Safe Model Administrator

Agency: Department of Children and Family Services
Class Title: PUBLIC SERVICE ADMINISTRATOR - 37015 (PSA, Opt 6) 
Skill Option: Health and Human Services 
Closing Date/Time: 02/19/2025
Salary: Anticipated Starting Salary: $8,500-$10,500/Month
Job Type: Salaried
Category: Full Time 
County: Cook
Number of Vacancies: 1
Plan/BU: MG063

This position has the opportunity to be a fully remote position based out of Chicago, IL.  This position will be expected to travel statewide up to 75% of the time. 

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Why Work for Illinois?

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No matter what state career you’re looking for, we offer jobs that fit your life and your schedule—flexible jobs that provide the gold standard of benefits. Our employees can take advantage of various avenues to advance their careers and realize their dreams. Our top-tier benefits and great retirement packages can help you build a rewarding career and lasting future with the State of Illinois.
 

Position Overview

The Illinois Department of Children and Family Services is seeking an organized, analytical, results-oriented professional with excellent written and oral communication skills to serve as SAFE Model Administrator. Under administrative direction, this position will provide experienced professional coaching, consultation, and project management for the maintenance, continuous improvement, and consistent application of the SAFE model within an assigned geographic region.  The position will serve as a subject matter expert for the SAFE model, family engagement, safety assessment/planning/oversight, clinical supervision, and field practice fidelity monitoring.  This position will provide observation, feedback, and coaching to professional regional staff to increase knowledge and skills related to the application of the SAFE model, family engagement practice, and clinical and administrative supervision.  The position will also conduct case reviews and provide consultation to evaluate safety practice and family engagement practice, while also providing coaching to staff involved in consultation activities.  This position provides a great opportunity for someone who has the desire to coach professional casework staff to reinforce core skills and knowledge to ensure successful application and implementation of the SAFE model in daily work practices.  DCFS offers a competitive compensation plan, excellent benefits, and a pension program.  The ideal candidate for this position will have excellent organizational and communication skills, with strong leadership 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.

Essential Functions

• Serves as SAFE Model Administrator for an assigned sub-region
• Conducts high level case reviews and provides expert consultation to evaluate safety practice and family engagement practice
• Provides expert level field support to field supervisors and other appropriate staff to reinforce core skills and knowledge, enhancing the transfer of learning from the training classroom to field operations
• Develops and implements strategies to foster engagement, coordination, and integration of core child welfare and child protection practices and achieve specified outcomes
• Provides high level input into overall DCFS policies, procedures, and training curricula as a subject matter expert
• Attends and provides leadership and input into various meetings
• 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 or a related human services field
• Requires three years of professional experience in child welfare services
• Requires three years of supervisory experience in the area of child welfare

Preferred Qualifications

• 6 years of professional experience conducting direct child welfare or child protection casework for DCFS, private sector partner agencies, or a DCFS counterpart agency in another state
• 4 years of professional experience in a public or private organization exercising working knowledge and application of child welfare principles, best practice development, employee coaching, emerging issues, and research
• 4 years of professional experience in a public or private organization conducting strategic planning and/or employee coaching
• 3 years of professional experience in policy development and implementation for a public or private social service organization
• 3 years of professional experience in a public or private organization exercising knowledge of child welfare related federal and state laws, rules, and regulations

Conditions of Employment

1. Requires ability to travel throughout the region approximately 50-75% of the time in the performance of duties. Requires appropriate, valid driver’s license.

2. Requires ability to pass a background check.

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

About the Agency

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. The Office of Legal Services works in a supportive capacity to ensure Departmental adherence to all applicable laws, statutes, regulations, and court orders.

Work Hours:  Monday-Friday 8:30am-5:00pm 
Work Location: 1911 S Indiana Ave, Chicago, Illinois, 60616 

Supervisor: LaTanya Riggs
Agency Contact:  michael.bernardy@illinois.gov
Posting Group: Social Services 

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