RESIDENTIAL CARE WORKER

Job Requisition ID: 51105 

Opening Date: 10/30/2025
Closing Date: 11/13/2025
​Agency: Department of Human Services
Class Title: RESIDENTIAL CARE WORKER - 38277 
Skill Option: None 
Bilingual Option: None
Salary: Anticipated Salary $4,395-$5,964/month ($52,740-$71,568/year)
Job Type: Salaried
Category: Full Time 
County: Cook
Number of Vacancies: 3
Bargaining Unit Code: RC009 Institutional Employees, AFSCME
Merit Comp Code: 

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This position is a union position; therefore, provisions of the relevant collective bargaining agreement/labor contract apply to the filling of this position.

 

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Position Overview

The Division of Rehabilitation Services is seeking to hire a Residential Care Worker at the IL Center for Rehabilitation and Education – Roosevelt located in Chicago, Illinois. This position provides social guidance and training at the facility; provides adequate physical care and supervision for the students in feeding, toileting, bathing, dressing and other bodily hygiene and cleanliness needs; maintains work area and resident’s living area for cleanliness and sanitation; communicates pertinent information concerning each student’s programs and progress; carries out medical and nursing orders including assigned therapy and dietary orders; and participates in preparation of roommate assignments, disciplinary action, unit rules, and guidelines.

Essential Functions

• Provides social guidance and training at the facility.
• Provides adequate physical care and supervision for the students in feeding, toileting, bathing, dressing and other bodily hygiene and cleanliness needs.
• Maintains work area and resident’s living area for cleanliness and sanitation.
• Travels to escort students in and around the community as well as provides hands-on responsibilities in a community setting such as school, church, medical and dental appointments, work sites and leisure activities.
• Provides planning, guidance