SOCIAL WORKER III

State of Illinois•Dixon, IL

4d•Onsite

About The Position

The Division of Developmental Disabilities is seeking to hire a Social Worker III for the Mabley Developmental Center located in Dixon, Illinois to serve as the transition coordinator for the center and oversee admission, discharge and transitional services. Chairs committees. Performs complex social work services for individuals on a facility-wide basis. Serves as designated lead worker to lower-level staff. Serves as the professional social work resource member of the Interdisciplinary (ID) Teams. Co-chairs the Center’s Professional Staff Team. Serves as the primary team liaison with other disciplines, guardians, residential unit staff, family and community agencies in individual admission and community placement processes.

Requirements

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 the evaluation and treatment/habilitation of intellectually and developmentally disabled, or other disabled individuals.
Requires licensure as a Social Worker by the Department of Professional Regulation.
Requires the ability to work after business hours, weekends, and holidays.
Requires the ability to utilize office equipment, including personal computers.
Requires the ability to physically restrain individuals as necessary to prevent injury to individual or others.
Requires the ability to travel in the performance of job duties.
Requires ability to pass the IDHS background check.
Requires ability to pass a drug screen for drugs prohibited from recreational use under Illinois Law.

Responsibilities

Serves as a professional Social Worker.
Serves as a team liaison with other disciplines, guardians, residential unit staff, family and community agencies in individual admission and community placement processes.
Performs complex social work services for individuals on a facility-wide basis.
Serves as liaison with the Center’s Utilization Review Committee (URC).
Co-chairs the Center’s Professional Staff Team, leading the team to conclusion and decision-making for individual habilitation and treatment issues.
Receives training to gain and/or maintain skills for care and habilitation of individuals and to remain knowledgeable of accrediting agency standards and new concepts in clinical and health issues.
Performs other duties as required or assigned which are reasonably within the scope of the duties enumerated above.

Benefits

A Pension Program
Competitive Group Insurance Benefits including Health, Life, Dental and Vision Insurance
3 Paid Personal Business Days annually
12 Paid Sick Days annually (Sick days carry over from year to year)
10-25 Days of Paid Vacation time annually - (10 days in year one of employment)
Personal, Sick, & Vacation rates modified for 12-hour & part-time work schedules (as applicable)
13 Paid Holidays annually, 14 on even numbered years
Flexible Work Schedules (when available dependent upon position)
12 Weeks Paid Parental Leave
Deferred Compensation Program - A supplemental retirement plan
Optional Pre-Tax Programs such as Medical Care Assistance Plan (MCAP), Dependent Care Assistance Plan (DCAP)
Federal Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program eligibility
GI Bill® Training/Apprenticeship Benefits eligibility for qualifying Veterans
5% Salary Differential for Bilingual Positions
Commuter Savings Program (Chicago only)