at SOS CHILDREN'S VILLAGES ILLINOIS in Chicago, Illinois, United States
Job Description
Why SOS Illinois?
At SOS Illinois we are committed to keeping brothers and sisters in foster care together by providing safe, stable, and loving homes. We do this by offering an innovative approach to traditional foster care. Our model of care provides a private, single-family home, access to a community center, and support from professionally trained Foster Parents and staff. With this, the children we serve benefit from the stability of remaining with their siblings as well as the support of neighboring SOS Illinois Foster Parents and the entire community.
· Work for an impactful organization with a purpose
· Corporate culture that supports diversity, equity, and inclusion
· Hybrid/flexible work options to help balance work and life
· PTO (paid time off in the form of personal days, sick time, vacation days, and paid company holidays
· Bonus plan for Bilingual Child Welfare Specialists
· Employee Referral Bonuses
Employee Well-Being Benefits
· Competitive Healthcare plans through BCBS for you and your dependents (eligible the first of the following month after 30 of FT employment)
· Vision/Dental/Life Insurance offerings
· Flexible PTO
· Access to an Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
· 403b Retirement Savings Plan (nonprofit version of 401K). Able to contribute immediately upon full-time employment. In addition, the organization will contribute 4% to your savings plan after 12 months of full-time employment regardless if you are contributing.
· Part of the federal student loan forgiveness program
· Access to financial advisors and financial education tools
· Tuition reimbursement options
· Opportunities for further education as well as time to attend trainings/workshops/etc. for personal/professional development
The Role:
Reports to the assigned team Child Welfare Supervisor. Communicates with the foster care team, DCFS, and other agencies as it relates to services for natural parents and youth in care. Develops a case file on each youth and family, which includes necessary forms, all correspondence, case history, and court records. The primary duty of the Bilingual Case Management Assistant is to provide case management administrative support as well as visitation between parents and youth in care.
Responsibilities:
- Schedules meetings and visits with youth and family, communicating directly with involved parties.
- Obtains required reports and case documents from families and service providers.
- Receives and responds to routine requests for information and documents.
- Receives and responds to routine inquiries from youth and family and/or the public by telephone and/or correspondence regarding case information, services, and/or programs.
- Provides clerical assistance at child-family team meetings and hearings by taking notes, providing follow-up questions to case managers and the youth and family, and keeping track of documents.
- Maintain youth and family files and case information.
- Communicates with agency staff for the purposes of coordinating case information.
- Requires knowledge of typical child and adolescent development and an understanding of trauma exposure and traumatic stress signs and symptoms.
- Participate in agency meetings and training.
- Participate in the development and implementation of continuous quality improvement.
- Uses active and reflective listening skills and affirmations to demonstrate respect and empathy, avoiding negative and derogatory labels that foster disrespect.
- Understand that behaviors, responses, attitudes, and emotions are a collection of survival skills often developed in response to traumatic experiences.
- Maintain confidentiality of employees, volunteers, and program participants to provide a safe environment.
- Ability to work effectively with program participants and family members, employees and vendors in a culturally diverse environment to support healing and recovery.
- Keep up to date with changes in DCFS and SOS Illinois Policies, Rules and Procedures by attending training and reading written information provided by the agency.
- Attend and participate in supervision regularly.
- Other duties as assigned.
