Job Requisition ID: 52965
Opening Date: 01/30/2026
Closing Date: 02/13/2026
Agency: Department of Human Services
Class Title: SOCIAL WORKER III
Skill Option: None
Bilingual Option: None
Salary: Anticipated Salary: $6,589 - $9,541 per month ($79,068 - $114,492 per year)
Job Type: Salaried
Category: Full Time
County: Livingston
Number of Vacancies: 1
Bargaining Unit Code: RC063 Professional Employees, Educators,Juvenile Justice School Counselors and Special Education Resources Coordinators,and Physicians AFSCME
Merit Comp Code:
This position is a union position; therefore, provisions of the relevant collective bargaining agreement/labor contract apply to the filling of this position.
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Position Overview
The Division of Developmental Disabilities is seeking to hire a Social Worker III for the Fox Developmental Center located in Dwight, Illinois to provide professional social services to individuals served. Performs extensive and complex casework and completes initial, addendum and annual social assessments. Serves as a member of the interdisciplinary treatment team; serves as designated lead worker. Coordinates services as well as provides evaluation, referral and linkage to outside resources. Attends individual's service plan meetings, transition planning meetings and required training. Performs social work functions in accord with the Department and Fox Center policy and procedures.
Essential Functions
* Provides professional social services to individuals served at Fox Developmental Center.
* Serves as a member of the interdisciplinary treatment team.
* Serves as the primary team liaison through personal meetings and written reports with other team members, guardians, courts, living areas, family and community agencies.
* Serves as designated lead worker.
* Coordinates services as well as provides evaluation, referral and linkage to outside resources.
* Provides direct individual counseling as part of individual programs and/or legal rights issues.
* Performs other duties as required or assigned which are reasonably within the scope of the duties enumerated above.
Minimum Qualifications
* Requires a master's degree in social work from a recognized college or university supplemented by two (2) years of professional social work experience in the evaluation and treatment/habilitation of mentally ill, developmentally disabled or other disabled persons.
* Requires licensure as a Clinical Social Worker by the Department of Professional Regulation.
Conditions of Employment
* Requires the ability to work after business hours, weekends and holidays.
* Requires the ability to utilize office equipment, such as personal computers.
* Requires the ability to physically restrain individuals as necessary to prevent injury to individual or others.
* 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.
* The conditions of employment listed here are incorporated and related to any of the job duties as listed in the job description.
Work Hours: Monday - Friday, 8:00am - 4:00pm, 30-minute paid lunch
Administration - Social Services
Headquarter Location: 134 W Main St, Dwight, Illinois, 60420
Division of Developmental Disabilities
Fox Developmental Center
Residential Services
Work County: Livingston
Agency Contact:
Posting Group: Social Services
About the Agency:
The Illinois Department of Human Services serves families in need across Illinois. Our mission is providing equitable access to social services, supports, programs and resources to enhance the lives of all who we serve. We are committed to the core values of Human Dignity, Equity, Community, Urgency, Transparency and Kindness.
As a State of Illinois Employee, you will receive a robust benefit package that includes the following:
* 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)
o Personal, Sick, & Vacation rates modified for 12-hour & part-time 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)
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