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ONE FAMILY ILLINOIS YOUTH ADVOCATE CASEWORKER in Chicago, Illinois
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WhyOne FamilyIllinois?
AtOne FamilyIllinois (Formerly SOS Children\'s Villages Illinois) we are committed to keeping brothers and sisters in foster care together by providing safe, stable, and loving homes. We do this by offering an innovative approach to traditional foster care. Our model of care provides a private, single-family home, access to a community center, and support from professionally trained Foster Parents and staff. With this, the children we serve benefit from the stability of remaining with their siblings as well as the support of neighboringOne FamilyIllinois Foster Parents and the entire community.
- Workfor an impactful organization with a purpose
- Corporate culture that supports diversity, equity, and inclusion
- Hybrid/flexible work options to help balance work and life
- PTO (paid time off in the form of personal days, sick time, vacation days, and paid company holidays
- Employee Referral Bonuses\
*The Role:*The Youth Advocate Caseworker is responsible for supporting youth assigned through DCFS appointee and provide wrap-around services that would lead to permanent housing.
Responsibilities:
Responsible for evaluating the housing needs of assigned youth clients.
Develop social service plan for all client cases.
Assist clients in locating housing options and provide counseling services related to the process and requirements to appropriately and effectively secure housing.
Provide life skills training, resources, and services to clients based on need.
Assist clients with financial literacy (may be outsourced to other programs) and budget counseling.
Assist clients with accessing job training programs and securing reliable employment.
Connect clients to other resources such as trainings and/or support groups on various topics, as needed. Topics include, but are not limited to, healthy relationships, self-esteem, bullying, financial literacy, and more.
Conducts home visits when working with housed clients and maintains monthly contact as well as contact with landlord.
Develops and maintains effective working relationships with community service providers and resources, such as medical staff and clinics, public welfare personnel, lawyers, therapists, law enforcement staff, school officials, neighbors, religious and youth organization representatives, etc.; utilizing referral sources as necessary.
Coordinates effectively with clients and internal and external programs for the maximum utilization of available resources to address the service goals of the cases assigned.
Prepares and submits reports and/or recommendations to the direct supervision concerning case load status, budget requests, and changes in service plans, and any unusual incidents that occur in the operation of the program. Perform on-call duties as needed to carry out the responsibilities as required.
Communicates effectively regarding problems and issues within the department.
Must be able to function independently and have flexibility, personal integrity, and the ability to work effectively with children and families, staff, and support agencies.
Completes all mandatory agency and job specific training.
Represents One Family in a professional manner to the colleagues, the public, clients, and guests.
Complies with all One Family policies, state, federal, county and city laws, rules and regulations.
Performs other duties as assigned.