BID/JOB ANNOUNCEMENT

SOCIAL WORKER III

Department of Family and Support Services

Number of Positions: 1

(additional vacancies possible pending budget approval)

Starting Salary: $79,260.00

Applications for this position will be accepted until 11:59pm CDT on 02/14/2025

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 (Various Locations):

King Center – 4314 S. Cottage Gr.
North Area Center – 845 W. Wilson Ave.
Garfield Center – 10 S. Kedzie Ave.
Trina Davila Center – 4300 W. North Ave.
Englewood Center – 1140 W. 79th St.
South Chicago Center – 8650 S. Commercial Ave.

Shift:Monday-Friday

Hours:9:00am – 5:00pm

THIS POSITION IS IN THE CAREER SERVICE