CHIEF OF SOCIAL WORK

Job Requisition ID: 48422 

Opening Date: 07/30/2025
Closing Date: 08/12/2025
​Agency: Department of Human Services
Class Title: PUBLIC SERVICE ADMINISTRATOR - 37015 
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: Union
Number of Vacancies: 1
Bargaining Unit Code: None
Merit Comp Code: Gubernatorial (Management Bill) Exclusion from RC063 Collective Bargaining Coverage

 

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Posting Identification Number  48422

 

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Position Overview

The Division of Developmental Disabilities is seeking to hire an energetic and detail-oriented Chief of Social Work to plan, develop and administer the facility's Social Work Services Program for adult individuals with mental illness, dual diagnoses or developmental disabilities, located at the Choate Mental Health and Developmental Center in Anna, Illinois. The Choate Mental Health and Developmental Center strives 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 the Chief of Social Work for the Choate Mental Health and Developmental Center.
• Serves as full line supervisor.
• Serves as Clinical Administrative Officer/Professional Discipline Head for the Social Work Services Professional Group.
• Develops and implements evidence-based and recovery oriented nonmedical treatments that are offered to individuals. 
• Collaborates with the Training Coordinator.
• 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, supplemented by three (3) years of progressively responsible professional experience in a recognized social work services agency.
• Requires licensure by the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker. 

Preferred Qualifications

• Three (3) years of professional experience planning and implementing a social work services program for individuals with mental illness or dual diagno