SOCIAL WORKER II (UMP)

Social Worker II (UMP)

The Illinois Department of Juvenile Justice is seeking to hire a Social Worker II for the Monarch Youth Center located in Lincoln, 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 direct treatment services including individual and group therapy, crisis care, community re- integration issues related to aftercare planning and program support and guidance.
• Prepares routine treatment notes, summaries and progress reports concerning the youth individual performance and response to treatment.
• Confers with parents, caseworkers, court officials, juvenile justice aftercare staff and significant others in a youth's life for purpose of addressing treatment concerns and community reintegration issues related to parole planning.
• Works closely with the institutional security, medical, and clinical services personnel to monitor youth behaviors and to preserve the health safety and security of all staff.
• Provides crisis intervention to employees and youth.
• Serves as a member of the Crisis Intervention Team, and provides and directs services on an on-call basis.
• Attends Quality Assurance meetings, conducts staff meetings, program meetings and other meetings associated with mental health issues.
• 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 one year of professional social work experience in the evaluation and treatment/habilitation of mentally ill, developmentally disabled or other disabled persons.
• Qualifying state employees in the employee Upward Mobility Program may complete combinations of specific proficiency tests and training programs leading to a certificate of proficiency in lieu of the state requirements for this classification.

About the Agency:

The mission of the Illinois Department of Juvenile Justice (IDJJ) is to build youth skills and strengthen families by promoting community safety and positive youth outcomes. Over 900 staff members from across various departments—security, programming, education, mental health, and more—collaborate with the understanding that youth are physically, emotionally, and cognitively different from adults. The department provides extensive services to young people through a developmental, treatment-focused model of care that builds youth resiliency, engages families, and promotes community safety at the five youth facilities it operates across the state.

Benefits:

• Health, Life, Vision, and Dental Insurance
• Pension Plan
• Paid parental leave
• Pre-tax benefits programs including but not limited to: Deferred Compensation, Medical, Daycare, etc.
• Employees earn twelve (12) paid Sick Days annually
• New Employees earn ten (10) paid Vacation Days their first year of service and can earn up to twenty-five (25) paid Vacation Days annually (based on years of service)
• Employees earn three (3) paid Personal Days annually (pro-rated based on start date)
• Thirteen-Fourteen (13-14) paid holidays annually (based on start date)
• Flexible work schedules in many program areas (remote work may be an option for certain positions)