SOCIAL WORKER III

at City of Chicago in Chicago, Illinois, United States

Job Description

Description:

BID/JOB ANNOUNCEMENT

SOCIAL WORKER III

Department of Family and Support Services

Number of Positions: 1

(additional vacancies possible pending budget approval)

Starting Salary: $76,956.00

Applications for this position will be accepted until 11:59pm CDT on 8/5 /2024

This position is open to the public and all current City employees covered under the City’s collective bargaining agreement with AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE, COUNTY, AND MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES (AFSCME) – BARGAINING UNIT 1, 3, 4 & 5 . Only employees in City job titles in this bargaining unit are eligible to bid.

BID INSTRUCTIONS: Apply on the bid site: https://chicago.taleo.net/careersection/103/jobsearch.ftl?lang=en AND

1. Check the box on your profile titled “Currently employed by the City of Chicago”

2. Enter your employee ID (located on your pay stub labeled ‘payee/employee number’)

3. Select your correct bargaining unit

FAILURE TO FOLLOW THESE INSTRUCTIONS WILL RESULT IN A REJECTED BID APPLICATION

Under general supervision, the class functions as a first line supervisor, supervising staff, providing professional counseling and case management services to clients and their families at a community center or other city facility; and performs related duties as required.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES:

+ Monitors staff conducting comprehensive assessments to evaluate the nature and degree of clients’ personal, social, and family problems and developing service plans to assist clients

+ Provides short-term psychosocial counseling to assist clients in dealing effectively with their problems.

+ Provides case management, developing and implementing service plans and working with clients to address identified problems and to assist them in obtaining needed economic, social and other support services.

+ Provides counseling and in-depth intervention services to clients in need of crisis counseling or emergency intervention.

+ Coordinates services with and makes referrals to other social service providers to ensure clients obtain needed support services and assistance.

+ Establishes working relationships with social service providers and agencies to develop a network of resources.

+ Meets with staff to discuss individual caseloads and to review and evaluate their case reports.

+ Provides professional guidance and assistance to staff as needed.

+ Develops and conducts staff training; develops and presents workshops to inform clients of community resources.

+ Maintains quality control of clients’ case files; assists management with preparing reports when needed.

+ Drives a vehicle to field sites to meet with clients and makes home visits to clients as part of case management functions.

+ The above list of essential duties is not intended to be inclusive as there will be other duties that are essential to a particular situation within the class.

+ Other duties assigned.

Department of Family and Support Services

Location: 4314 S. King Dr.

Shift: Monday-Friday

Hours: 9:00am – 5:00pm

THIS POSITION IS IN THE CAREER SERVICE

Qualifications:

Graduation from an accredited college or university with a master’s degree in social work (M.S.W.), plus two years of professional social work experience.

A valid State of Illinois driver’s license is required. Must have the permanent use of an automobile that is properly insured including a clause specifically insuring the City of Chicago from accident liability

SELECTION REQUIREMENTS

This position requires applicants to complete an interview. The interviewed candidate(s) possessing the qualifications best suited to fulfill the responsibilities of the position, based on the oral part of the interview will be selected.

Preference will be given to candidates possessing the following:

+ LCSW

+ Previous experience with customer service

+ Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite

+ Previous supervisory experience

+ Bilingual proficiency in Spanish

APPLICATION EVALUATION: Initial evaluation will be based on the information provided on the application and the documents submitted. Department of Human Resources staff will review applications after the final posting date. Staff will follow all required employment/hiring plan provisions, federal, state, and local laws, and collective bargaining agreements when applicable. Staff will apply hiring preferences as required by the municipal code. Placement on an eligibility list is not an offer or guarantee of an interview nor employment with the City of Chicago

COMMITMENT TO DIVERSITY: To further our commitment to hiring applicants with diverse experience, the City of Chicago has adopted ordinances 2-74-020 and 2-74-075. The ordinances provide a preference to applicants who meet the minimum qualifications and who are veterans of the Armed Forces of the United States, residents of Socio-Economically Disadvantaged Areas (SEDA), and/or Chicago Public School (CPS) high school graduates. These hiring preferences do not apply to bidders. For positions covered by a collective bargaining agreement, bidders will be considered before external candidates. The learn more about our hiring processes click here. (https://www.chicago.gov/city/en/depts/dhr/provdrs/emp.html)

ALL REFERENCES TO POLITICAL SPONSORSHIP OR RECOMMENDATION MUST BE OMITTED FROM ALL APPLICATION MATERIALS SUBMITTED FOR CITY EMPLOYMENT.

The City of Chicago in an Equal Employment Opportunity and Military Friendly Employer.

City of Chicago

Brandon Johnson, Mayor