Job Requisition ID: 53299 
Opening Date: 02/19/2026

Closing Date: 03/04/2026
​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: $10,471 - $11,773 per month ($125,652 - $141,276 per year)
Job Type: Salaried
Category: Full Time 
County: Kane
Number of Vacancies: 1
Bargaining Unit Code: None
Merit Comp Code: Term Appointment/ Agency

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Position Overview

The Division of Behavioral Health and Recovery is seeking to hire a Director of Social Work for the Elgin Mental Health Center located in Elgin, Illinois to administer and coordinate facility-wide social work services. Serves as the senior clinician, overseeing and reviewing clinical programming developed by lower-level Social Work staff providing direct patient care, clinical training and interdisciplinary consultation. Serves as a member of the Hospital Executive Committee, Governing Board and facility management committees. Establishes recommended and/or new policies and procedures. At Elgin 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 the Director of Social Work for Elgin Mental Health Center (EMHC).
• Directs the development and coordination of assessments, data collection, program planning, and implementation activities.
• Serves as a full line supervisor.
• Determines a means for evaluating and monitoring social work performance improvement activities for the facility.
• Serves as a member of the Hospital Executive Committee, Governing Board and facility management committees.
• Performs other duties as assigned or required which are reasonably within the scope of the duties enumerated above.

Minimum Qualifications

• Requires a master’s degree in Social Work.
• Requires four (4) years social work experience in a mental health related organization.
• Requires licensure as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW).

Preferred Qualifications

• Four (4) years of professional experience planning and implementing a social work services program for individuals with mental illnesses.
• Four (4) years of managerial experience in a public or private organization that delivers inpatient or outpatient psychiatric services.
• Four (4) years of professional experience providing clinical supervision to social work administrators for a public or private organization.
• Four (4) years of professional experience working with accrediting bodies such as the Joint Commission.
• Four (4) years of professional experience reviewing and evaluating clinical policies and procedures for a public or private organization.
• Four (4) years of