Job Requisition ID: 55630 

Opening Date: 05/05/2026
Closing Date: 05/18/2026
​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: $10,341 - $12,007 per month ($124,092 - $144,084 per year)
Job Type: Salaried
Category: Full Time 
County: Madison
Number of Vacancies: 1
Bargaining Unit Code: None
Merit Comp Code: Term Appointment/ Gubernatorial (Management Bill)

 

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Position Overview

The Division of Behavioral Health and Recovery is seeking to hire a Clinical Director for the Alton Mental Health Center located in Alton, Illinois. The incumbent will be responsible for all clinical psycho-social and rehabilitation programs and active treatment, development, and rehabilitation of persons with a mental illness. The Clinical Director will coordinate activities of clinical programs with nursing and medical staff, develop, establish, and implement goals and objectives for the hospital’s Strategic Plan for all clinical programs. At Alton Mental Health Center, we treat individuals with dignity and compassion. Our mission is to provide recovery-oriented evidence-based, psychiatric healthcare services within a safe environment, which promotes quality of life and full participation in the community.

Essential Functions

• Serves as Clinical Director for Alton Mental Health Center.
• Develops and implements contemporary clinical programs designed to move to a recovery orientated system and to incorporate Recovery strategies and Trauma Informed care for both civil (10%) and forensic (90%) populations.
• Serves as 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 services agency.
• Requires licensure by the Illinois Department of