Tennessee
Tennessee Department of Children’s Services sees influx of applications after increasing salaries
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — After years of the Tennessee Division of Youngsters’s Providers saying it’s understaffed and staff are overworked, an enormous inflow of purposes have are available after the division raised its pay.
Since growing salaries final month, DCS stated it has acquired greater than 550 purposes for Case Supervisor 1 positions and one other 100 for Case Supervisor 2 positions. Each of those positions are nonetheless taking purposes.
Entry-level case managers now begin at $50,600 a 12 months which is about $7,000 greater than what they had been beginning at earlier than.
There are 4 ranges of Case Managers, every one with a much bigger pay bounce. Then there may be the highest-ranking place — Workforce Coordinator — which begins at $76,600 a 12 months.
DCS Commissioner Margie Quin stated she is following a three-pronged method for expertise retention: aggressive salaries, precedence in coaching, and management that listens and acts.
Since January DCS has employed greater than 120 staff with a 98 % retention fee.