Social Service Support Specialist pay range
State of Washington · class code 351S
- Class code
- 351S
- Salary range
- 42
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Washington
- The State of Washington published pay range for Social Service Support Specialist is $45,924 to $61,332 per year.
- Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) keys this classification as class code 351S.
- This is the range the plan authorises, not the salary of any individual employee.
Step progression
Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) assigns this class to salary range 42 in the General Service Salary Schedule. The range pays 13 steps; a step is normally earned on a periodic increment date, not negotiated.
| Basis | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annual | $45,924 | $47,004 | $48,048 | $49,296 | $50,412 | $51,600 | $52,872 | $54,204 | $55,596 | $56,952 | $58,392 | $59,760 | $61,332 |
| Monthly | $3,827 | $3,917 | $4,004 | $4,108 | $4,201 | $4,300 | $4,406 | $4,517 | $4,633 | $4,746 | $4,866 | $4,980 | $5,111 |
| Hourly | $21.99 | $22.51 | $23.01 | $23.61 | $24.14 | $24.71 | $25.32 | $25.96 | $26.63 | $27.28 | $27.97 | $28.62 | $29.37 |
Steps as published. The monthly and hourly rows are the state's own, not conversions of the annual row.
Class specification
The OFM classified job specification for this class is published by Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM). 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.
What the state says the job is
Assists Social Service Specialists in providing services to children and/or families where there is risk of child abuse or neglect, such as: conducting health and safety home visits, transporting children to scheduled visitations, and/or supervising children/parent visitations.
Examples of the work
Transports children to supervised visitation locations, which can be in an office, residential, or public setting; and/or to case plan related activities; Conducts health and safety home visits which may include the following activities: Assess for child safety and wellbeing by observing the home environment and how the child appears developmentally, physically and emotionally; Observe the interactions and attachment between the child and the parent/caregiver; Talk with verbal child(ren) in private away from the parent/caregiver; Confirm that each child capable of reading, writing and using the telephone has written contact information for their assigned agency staff contact(s); Supervise pa ...
Minimum qualifications
High school diploma or high school equivalency course; AND One year of paid/unpaid experience in one of the following: caring for children, social care, supervised volunteer experience in youth/child oriented organizations, counseling youth, education and home visitations. OR Two years of social service education from an accredited post high school program may substitute. Equivalent experience/education. Possession of a valid driver’s license may be required.
Quoted from the OFM classified job specification, read 2026-10-21.
Where this comes from
Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) publishes this figure in Classified Job Listing joined to the OFM salary schedules effective July 1, 2026. Every number on this page is read from that document; nothing is estimated, modelled or averaged.
The dollar figures come from the salary schedule the listing assigns this range to.