That can lead to retirement soon after taking the job. Potts said often the person who accepts the job has already been in the field working for 30-plus years. “One of the issues you've got is it takes a lot of experience, a lot of background area of expertise,” Potts said. On top of that, directors' association executive director Joel Potts said in any given year, Ohio has 10 to 12 directors leave the position. I mean, I think the Department of Job and Family Services, Children Protective Services, it’s a hard position to take over because of the constraints of the system." “You think, maybe if we just find the right person, your problems will be solved, but that’s not the case. “I feel nervous for the person that’s taking that role because it’s difficult,” O’Reilly said. Scott O'Reilley, a former Clermont County prosecutor who worked with JFS in child fatality and abuse cases said the job is not easy. During the peak of the pandemic, the association said that number was more like one in three people. JFS serves one in four people in Ohio, according to the Ohio JFS Directors’ Association. The person who fills the position will be in charge of programs that affect some of the most vulnerable citizens: seniors, children in need of protection and workers in need of unemployment benefits. BATAVIA, Ohio - Clermont County began its search Tuesday for a new director of Job and Family Services.
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