SUPPORT SERVICE WORKER

State of Illinois•Waukegan, IL

3d•Onsite

About The Position

The Division of Developmental Disabilities is seeking to hire a Support Service Worker for the Kiley Developmental Center located in Waukegan, Illinois to perform routine, repetitive unskilled manual tasks associated with support services, including exterior building and campus clean-up including lawn care and snow removal, dietary tasks including meal distribution and clean-up, laundry tasks, housekeeping and clothing services. Uses and performs simple maintenance on standard equipment and machinery, ensuring compliance with Public Health standards, facility and department policies and procedures. Completes simple clerical tasks including completing work orders, supply orders and routine logs and reports.

Requirements

Requires knowledge, skill, and mental development equivalent to completion of High School supplemented by six (6) months experience in the support service functional area to which assigned.
Per P.A. 098-0566 – Requires ability to complete a food handling training course within 30 days of employment.
Requires the ability perform heavy physical work and lifting in excess of 75 pounds with assistance.
Requires skill in the basic operation of machinery and equipment in the assigned area.
Requires ability to instruct others in simple methods and procedures common to the area.
Requires ability to work after business hours, weekends, and holidays.
Requires ability to physically restrain individuals as necessary to prevent injury to individual or others.
Requires the ability to utilize office equipment, including personal computers.
Requires the ability to travel in the performance of job duties.
Requires ability to pass the IDHS background check.
Requires ability to pass a drug screen for drugs prohibited from recreational use under Illinois Law.

Responsibilities

Performs routine, repetitive unskilled manual tasks associated with support services.
Uses and performs simple maintenance on standard equipment and machinery, ensuring compliance with Public Health standards, facility and department policies and procedures.
Performs routine food service tasks in the kitchen.
Follows established procedures and performs general laundry functions including marking patients’ clothing and institution linens.
Completes simple clerical tasks including completing work orders, supply orders and routine logs and reports.
Performs other duties as required or assigned which are reasonably within the scope of the duties enumerated above.

Benefits

A Pension Program
Competitive Group Insurance Benefits including Health, Life, Dental and Vision Insurance
3 Paid Personal Business Days annually
12 Paid Sick Days annually (Sick days carry over from year to year)
10-25 Days of Paid Vacation time annually - (10 days in year one of employment)
Personal, Sick, & Vacation rates modified for 12-hour & part-time work schedules (as applicable)
13 Paid Holidays annually, 14 on even numbered years
Flexible Work Schedules (when available dependent upon position)
12 Weeks Paid Parental Leave
Deferred Compensation Program - A supplemental retirement plan
Optional Pre-Tax Programs such as Medical Care Assistance Plan (MCAP), Dependent Care Assistance Plan (DCAP)
Federal Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program eligibility
GI Bill® Training/Apprenticeship Benefits eligibility for qualifying Veterans
5% Salary Differential for Bilingual Positions
Commuter Savings Program (Chicago only)