Adoption Respite Community Support Worker - DuPage

Metropolitan Family Services empowers families to learn, to earn, to heal, to thrive. Part mentor, part motivator, part advocate, since 1857, Metropolitan Family Services has been the engine of change that empowers families to reach their greatest potential and positively impact their communities. Metropolitan is Illinois’ first comprehensive human services agency and reaches more than 117,000 individuals and families in Chicago, Evanston/Skokie, the southwest suburbs and DuPage County with services promoting education, economic stability, emotional wellness and empowerment.

We are currently seeking a part-time Community Support Worker to join our DuPage Team!

Locations: 

• DuPage:
  • Serving Lake County
  • Serving Kankakee County

The Community Support Worker will work an average of 3 to 9 hours weekly, during evening and/or weekends based on the worker’s availability and client needs, with occasional opportunities for additional hours during group activities with clients. 

• Provides supportive, structured relationship while focusing on deficits in functioning.
• Develops/identifies therapeutic interventions to utilize with client for purpose of improving/maintaining client functioning
• Engages client in settings may present a challenge for the client for the purpose of learning/practicing/developing more appropriate behaviors and coping skills
• Teaches clients around activities of daily living
• Provides support and feedback to parents/caregivers
• Participates with treatment staff in assessment of client functioning, reporting observations on a regular basis and using judgement in monitoring functioning
• Attends regularly scheduled supervision meetings and required training
• Develops a knowledge of community resources and helps client utilize them
• Provides timely documentation of client services
• Maintains a monthly budget for client services and provides receipts in timely manner
• Will work with a select number of children and adolescent clients, providing a supportive mentorship for the client, and respite for parents, by providing a range of in-home and community-based services.
• Transports clients to activities in the community during respite sessions
• Works effectively with diverse client and staff population

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university, required.
• Experience working with children and adolescents with emotional or behavioral challenges required. 
• Ability to work remotely and in the client’s community. 
• Must have valid driver’s license, insurance, reliable automobile, clean driving record. 
• Must be available to work a maximum 3 to 9 hours weekly, during evening and/or weekends based on the worker’s availability and client needs, with occasional opportunities for additional hours during group activities with clients. 
• Employment with MFS requires proof of vaccination or an approved Medical exemption, required. 

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

• While performing the essential duties of this job, the employee is required to sit and stand for sustained periods of time, frequently talk, hear, use hands and fingers to feel, handle and operate objects or controls, and occasionally stand, bend, stretch, stoop, kneel and crouch.
• The employee is required to have close visual acuity to perform an activity such as preparing and analyzing data and figures, transcribing and viewing a computer terminal.
• The employee may occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.

SALARY:

• The average starting salary for this position will fall in the range of $24.53 to $25.03 hourly. Where candidates fall in this range will be based on skill and experience level.