SOCIAL WORKER III
Harrisburg, IL, US, 62946
Job Requisition ID: 52695
Opening Date:
Closing Date: 01/27/202611:59pm
Agency: Department of Juvenile Justice
Class Title: SOCIAL WORKER III - 41413
Skill Option: None
Bilingual Option: None
Salary: Anticipated starting salary is $6,880/month (Step 1b); CBA Applies; Full Range $6,880-9,974/month
Job Type: Salaried
Category: Full Time
County: Saline
Number of Vacancies: 1
Bargaining Unit Code: RC063 Professional Employees, Educators,Juvenile Justice School Counselors and Special Education Resources Coordinators,and Physicians AFSCME
Merit Comp Code:
This position is a union position; therefore, provisions of the relevant collective bargaining agreement/labor contract apply to the filling of this position.
All applicants who want to be considered for this position MUST apply electronically through the illinois.jobs2web.com website. State of Illinois employees should click the link near the top left to apply through the SuccessFactors employee career portal.
Applications submitted via email or any paper manner (mail, fax, hand delivery) will not be considered.
REQ 52695 Social Worker III
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Position Overview:
The Illinois Department of Juvenile Justice is seeking to hire a Social Worker III for the Illinois Youth Center located in Harrisburg, Illinois to administer professional social work services involving managing a caseload of youths with emotionally disturbed, developmentally disabled, and other conditions. Determines and develops sources of information and services to facilitate youth treatment. Interviews youth to obtain pertinent psychosocial data for problems identification, evaluation and development of treatment goals and objectives. The Illinois Department of Juvenile Justice encourages all qualified applicants to apply!
Essential Functions:
- Provides individual group counseling to assigned youth(s).
- Conducts in-depth assessments and evaluations of youths’ mental health needs.
- Manages records, reports, and correspondence functions for assigned youth(s) in concert with assigned staff, outside agencies, and courts in compliance with facility policies and procedures.
- Assists in program evaluation and planning, as well as data analysis and conducting in-service training for staff development on a multi-disciplinary basis for all staff.
- Serves as lead worker of mental health contractual staff.
- Performs other duties as required or assigned which are reasonably within the scope of the duties enumerated above.
Minimum Qualifications:
- Requires a master’s degree in social work from a recognized college or university supplemented by two (2) years of professional social work experience in evaluation and treatment/habilitation of mentally ill, developmentally disabled, or other disabled persons.
- Requires licensure as a Social Worker by the Department of Professional Regulation.
Preferred Qualifications: (In Order of Significance)
- Prefers extensive knowledge of the theories and assumptions underlying the social work field.
- Prefers extensive knowledge of the employing agency's rules and regulations covering the social work field.
- Prefers the ability to serve in a leadership capacity to less experienced professional care staff.
- Prefers ability to prepare complex written and oral reports.
Conditions of Employment:
- Requires ability to pass a drug screen. The use of unauthorized drugs by an employee, regardless of the position held, is prohibited.
- Requires ability to pass the IDOC/IDJJ background check.
The conditions of employment listed here are incorporated and related to any of the job duties as listed in the job description.
Work Hours: Tues 12-8pm; Wed-Sat 8-4pm with S/M off
Headquarter Location: 1201 W Poplar St, Harrisburg, Illinois, 62946
Work County: Saline
Agency Contact: IDJJ Human Resources
Email: djj.humanresources@Illinois.gov
Posting Group: Leadership & Management; Social Services
This title is within the Upward Mobility Program (UMP). General Program information can be found by clicking on the Upward Mobility Program link or for specific title information at UMP Titles. To utilize upward mobility contractual rights for this position, employees must apply internally and must upload a copy of the UMP grade notice to their application documents prior to submission. UMP grades can be uploaded to the Additional Documents OR Grade Documentation section of the application.
This position DOES NOT contain “Specialized Skills” (as that term is used in CBAs).
APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS
Use the “Apply” button at the top right or bottom right of this posting to begin the application process.
If you are not already signed in, you will be prompted to do so.
State employees should sign in to the career portal for State of Illinois employees – a link is available at the top left of the Illinois.jobs2web.com homepage in the blue ribbon.
Non-State employees should log in on the using the “View Profile” link in the top right of the Illinois.jobs2web.com homepage in the blue ribbon. If you have never before signed in, you will be prompted to create an account.
If you have questions about how to apply, please see the following resources:
State employees: Log in to the career portal for State employees and review the Internal Candidate Application Job Aid
Non-State employees: on Illinois.jobs2web.com – click “Application Procedures” in the footer of every page of the website.
The main form of communication will be through email. Please check your “junk mail”, “spam”, or “other” folder for communication(s) regarding any submitted application(s). You may receive emails from the following addresses:
- donotreply@SIL-P1.ns2cloud.com
- systems@SIL-P1.ns2cloud.com
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