As a member of the Home-Based Team, the Child Welfare Specialist is responsible for supervising visits between children and their caregiver(s), attending court hearings and DCS/Probation team meetings, providing case management, and empowering adults and children to reach their full potential while effectively and efficiently managing community and center resources.

Duties/Responsibilities: Assess the needs of the family and perform general case management duties and interventions related to families in need of child welfare services. Receive training in child welfare services, casework, intervention techniques and applicable laws, rules, and regulations.

LSSI is hiring a part-time Child Welfare Assistant Case Aide. Under the general supervision of the Program Director, supervisor, or designee, the prospective child welfare assistant/case aide provides supportive interventions and activities to individuals and families within the mandates of the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services, Lutheran Social Services of Illinois policies, and Council on Accreditation standards.

Related degrees include: anthropology, behavioral science, child development, child protection, cognitive science, community organization & advocacy, counseling, criminal justice, criminology, economics, education, family development, healthcare, human development, human services, juvenile justice, law & protection, marriage and family therapy, mental health, nursing, philosophy, psychology, public administration, public health, sociology, and special education.

Qualifying Degrees: Anthropology, Child Development, Counseling, Criminal Justice, Education, Family Studies, Human Development, Human Service, Law and Justice, Psychology, Pastoral Counseling, Social Work, Sociology, Therapeutic Fields, Therapeutic Recreation, Chicano Studies, African American Studies, Native American History, Women and Gender Studies, International Human Rights.

The incumbents will also be responsible for managing the CARES Line (CPS Hotline), processing CPS Intake Referrals, and screening referrals for potential child abuse, neglect, and dependency. Position Summary:In Youth and Family Services, this position provides community-based services to individuals, groups, families, or communities regarding issues including child abuse, neglect, dependency, delinquency, and adoption.

Children and Family Services is seeking multiple Senior Social Workers for the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) unit to be assigned to state wards, children placed in the county through the Interstate Compact for the Placement of Children (ICPC), and Permanent Custody to the Agency youth.

Child Welfare Specialist Trainee - SER: $1,404.80 bi-weekly (Pay Level SS-411) Child Welfare Specialist 1 - SER: $1,590.40 bi-weekly (Pay Level SS-412) Child Welfare Specialist 2 - SER: $1,820.80 bi-weekly (Pay Level SS-414.

Families and practitioners also focus on effective hand hygiene practices in accordance with CDC hand washing guidance.

The Children's Defense Fund is the only national, multi-issue advocacy organization working at the intersection of child well-being and racial justice by wielding the moral authority of programmatic proximity and community organizing to inform public policy.

Knowledge of Prevention, Child Protective Services, Permanency, foster home recruitment, licensing and retention, adoption, adoption assistance, IVE funding and other evidence-based child welfare practices is instrumental.

Preferred: Certified child life specialist (CCLS) Special Skills/ Training - Eligible to become CPR certified, CPI trained, Trach Trained; Preferred: CPR certification Children's Hospital is an equal opportunity employer.

Case Management, Advocacy, and Support: In accordance with the service/treatment goals, provides case management, advocacy, and support that will protect and promote permanency for children by:Counseling individuals regarding issues including, but not limited to, parenting, unemployment, housing, substance abuse, domestic violence, trauma, child care, and/or medical care.

Conduct policy research on youth justice, education justice and child welfare. CDF's Leave No Child Behind® mission is to ensure every child a Healthy Start, a Head Start, a Fair Start, a Safe Start and a Moral Start in life and successful passage to adulthood with the help of caring families and communities.

Child Welfare Specialists value teamwork and work cooperatively with other staff in the Foster Care and Adoption Program, Little City Agency, DCFS, and collateral providers. Child Welfare Specialists (CWS) must possess their own vehicle and have valid auto insurance in order to perform the duties necessary as outlined herein.