Forensic Interviewer Supervisor

Chicago Children's Advocacy Center•Chicago, IL

About The Position

The Forensic Interviewer Supervisor is responsible for the direct supervision and training of the forensic interviewers. The supervisor ensures that the children and families served at the Center receive the highest quality forensic interview in a timely and professional manner. This position also provides developmentally and culturally appropriate and legally defensible forensic interviews of children and adolescents alleging sexual and/or physical abuse or other crimes. DEI&AB Culture Commitment: The Forensic Interviewer Supervisor is responsible for creating an inclusive environment that demonstrates equity, inclusion, accessibility, and belonging to our clients, ChicagoCAC employees, and partners. The position also assists in ChicagoCAC’s Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Accessibility, and Belonging (DEIAB) initiatives.

Requirements

Minimum education requirements: a master's degree in Social Work, Psychology, Counseling, or a related field.
Must have at least 5 years of experience in the field of working with sexually abused children.
Strong organizational, team-building, problem-solving, and written and oral communication skills required.
Ability to work effectively in a multi-disciplinary team setting is required.
Minimum 3 years of leadership skills and supervisory experience are required.

Nice To Haves

Trained as a forensic interviewer (preferred but not required).
Prior experience working within a multidisciplinary team, as well as experience within the criminal justice and/or child welfare system, is strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

Ensure the provision of and/or conduct forensic interviews of alleged child/adolescent victims of abuse and/or witnesses to violent crime.
Provide direct supervision to the forensic interviewing team, which includes providing ongoing feedback and weekly reflective supervision.
Lead training for new forensic interviewers.
Work collaboratively with ChicagoCAC’s multidisciplinary team members.
Acts as a team member with other supervisors to ensure a productive flow of services to our clients from intake to advocacy to mental health.
Facilitate pre/post interview for multi-disciplinary case staffing.
Routinely provide and participate in forensic interview peer review.
Ensure timely entry of forensic interview data in ETO.
Actively participate in team meetings, supervisor’s meetings, case staffing, and case reviews.
Provides public outreach, technical assistance, and consultation regarding forensic interviewing, the mission and activities of ChicagoCAC, and other related topics.
Engages in productive supervision with the Director of Advocacy & Forensic Interviewing, informing them of all critical issues of concern, areas that need improvement, growth, and progress, and the overall state of forensic interviewing.
Participate in local networking and training opportunities.
Attend and participate in supervision, peer review, and other professional development activities, such as webinars, education calls, and literature review, that are relevant to forensic interviewing.
Participate in on-call rotation as a supervisor with other Advocacy &Investigations supervisors.
Perform other tasks and responsibilities as requested.

Benefits

BCBS HMO and PPO healthcare coverage options with an opportunity to add family members to plans.
Free life insurance at 2x your salary up to a maximum of $200,000.
Additional pay of 10% of your salary up to $7,500 per year (available after 6 months of employment) to use towards a menu of benefits such as: additional health benefits, dental, vision, long-term disability short-term disability, 403b plan, a Roth option, legal coverage, dependent care, flexible spending, and taxable spending.
Taxable spending may be used for health club membership, fitness activities, tuition reimbursement, student loan repayment, among other options.
Paid Time Off (“PTO”): PTO starts accruing the first day of employment and accrues at a rate of 35 days in a 12-month period.
PTO days are used for all days off, including holidays and sick time so you have maximum flexibility in the use of your PTO.
Timing of vacations may be dependent on client needs, as that’s our first priority.
PTO goes up to 40 days after 5 years.
Additional PTO for FMLA-related reasons up to 20 days.
A remote work policy that provides flexibility in work hours so long as operational needs are met.
Regular expert training on evidence-based therapy modalities, which includes being able to earn Continuing Education Units.
A casual dress code.
Enjoy afternoon milk and cookies every Friday!