Developmental Disabilities Team Lead Psychologist

Position Title Psychologist III - 35613 (Class Title) Agency Department of Human Services Location Kiley Developmental Center, Waukegan, Illinois Posting Details Opening Date: 05/21/2026 Closing Date: 06/04/2026 Salary Anticipated Salary: Effective 7/1/26 $7,602-$11,110 per month ($91,224-$133,320 per year) Position Type Job Type: Salaried Category: Full Time County: Lake Reasonable Accommodation Statement The State of Illinois is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to people with disabilities. Further, federal law requires employers to provide reasonable accommodation to qualified individuals with disabilities. Please tell us if you require a reasonable accommodation to apply for a job, interview for a job, or for any other activity related to the hiring process. 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Position Overview The Division of Developmental Disabilities is seeking to hire a Psychologist III for the Kiley Developmental Center located in Waukegan, Illinois to serve as a team leader to designated interdisciplinary habilitation teams by assigning cases to other professionals, monitoring other professionals' work and providing guidance to other professionals. Integrates, coordinates, monitors, and evaluates the implementation of Individual Program Plans. Provides psychological/behavioral services to assigned treatment teams. Essential Functions Serve as a team leader to designated ID (Interdisciplinary) habilitation teams by assigning cases to other professionals, monitoring other professionals' work and providing guidance to other professionals. As the team leader of a designated professional treatment team, direct, monitor and evaluate the work of the team. Assume responsibility for a caseload, including cases of an advanced complexity level. Provide guidance and direction to ID team members in the implementation of behavioral procedures to modify individual’s behavior. Serve as liaison with the consulting physician. Propose initial medication reduction plan and participate in habilitation team efforts in monitoring progress of and revising medication reduction plans for individuals on psychotropic medication. Perform 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 a doctoral degree in psychology from a recognized college or university supplemented by two (2) years’ professional psychology experience. If the minimum educational requirement is met, five (5) years’ qualifying professional psychology experience may be substituted for the doctoral degree in psychology and two (2) years’ experience. Conditions of Employment Requires the ability to physically restrain individuals as necessary to prevent injury to individual or others. 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 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. Work Hours and Schedule 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM. Requires one early morning shift, one evening shift and one weekend day per month, which will be agreed upon with the supervisor. The week that a weekend day is worked, a weekday will be chosen to be a non-work day. Job Requisition ID 56164 #J-18808-Ljbffr State-of-Illinois