Deferred Assignment Permanency Specialist

3 weeks ago


Chicago, United States State of Illinois Full time

**DCFS is deeply committed to the welfare and protection of children. Our goal is to protect children by strengthening and supporting families. In every effort, from receiving hotline calls to reaching family reunification or foster care and adoption, children and families are our focus.**

**Agency**: Department of Children and Family Services

**Title**: Child Welfare Specialist-Deferred Assignment Permanency-1911 S. Indiana
**Closing Date/Time**:04/15/2024
**Salary**: Anticipated Starting Salary $5,592/Month Full Salary Range $5,592-$8,344/Month

**Job Type**:Salaried
**County**: Cook
**Number of Vacancies**: 15
**Plan/BU**:RC062

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**Position Overview**:
**Responsibilities**:

- Serves as Deferred Assignment Permanency Specialist.
- Works with intact families and children in home and/or substitute care.
- Conducts interviews with clients and professionals to obtain information for the continued diagnosis of problems and development of treatment plans.
- Transports clients when taking protective custody, when placing them in substitute care, and when changing placement location.
- Prepares and maintains case documentation for planning, implementing, and evaluating services.
- Participates in case staffings to facilitate case transfer and participates in multi-disciplinary diagnostic and technical staff conferences to assess needed services.
- Performs other duties as required or assigned which are reasonably within the scope of the duties enumerated above.

**Minimum Qualifications**:
1. Preferably requires a master’s degree in social work.

OR

2. Requires a master’s degree in a related human service field, supplemented by one year of directly related professional casework/case management experience.

OR

3. Requires a bachelor’s degree in social work and one year of directly related professional casework/case management experience.

OR

4. Requires a bachelor’s degree in a related human service field and two years of directly related professional casework/case management experience.

The college or university issuing a bachelor’s or master’s degree must be accredited, and the degree program in social work must be approved by the Council on Social Work Education. The directly related professional casework/case management experience must be related to family preservation, family reunification, adoption, youth development, counseling, and advocacy services or a related field.

**Conditions of Employment**:

- Requires a valid driver’s license, daily access to an automobile, and proof of vehicle insurance.
- Requires ability to pass a background check.
- Requires physical, visual and auditory ability to carry out assigned duties.
- Requires ability to work in a 24 hour on call capacity.

**Work Hours**: Monday-Friday 8:30am-5:00pm
**Work Location**: 1911 S Indiana Ave, Chicago, Illinois, 60616

**Agency Contact**:
John Larkin

**Posting Group**:Social Services

This title is within the Upward Mobility Program. General Program information can be found by clicking on the Upward Mobility Program link or for specific title information at UMP Title Descriptions. There are three categories of UMP titles: 1) certificate titles which require passing a written proficiency exam; 2) credential titles which require the possession of a specified college degree and/or licensure; and 3) dual titles for which a certificate may be earned by following either the certificate or credential pathway.

This position DOES NOT contain “Specialized Skills” (as that term is used in CBAs).

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