JUVENILE COURT PARALEGAL

Job Requisition ID: 46989 
Closing Date: 06/10/2025
​Agency: Department of Children and Family Services
Class Title: PARALEGAL ASSISTANT - 30860 
Skill Option: None 
Bilingual Option: None
Salary: Anticipated Starting Salary: $4,766 monthly step 1b; Full Range $4,766 - $6,632
Job Type: Salaried
Category: Full Time 
County: Cook
Number of Vacancies: 1
Bargaining Unit Code: RC062
Merit Comp Code: 

 

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 results oriented individual to serve as Juvenile Court Paralegal.  Under direct supervision of a licensed attorney, this position will review documents and pre-screening packets submitted by caseworkers in preparation for screenings for termination of parental rights, subsidized guardianships, and other permanency papers.  The position will obtain legal materials for staff attorneys and conduct and/or participate in legal pre-screenings and screenings.  This position is a great opportunity for anyone who would like to use their paralegal skills to benefit child welfare services.  DCFS offers a competitive compensation plan, excellent benefits, and a pension program.  The ideal candidate for this position will have excellent legal and organizational skills and strong leadership capabilities.  We invite all qualified applicants to apply to join our innovative team to help make a difference in the lives of children and families.

Essential Functions

• Serves as Juvenile Court Paralegal
• Attends court hearings as directed
• Reviews all files on call sheet to ensure that files have been received
• Performs special projects and prepares statistical or other reports
• Receives and processes all subpoenas received by staff; arranges for production of records or attendance of worker
• Obtains legal materials upon request of staff attorneys, either from law libraries or from other Department offices
• Under direction of staff attorneys, files court documents and serves legal papers
• Performs other duties as required or assigned which are reasonably within the scope of the duties enumerated above

Minimum Qualifications

• Requires knowledge, skill and mental development equivalent to completion of four years of college with coursework in such areas as legal, pre-legal, English, statistics or directly related coursework

Preferred Qualifications

• 1 year of experience in a law office or legal area of a public or business organization applying working knowledge of precedent cases, writing style format, and vocabulary appropriate to the legal profession
• 2 years of experience in a public or business organization utilizing the ability to write in a clear and concise manner
• 2 years of experience in a public or business organization applying the ability to organize and present statistical data

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