PERMANENCY SPECIALIST FLOATER - ROCK ISLAND

Permanency Specialist Floater - Rock Island

The Illinois Department of Children and Family Services is seeking an organized, professional, and results oriented individual to serve as Permanency Specialist Floater. Under general supervision, this position will provide professional child welfare casework services to children and families, determining the need and coordinating the placement of children in substitute care facilities. Additionally, the position will conduct interviews with clients and professionals to obtain information for the continued diagnosis of problems and development of treatment plans. This position provides a great opportunity for someone who is passionate about children and interested in playing a role in ensuring the safety and stability of children and youth.

Essential functions include serving as permanency specialist floater, working with intact families and children in home and/or substitute care, conducting interviews with clients and professionals to obtain information for the continued diagnosis of problems and development of treatment plans, transporting clients when taking protective custody, when placing them in substitute care, and when changing placement location, preparing and maintaining case documentation for planning, implementing, and evaluating services, participating in case staffings to facilitate case transfer and participating in multi-disciplinary diagnostic and technical staff conferences to assess needed services. This position requires the ability to travel in the performance of duties, with overnight stays as appropriate. Requires appropriate, valid driver's license. Requires completion of a background check and self-disclosure of criminal history. Requires physical, visual and auditory ability to carry out assigned duties. Overtime is a condition of employment, and you may be requested or required/mandated to work overtime, including scheduled, unscheduled, or last-minute overtime. This requires the ability to work evenings and weekends. This also requires the ability to work in a 24 hour "on call" capacity.

To be considered for this position, applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis. The State of Illinois does not seek, request, or require a job applicant's wage or salary history. Employment decisions are not made based on an applicant's wage or salary history. To that end, please do not include wage or salary information in your resume or other profile or application materials.