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Located in Cook County, Illinois

As a part of the Family First Prevention Services Act (FFPSA), the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign School of Social Work and the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services (IDCFS) are collaborating to support the implementation of evidence-based interventions (EBI) to prevent child abuse and neglect in Illinois. The Implementation Support Specialist will support provider agencies implementing Evidence Based Interventions throughout Illinois to enhance family access to services, increase awareness, and general knowledge of the EBIs. Closes March 5th, 2025.

Located Statewide in Illinois

Assist the Associate Director of the Pre-Service and In-Service Program with overseeing and implementing the daily programmatic operations, design and delivery of pre-service and in-service trainings. This includes the direct supervision and oversight of Training and Learning Facilitators, and Senior Training and Learning Facilitators (Trainers). Closes February 28th, 2025.

Located Statewide in Illinois

Oversee and manage Field Implementation Support Program operations, ensuring alignment with organizational goals and objectives. Provide leadership and coaching to a team of FISP Specialists/Technicians fostering a culture of excellence and accountability. Provide highly specialized workforce and organizational effectiveness functions. Responsible for managing aspects of program implementation, operations, management reporting, and contract oversight. Collaboration with FISP Director to develop and implement program strategies, ensuring efficient utilization of resources and timely achievement of outcomes. Oversee data management and analysis activities, leveraging insights to inform decision-making and drive continuous quality improvement initiatives. Serve as the program’s liaison with IDCFS, Child Welfare Contributing Agency management, the Office of Learning and Professional Development, and other collateral entities. Closes March 3rd, 2025.

Located Statewide in Illinois

Works with the Family Advocate Coordinator to train and support Family Peer Supporters in the Integrated Health Home model. Provides leadership, on-going coaching, and support for Care Coordination Support Organizations (CCSO), provide oversight of fidelity to the family peer support model and serve as Subject Matter Expert for family peer support. Closes February 21, 2025.

Located Statewide in Illinois

Train the Illinois model of wraparound to Care Coordination and Support Organization (CCSO) staff and leadership, provide on-going coaching and support for CCSO staff, provide oversight of fidelity to the wraparound model, serve as SME for SOC curriculum. Closes March 24th, 2025.

Located Statewide in Illinois

Provide staff and services required to provide professional, administrative, and support functions including, but not limited to the development, design, delivery, management, support, and/or evaluation of a wide array of training programs and technical training support as mandated by state law and administrative rules, federal court order, federal Title IV-B and Title IV-E. Closes February 26, 2025.

Located Statewide in Illinois

Train the Intensive Home Based (IHB) curriculum and other HFS directed clinical initiatives to community behavioral health staff and leadership, provide on-going coaching and support for new initiatives, and serve as Subject Matter Expert for New Service Initiatives and SOC curriculum. Closes February 24, 2025.

Located Statewide in Illinois

Provide coaching and mentorship to community behavioral health staff and leadership with the usage of the IM+CANS and supporting tools, coach the TCOM philosophy, assist with implementation of other HFS directed clinical initiatives including curriculum development and implementation through statewide Learning Collaboratives to support best practices in utilization of the IM+CANS in clinical practices, provide ongoing coaching and support for new initiatives, demonstrate competency as a curriculum trainer and serve as Subject Matter Expert for New Service Initiatives and Systems of Care (SOC) curriculum. Closes February 25, 2025.

Located in Chicago, IL

Work closely with the PRIDE Program Administrator to support program goals, ensure high-quality service delivery, and maintain the effectiveness and integrity of the PRIDE program. Oversee assigned projects, manage continuous quality improvement activities, and support core program operations. Supervise trainers and support staff, act as a liaison between PRIDE, DCFS, and private child welfare agencies, and, in collaboration with the Senior Statewide Director of Workforce Development, provide program leadership coverage in the Program Administrator’s absence. Closes March 10, 2025.

Located in Chicago, IL

The Program Assistant provides essential administrative and coordination support for the PRIDE program. Key responsibilities include assisting the Program Coordinator with training schedules, managing administrative tasks, and ensuring class capacities are monitored in the Learning and Development Center (LDC). The role also involves handling communication through the PRIDE shared mailbox, supporting data management and reporting, and assisting with special projects. Closes March 10, 2025.

Located Statewide in Illinois

As funded by the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services (IDCFS), PRIDE Trainers are responsible for facilitating trainings for the PRIDE Foster and Adoptive Parent Training Program to prospective, relative/fictive kin, licensed, and adoptive/sub-guardianship caregivers across Illinois through web-based, instructor-led, and hybrid learning formats for the Learning and Development Unit within the Office of Learning and Professional Development (OLDP). Closes March 6, 2025. 

Located Statewide in Illinois

As funded by the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services (IDCFS), Bilingual PRIDE Trainers are responsible for facilitating trainings for the PRIDE Foster and Adoptive Parent Training Program to prospective, relative/fictive kin, licensed, and adoptive/sub-guardianship caregivers across Illinois through web-based, instructor-led, and hybrid learning formats for the Learning and Development Unit within the Office of Learning and Professional Development (OLDP).
Bilingual PRIDE Trainers may be selected to participate in caregiver curriculum translation events as part of PRIDE’s ongoing efforts to collaboratively work with IDCFS to increase the availability of Spanish language caregiver trainings in Illinois. Closes March 6, 2025.