Subsidy Support Team Supervisor

Location: 

Quincy, IL, US, 62301

Job Requisition ID:  42627

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  Public Service Administrator- Opt. 6 

Class Title: PUBLIC SERVICE ADMINISTRATOR - 37015 
Skill Option: Health and Human Services 
Bilingual Option: None 
Closing Date/Time: 11/27/2024
Salary: Anticipated Starting Salary $7966/Month - Full Salary Range $7,966 - $11,759/month
Job Type: Salaried
Category: Full Time 
County: Adams
Number of Vacancies: 1
Plan/BU: RC063

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.

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Position Overview

The Illinois Department of Children and Family Services is seeking an organized, professional, and energetic individual to serve as Subsidy Support Team Supervisor.  Under administrative direction, this position will plan, review, and coordinate the activities of a team of professional staff engaged in the provision of pre and post adoption and guardianship services.  Additionally, the position will monitor to ensure that staff make appropriate decisions regarding approval of adoptive placements and subsidies.  This position provides a great opportunity for someone who is passionate about children and interested in providing leadership of a team of child welfare professionals focused on adoption services.  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 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.

Job Responsibilities

• Serves as Subsidy Support Team Supervisor.
• Serves as working supervisor. 
• Establishes and administers regional adoption goals and objectives.
• Consults with staff responsible for adoptive resource development, including professional, paraprofessional, contractual employees, and students. 
• Establishes and implements a team-based program of staff development and training for subordinate staff to ensure the ongoing communication of rules and procedures and social work practice knowledge.  methods, and skills. 
• Administers the adoption assistance program for area of oversight, including primary approval or denial of applications, recertifications, revisions, amendments, and terminations. 
• Provides input into regional adoption budget projections. 
• 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 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. 

Conditions of Employment

1). Requires ability to pass a background check

2). Requires ability to travel and possession of a valid driver’s license. 

3). 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 8:30 A.M.-5:00 PM  
Work Location: 107 N 3rd St, Quincy, Illinois, 62301  

Agency Contact: Rosalind L. Przybyl 
Email: Rosalind.Przybyl@illinois.gov [For Questions Only]

Posting Group: Leadership & Management

This position [DOES NOT] contain “Specialized Skills” (as that term is used in CBAs).

Revolving Door:

Certain provisions of the revolving door restrictions contained in 5 ILCS 430/5-45 apply to this
position.  As a result, the employee should be aware that if offered non-State employment during 
State employment or within one year immediately after ending State employment, the employee shall,  prior to accepting any such non-State employment offer, notify the Office of the Executive 
Inspector General for the Agencies of the Illinois Governor (“OEIG”) or may be subject to a fine