INTACT SERVICES TEAM SUPERVISOR-GALESBURG

at Department of Children and Family Services in Galesburg, Illinois, United States

Job Description

Position Overview

The Illinois Department of Children and Family Services is seeking an organized, professional, and results oriented individual to serve as Intact Services Team Supervisor.  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 leadership and communication capabilities.  We invite you to join our innovative team to help make a positive difference in the lives of the children and families of Illinois.

• Serves as Intact Services Team Supervisor


• Serves as working supervisor


• Establishes and implements a team-based program of staff development and training for subordinate staff


• Establishes and maintains effective linkages with the appropriate Level of Care providers to ensure the provision of child-centered, family focused, community-based services to the maximum extent possible


• Explains and enforces agency policies, procedures, state and area statutes, and requirements


• Attends technical staff conferences to assess needed services


• Performs other duties as required or assigned which are reasonably within the scope of the duties enumerated above

• Requires a master’s degree in social work or a related human services field from a recognized college or university


• Requires three years of progressively responsible administrative child welfare experience with an MSW OR four years of progressively responsible administrative experience with a master’s degree in a related human services field

• Prefers 2 years of experience supervising professional staff in a child welfare or child protection program


• Prefers 2 years of experience conducting quality review of team functioning in a public or private organization


• Prefers at least 2 years of experience in the administration of casework services for intact families

• Requires at least 2 years of experience in the administration of casework services for intact families

• Requires completion of a background check and self-disclosure of criminal history


• Requires the ability to travel in the performance of duties. Requires appropriate, valid driver’s license.


• The conditions of employment listed here are incorporated and related to any of the job duties as listed in the job description.

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.
As a State of Illinois