Transition Coordinator

State of Illinois•Clinton, MD

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The Division of Developmental Disabilities is seeking to hire a Social Worker IV for the Murray Developmental Center located in Centralia, Illinois to serve as Transition Coordinator for services. This role involves serving as a qualified examiner, signing certificates of admission, and developing, integrating, coordinating, and monitoring Individual Service Plans (ISP). The position also provides evaluation, testimony, and coordination with courts regarding individuals subject to judicial admission, guardian issues, and criminal situations. Additionally, it involves coordinating with people served and/or guardians regarding administrative admission status, performing highly responsible casework including program compliance assessments, pre-admission screenings, admissions, social evaluations, and discharge/transition planning. The role serves as a transition coordinator lead for community agencies, public and private, providing consultations that enhance the knowledge of individuals who are intellectually disabled and the resources available to them. The position also serves as a lead worker.

Requirements

Requires a master’s degree in social work from a recognized school of social work supplemented by three (3) years of supervised post master’s clinical social work practice and possession of a clinical social worker’s license from the Department of Professional Regulation.
Requires the ability to work after business hours, weekends, and holidays.
Requires the 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, with overnight stays as appropriate.
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

Serves as a Transition Coordinator for Interdisciplinary Teams at the Center.
Serves as the social work service coordinator for the Interdisciplinary teams.
Serves as a qualified examiner and signs certificates of admission.
Maintains currency of admission status, coordinates completion of and signs Petitions for Judicial Admission or completion of application for administrative admission.
Serves as designated lead worker.
Conducts formal and informal individual, group and family therapy.
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)
Benefit time modified for part-time, 12-hour, & non-standard 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)