Associate Deputy Director

Position Overview

The Illinois Department of Children and Family Services is seeking an organized, professional, and results oriented individual to serve as Associate Deputy Director of Child Protection.  Subject to management approval, this position will administer and direct statewide child protection investigation programs, reviewing and monitoring program activities to ensure compliance with all applicable laws, rules, procedures, policy, and performance standards and ensuring that those activities are coordinated to provide the greatest benefit to clients.  The position will manage problem resolution for the division and will direct and oversee the investigation and preliminary servicing of high-profile situations.  This position provides a great opportunity for someone who is passionate about children and interested in being a leader in the administration of child protection 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 skills.  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 Function

• Serves as Associate Deputy Director of Child Protection.
• Serves as full line supervisor of subordinate supervisory staff.
• Directs and oversees the investigation and preliminary servicing of high-profile situations.
• Establishes and maintains professional working relationships with social services, healthcare, law enforcement, purchase of service and other human service organizations in the regions.
• As a member of the Director’s Executive Staff, provides major input and consultation on Department policies, programs and operations involving child protection.
• Represents the Department at division and statewide meetings relative to internal management of the Division of Child Protection Administration.
• Performs other duties as required or assigned which are reasonably within the scope of the duties enumerated above.

Minimum Qualifications

• Requires an MSW or master's degree in a related human services field, in business administration, or a juris doctorate.
• Requires four years of administrative child protection/child welfare experience with an MSW or five years of administrative child protection/child welfare experience with a master's degree in a related human services field. 

Preferred Qualifications (In order of significance)

•  Five years of experience managing or conducting child protection investigations.
• Three years of professional experience conducting case reviews.
• Three years of experience supervising professional staff in a social work area.
• Three 3 years of professional experience in the oversight of a social work program with multiple sites or multiple teams of subordinate professional staff.
• Three years of professional experience in the development and implementation of policies and procedures. 
• Three years of professional experience conducting planning activities for a social work program on a regional or statewide basis in a management capacity. 
• Three years of professional experience conducting community outreach as a representative of a public or business organization.

Conditions of Employment

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