KIDCARE SUPERVISOR

Kidcare Supervisor

The Department of Healthcare and Family Services is seeking to hire a motivated candidate to serve as a Kidcare Supervisor assigned to the Bureau of All Kids. Under general direction, the position supervises and administers a unit providing medical casework services to applicants and recipients of public assistance and provides direct supervision and administrative direction to professional caseworkers. This position serves a functional resource to a Public Aid Lead Casework Specialist and less experienced caseworkers and assists with on-the-job training for new staff. The ideal candidate will have strong communication skills, excellent team leadership skills, ability to thrive in a high volume and fast paced environment and demonstrate the ability to collaborate with team members to ensure operations are running effectively.

HFS values employees with different backgrounds, life experiences, and talents. Employees receive a robust benefit package including:

• Monday-Friday work schedule
• Flexible work schedules are available in many program areas. (Remote work may be an option for certain positions.)
• Health, Life, Vision, and Dental Insurance
• Pension Plan
• Paid Parental Leave
• Deferred Compensation Program and other pre-tax benefit programs (Medical/Daycare)
• Employees earn (12) paid Sick Days annually.
• New Employees earn (10) paid Vacation Days their first year of service and can earn up to (25) paid Vacation Days annually.
• Employees earn (3) paid Personal Days annually.
• (13-14) paid holidays annually (based on start date)

If you are seeking a new opportunity, and this position appeals to you, please apply today! At the Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services (HFS), we value staff as our greatest asset. We work in a spirit of teamwork to help millions of Illinoisans access high quality healthcare and fulfill child support obligations to advance their physical, mental, and financial well-being.

HFS is committed to promoting and preserving a workplace culture that embraces diversity, equity, and inclusion. We welcome and value employees with different backgrounds, life experiences, and talents. It is the collective sum of our individual differences that provides a broad perspective, leading to greater innovation and achievement. In recruiting for our team, we recognize the unique contributions of each applicant regardless of culture, ethnicity, race, national origin, sex, gender identity and expression, age, religion, disability, and sexual orientation. HFS is an equal opportunity employer.

Essential Functions:

• Serves as a working supervisor
• Plans, directs, and reviews the operations and activities of an All Kids unit
• Conducts staff meetings
• Reviews difficult and complex medical assistance cases
• Reviews and evaluates reports of casework activities
• Performs other duties as required or assigned which are reasonably within the scope of the duties enumerated above

Minimum Qualifications:

• Requires knowledge, skill, and mental development equivalent to completion of four (4) years of college with courses in social science or business. Appropriate business experience may be substituted for college on a year-for-year basis
• Requires two (2) years professional supervisory experience in a public welfare agency, or three (3) years professional experience in welfare, teaching, public health or other public services

Conditions of Employment:

• Requires completion of a background check and self-disclosure of criminal history
• Requires the ability to utilize and maintain state issued equipment such as a laptop

Work Hours: Monday - Friday 8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Headquarter Location: 201 S Grand Ave E, Springfield, Illinois, 62704

Work County: Sangamon

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Posting Group: Social Services