Child Welfare Services Referral Worker

Aunt Martha's Health & Wellness • Park Forest, IL

93d • $22 - $24

About The Position

The CWs Worker helps ensure children's safety, permanency, and well-being by providing services and support that promote the strengthening and maintenance of family functioning. The purpose of this position is to work within the CWS Referral Program to help families reduce risk through linkage to community services and resources.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Social Work or human services related field required and one to two years' work experience with targeted population.
• Experience working with or providing services to individuals, children and families.
• Strong knowledge of Microsoft office.
• Knowledge of allocated demographic community resources available to service individual, children and families, preferred.
• Knowledge of infant, child and adolescent development; trauma, mental health, substance abuse, domestic violence experience preferred.
• Knowledge or experience serving multi-stressed families, preferred. Open to reflective practice (capacity for introspection).

Nice To Haves

• Knowledge of allocated demographic community resources available to service individual, children and families, preferred.
• Knowledge of infant, child and adolescent development; trauma, mental health, substance abuse, domestic violence experience preferred.
• Knowledge or experience serving multi-stressed families, preferred.

Responsibilities

• Utilize critical thinking skills to respond with solution-focused resolutions that help families remain safe, thrive and function to lessen risk.
• Conduct weekly home visits to assess family situations focusing on safety and risk issues related to the child.
• Provide linkage to community services designed to help reduce risk and strengthen family functioning.
• Refer and connect families to such services as short-term paraprofessional services for household organization and cleanliness, instruction around specific parenting problems, which contribute to risk to the child, medical services where the child or parent's physical condition contributes to concerns about safety and risk.

Benefits

• $22.00-$24.00 hourly
• Health, Dental, Vision Insurance
• Disability & Life Insurance
• Paid Vacation/Sick Days and Holidays.
• Retirement Plan
• Employee Assistance Program
• Discounts on services like cell phones, restaurants and more

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 501-1,000 employees