Family Service Center is seeking compassionate, committed, and culturally competent individuals who align with our mission of helping children and families in need with dignity, compassion, and respect to resolve life challenges. We are committed to supporting children and families who have experienced life-changing trauma, abuse and neglect, and other significant life challenges by providing strengths-based, family-centered, and trauma-responsive programs, services, and interventions. Join our team and help develop solutions for those who need them most.

DESCRIPTION of responsibilities:

• Serve as a non-case carrying member of the multidisciplinary team of case manager, supervisor, foster parent, birth parent and youth to find and facilitate connections with new relatives and fictive kin.
• Engage youth, birth parents, foster parents, and child welfare team to complete the New Beginnings initial and ongoing packets for the youth.
• Assist current foster care licensing and casework staff with a New Beginning process when needed. This includes reaching out to relatives and fictive kin as well as traditional foster parents and shelter protocol when needed.
• Provide professional technical assistance and resources development support to case work staff who serve children with specialized and challenging behavioral needs.
• Uses both traditional and nontraditional search methods to identify and locate family members and supportive connections for youth in care.
• Collaborate with the team to identify potential placement options of newly identified relatives and fictive kin to support stabilization and permanency.
• Support newly identified relatives and fictive kin as they develop their role in the life of a youth needing safe and consistent connections.
• Demonstrate the ability to effectively work independently as well as part of the FSC foster care team.
• keep statistical data including but not limited to family finding efforts.

Benefits:

• Flexible Work Schedule, with the ability to work remotely on occasion
• Competitive Compensation

• Medical, Dental, Vision Insurance
• Flexible Spending Plan
• 403B retirement plan with 3% employer match
• Employer Paid Life Insurance and Long-Term Disability
• 13 Paid Holidays
• Accrual of 10 Vacation days and 12 sick days annually
• Supportive atmosphere with the ability to be yourself while learning and developing

Required Qualifications:

• Must be at least 23 years of age
• Education: Bachelor's degree required, preferred in social work, human service, or a related field. Must be able to pass DCFS exams including Child Care Act, 402 and CWEL
• Experience: 2 years of experience in a child welfare setting preferred. Experience working with children with special needs a plus.
• Completion of DCFS criminal background check & MVR required

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $38,060.00 - $40,060.00 per year

Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Flexible schedule
• Flexible spending account
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Parental leave
• Retirement plan
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Springfield, IL 62704: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Required)

License/Certification:

• Driver's License (Required)

Work Location: One location

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