Intact Caseworker

Youth Service Bureau of Illinois Valley•Ottawa, IL

10d•Hybrid

About The Position

Provides direct service to a caseload of ten to fifteen families, subject to DCFS contract. This role involves providing individual, parent, and family support services, including education and modeling of skills in parenting, child care, communication, household management, and other needed areas. The caseworker will monitor assigned cases weekly, aggressively provide linkages to services as required by families, and develop parts of the family service plan as directed. Additionally, the role includes providing home management services, filling in for peers when necessary, and offering concrete services, advocacy, and other networking and supportive activities on behalf of families. Non-traditional and varied activities may be provided to meet family needs. Indirect services include active participation in the continuous Quality Improvement program, completing required documentation, developing and maintaining relationships with collateral agencies, maintaining confidentiality, participating in staff and case monitoring meetings, engaging in professional development, and maintaining daily contact with a supervisor.

Requirements

Bachelor in social work from an accredited program/school of social work, plus 2 years of subsequent experience with children and families, or a bachelor’s degree in a field related to social work and 3 years of experience with children and families.
A passing grade on DCFS licensing exam once employed.
Computer knowledge including proficient knowledge of Microsoft office (word, excel and access) and keyboarding.
Sensitivity and responsiveness to the cultural differences of individuals and families in groups outside one's own.
Demonstrated commitment to empowering families to solve their own problems and to the value of a nurturing family as the ideal environment for a child.
A belief in the capacity of people to grow and change.
A demonstrated ability to establish a mutually respectful relationship in which the family is a full partner, empowered to solve their own problems.
An understanding that most work will take place in the family home and community.
An understanding that work schedules are flexible in order to meet family needs.

Nice To Haves

Empathy
Observant
Organized
Self-starter
Responsible decision making

Responsibilities

Provides individual, parent, and family support services to clients that include education, teaching and modeling of skills in parenting, child care, communication, household management and other needed skills.
Monitors assigned cases weekly.
Provides linkages to services as required by families on an aggressive basis.
Develops, as directed, parts of the family service plan.
Provides home management services as required/needed.
Provides services as directed/fills-in when peers are not available to serve their caseload.
Provides provision of concrete services, advocacy and other networking and supportive activities on behalf of the families.
Provide non-traditional and varied activities with and on behalf of families in order to meet the needs of the family.
Actively participates in YSBIV's continuous Quality Improvement program.
Completes documentation as required according to program procedure.
Develops and maintains on-going relationships and knowledge of services provided by collateral agencies.
Maintains confidentiality and safeguards client information as required by agency policy procedure.
Participates in staff, case monitoring meetings as directed.
Participates in professional development activities including: training, evaluations, conferences.
Keeps in daily contact with supervisor.