Job Requisition ID: 51649 

Opening Date: 02/23/2026
Closing Date: 03/06/2026
​Agency: Department of Human Services
Class Title: SENIOR PUBLIC SERVICE ADMIN (40070) 
Skill Option: Special License - Social Worker/Clinical Social Worker 
Bilingual Option: None
Salary: Anticipated Salary: $9,403 - $11,081 per month ($112,836 - $132,972 per year)
Job Type: Salaried
Category: Full Time 
County: Livingston
Number of Vacancies: 1
Bargaining Unit Code: None
Merit Comp Code: Term Appointment/ Agency

 

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Position Overview

The Division of Developmental Disabilities is seeking to hire a Clinical Director for the Fox Developmental Center located in Dwight, Illinois. The incumbent will be responsible for all clinical psycho-social and habilitative programs and active treatment, development and rehabilitation of persons with a developmental disability. The Clinical Director will coordinate activities of clinical programs with nursing and medical staff, develop, establish, and implement goals and objectives for the center’s Strategic Plan for all clinical programs. At Fox Developmental Center, we strive to provide equitable access to social/human services, supports, programs and resources to enhance the lives of all who we serve.

Essential Functions

• Serves as Clinical Director for the Fox Developmental Center.
• Develops and implements contemporary psychological/clinical programs designed to move to a recovery oriented system and to incorporate Recovery strategies and Trauma informed care.
• Serves as a full-line supervisor.
• Attends treatment team meetings on a regular basis and provides treatment team staff with guidance and direction in optimal treatment planning.
• Writes, reviews and maintains various facility manuals which govern the areas of Admissions and Discharges, Clinical Assessment, Treatment Planning and Patient Care Monitoring.
• Serves and participates on various facility committees.
• 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 an accredited school of Social Work. 
  
• Requires four (4) years progressively responsible administrative experience in a recognized social agency. 
  
• Requires licensure by the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation as a licensed Clinical Social Worker.

Preferred Qualifications

• Four (4) years