Clinical Placement Facilitator

at Illinois Department of Children & Family Services in Chicago, Illinois, United States

Job Description

Chicago, IL, US, 60621

DCFS is deeply committed to the welfare and protection of children.  Our goal is to protect children by strengthening and supporting families.  In every effort, from receiving hotline calls to reaching family reunification or foster care and adoption, children and families are our focus.

Agency :  Department of Children and Family Services 

Title:  Social Service Program Planner IV: Clinical Placement Facilitator
Closing Date/Time: 08/01/2024 
Salary:   Anticipated Starting Salary $7,066 Full Salary Range $7,066 - $10,326  
Job Type:   Salaried 
County:   Cook  
Number of Vacancies:   1  
Plan/BU: RC062   

This position is a union position; therefore, provisions of the relevant collective bargaining agreement/labor contract apply to the filling of this position.

All applicants who want to be considered for this position MUST apply electronically through the illinois.jobs2web.com website. State of Illinois employees should click the link near the top left to apply through the SuccessFactors employee career portal.

Applications submitted via email or any paper manner (mail, fax, hand delivery) will not be considered.

IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT YOU UPLOAD OFFICIAL COLLEGE TRANSCRIPTS AND RESUME.

The Illinois Department of Children and Family Services is seeking an organized, professional, and results oriented individual to serve as Clinical Placement Facilitator.  Subject to management approval, this position will coordinate, monitor, and develop the clinical placement program for an assigned geographic area.  The position will develop and implement a plan to facilitate the achievement of living arrangements at an appropriate level of care to meet the needs of individual clients and will develop and implement a localized plan to identify resource needs for living arrangements.  This position provides a great opportunity for someone who is passionate about children and interested in playing a role in ensuring that placements at the appropriate level of care are provided for children and youth.  DCFS offers a competitive compensation plan, excellent benefits, and a pension program.  The ideal candidate for this position will have excellent organizational skills and strong communication skills.  We invite you to join our innovative team to help make a positive difference in the lives of the children and families of Illinois.

1. As a Clinical Placement Facilitator, conceptualizes, coordinates, monitors, and develops the clinical placement program for an assigned geographic area
2. Coordinates and provides professional review of referrals for all levels of care placement services to ensure referrals are appropriate and include a complete statement of intended purpose of the identified level of care, the client’s specific treatment needs, projected duration of treatment in the level of care treatment services, and an initial treatment discharge date
3. Coordinates the collection of data in support of a system to track referrals to placement providers and determine outcomes
4. Maintains a working knowledge of all residential/group home/independent living/transitional living/foster care placement programs under contract with DCFS
5. Maintains and monitors program plans for levels of care service delivery
6. Provides input into the monitoring of facility utilization
7. Performs other duties as required or assigned which are reasonably within the scope of the duties enumerated above