SUPPORT SERVICE WORKER

Job Requisition ID: 48292 

Opening Date: 07/09/2025
Closing Date: 07/22/2025
​Agency: Department of Human Services
Class Title: SUPPORT SERVICE WORKER - 44238 
Skill Option: None 
Bilingual Option: None
Salary: Anticipated Salary: $3,693 - $4,700 per month ($44,316 - $56,400 per year)
Job Type: Salaried
Category: Full Time 
County: Kankakee
Number of Vacancies: 8
Bargaining Unit Code: RC009
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 Developmental Disabilities is seeking to hire a Support Service Worker for the Shapiro Center located in Kankakee, Illinois to perform routine, repetitive unskilled manual tasks associated with support services at Shapiro Center on an assigned shift. Performs support service functions in dietary, laundry, housekeeping, exterior building/campus clean-up and/or clothing service. Participates in meal preparation, care of clothing or cleaning. Completes dietary, clothing and housekeeping services according to Accreditation Council on Services or People with Developmental Disabilities (ACDD), Healthcare Financing Administration (HCFA) and Public Health requirements. Performs simple clerical record keeping tasks pertaining to activities performed.

Essential Functions

• Performs routine, repetitive unskilled manual tasks associated with support services at Shapiro Center on an assigned shift.
• Exercises safety precautions in the use and handling of supplies, tools and equipment.
• Performs simple clerical record keeping tasks pertaining to activities performed. 
• Performs other duties as required or assigned which are reasonably within the scope of the duties enumerated above.