfish upper management, “buddy system,” unreasonable expectations, BURN OUT, pay sucks
- Current Employee, less than 1 year★★★★★
Pros
Good benefits, rewarding job, and overtime is offered
Cons
Very overwhelming and little resources for help
Continue reading - Former Employee, less than 1 year★★★★★
Pros
Lots of overtime, flexible schedule
Cons
Too much work for one person to handle.
Continue reading - Current Employee★★★★★
Pros
The children and families in need are the primary pros, and only real social workers stay for this. Although it is difficult to find the right role within the department, once you do work is easier. Strong management team at Placement Center allows for higher retention than most offices.
Cons
Pay is consistent, but low with minimal increases after you've worked for several years. High stress job that is not for the faint hearted. You will experience things that you literally thought only happened in movies/ books.
Continue reading - Current Employee, more than 1 year★★★★★
Pros
- Help families reunify - Assist people in making life changes - Meet great people in the local community -
Cons
-Unrealistic amount of work for one person to complete -No significant help from senior management - Emotionally taxing - Impossible to get ahead of tasks, "to-do" list grows larger with each passing day - Senior management constantly asking the DCS Specialist to handle more tasks which all take away from your ability to fully and genuinely meet all the needs of your families. - No time for "self care" which is so heavily talked about
Continue reading - Current Employee, more than 1 year★★★★★
Pros
- flexible schedule - Have the ability to work from home - Ability to flex time in office
Cons
- Pay is terrible. - People continue to leave the company causing everyone's caseloads to increase - Constant stress - Upper management does not care about worker's well-being during COVID. Still had to go see children even when they tested postivie for COVID
Continue reading - Former Employee★★★★★
Pros
Benefits, time off, sick time, overtime, pto accrual
Cons
Large caseloads, poor supervision, lack of leadership, difficult work/life balance, unnecessary practices, management
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