DDA INVESTIGATOR 2 - 71774

Executive Service

DDA INVESTIGATOR 2

Department of Disability and Aging (DDA)

Nashville, TN

Salary : $4,517.00 - $5,638.00 Monthly

Closing Date : 10 / 27 / 2025

This position is designated as Work from Home.

For more information, visit the link below :

https : / / www.tn.gov / disability-and-aging / about-us / work-with-us / featured / dda-investigator-2 davidson-county.html

Background Check :

This position requires a criminal background check. Therefore, you may be required to provide information about your criminal history in order to be considered for this position.

Who we are and what we do :

The Department of Disability and Aging supports people to live the lives they envision for themselves by ensuring people can exercise rights, engage with the community and experience optimal health. At DDA, we are responsible for administration and oversight of services and supports for more than 1.5 million older adults and Tennesseans with disabilities.

Job Overview :

Job responsibilities include receipt and triage of calls to the DDA Abuse Hotline with participation in On-Call Investigator rotations outside office hours and on the weekends and conducting investigations of allegations of abuse / neglect / exploitation wherein evidence is summarized in a final report and analyzed to reach a sound conclusion.

Key Responsibilities :

Additional responsibilities include in person responses to egregious events per protocol and visits to event sites when conducting interviews / investigations. Local travel is required with some travel to other regions possible as this is a statewide position.

Minimum Qualifications :

Qualifications include education equivalent to graduation from a standard high school and three years of professional investigative or professional work with Individuals with Developmental or Intellectual disabilities. Graduation from an accredited college or university with a bachelor's degree in Social Work or other, relevant behavioral science may substitute for the required experience up to two years.

Pursuant to the State of Tennessee's Workplace Discrimination and Harassment policy, the State is firmly committed to the principle of fair and equal employment opportunities for its citizens and strives to protect the rights and opportunities of all people to seek, obtain, and hold employment without being subjected to illegal discrimination and harassment in the workplace. It is the State's policy to provide an environment free of discrimination and harassment of an individual because of that person's race, color, national origin, age (40 and over), sex, pregnancy, religion, creed, disability, veteran's status or any other category protected by state and / or federal civil rights laws.