Social Service Specialist pay range
Commonwealth of Kentucky · class code 20001129
- Class code
- 20001129
- Pay grade
- 16
- Pay unit
- Month
- Alternate ranges
- 3
- State
- Kentucky
- The Commonwealth of Kentucky published pay range for Social Service Specialist is $4,444 to $7,110 per month, spanning every alternate range the plan defines.
- Kentucky publishes an entry rate and a midpoint for each pay grade, not a maximum, so the upper figure on this page is the grade midpoint.
- That works out to about $53,329 to $85,326 a year at full time.
- Kentucky Personnel Cabinet keys this classification as class code 20001129.
- The plan defines 3 alternate ranges for this class, so the rate depends on which criteria an employee meets.
- This is the range the plan authorises, not the salary of any individual employee.
Alternate ranges
| Range | Entry | Midpoint | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|
| Range 37.5-hour week | $4,444 | $6,666 | per month |
| Range 40-hour week | $4,740 | $7,110 | per month |
| Range Hourly | $27.35 | $41.02 | per hour |
Which alternate range applies is set by the plan's own criteria (experience, certification or assignment). The criteria text lives in the source document.
Class specification
The Personnel Cabinet class specification for this class is published by Kentucky Personnel Cabinet. The passages below are quoted from it as published, not paraphrased, and cut to their opening sentences; the full specification is the authority on duties and qualifications. It was last revised 12/16/2023.
What the state says the job is
Provides consultative services to Social Service Workers/Clinicians. Provides intensive family services through the assessment of client needs and the provision of multifaceted services OR plans, coordinates, evaluates and/or monitors a social service program area on a statewide basis OR plans and organizes all program activities for special health care needs children in a defined geographic region; and performs other duties as required.
Examples of the work
Provides consultative services to families, workers, and supervisors throughout an area for program specialties such as foster care, child/adult protective services, adoption services, juvenile justice (including the classification and placement of juveniles committed by the court) and services to children/individuals with special health care needs. Reviews and analyzes cases of a more complex nature and implements treatment in collaboration with social service workers and other available community services. Participates in case conferences. Provides highly skilled consultation services to families in sanctioned status.
Minimum qualifications
EDUCATION: A master's degree in social work, sociology, psychology, marriage and family therapy or a related field EXPERIENCE, TRAINING, OR SKILLS: Must have three years of professional social work experience. Substitute EDUCATION for EXPERIENCE: NONE Substitute EXPERIENCE for EDUCATION: A bachelor's degree supplemented by five years of professional social work experience will substitute for the primary education and experience requirements.
Special requirements
If employed by the Cabinet for Health and Family Services or the Department of Juvenile Justice, an employee in this job classification must furnish to the appointing authority within one month of employment documentation that he/she possesses a valid driver's license.
Quoted from the Personnel Cabinet class specification, read 2026-10-21.
Where this comes from
Kentucky Personnel Cabinet publishes this figure in Classified and Unclassified 37.5 and 40-Hour Salary Schedule, effective September 16, 2026. Every number on this page is read from that document; nothing is estimated, modelled or averaged.
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