Job Information
Children's Home and Aid Home Safety Case Manager in Rockford, Illinois
Description
Brightpoint (formerly known as Children’s Home & Aid) invites you to join our team of mission-driven staff who share a common vision: an equitable world where all children and families thrive in strong communities. As a leader in the human services sector for 140 years, we aim to advance the well-being of children by investing in families and strengthening communities through data-informed, collaborative, and preventative solutions.
The Home Safety Case Manager will collaborate with the Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) and Child Protective Services (CPS) as part of a care team to support families by ensuring the safety and wellbeing of children by providing in home care, support and supervision. Using the SAFE model intervention process, the Case Manager will partner with families who have an allegation of abuse or neglect and are at risk of having their children removed from the home.
Candidate qualifications:
Bachelor’s Degree in a social service field OR some relevant college coursework plus two years’ relevant professional experience, OR high school diploma plus three years’ relevant professional experience.
Experience working with families with children strongly preferred.
Demonstrates knowledge of typical and atypical child growth/development and parent-child relationships.
Demonstrates knowledge of maternal-infant health and concepts of child abuse and neglect.
Valid driver's license, insurance, and a reliable vehicle required.
Job details:
Compensation: Range starts at $15.80 per hour; offers are commensurate with experience. Bilingual candidates may receive additional financial compensation.
Benefits: Medical/dental/vision insurance, 3+ weeks paid time off in the first year including the week between Christmas and New Year’s Day (PTO increases with tenure); 11 paid holidays, supplemental insurance options, 401(k) with match (more benefits details here).
Location: In person (in the field/in office); majority of your time will be spent completing home visits in Winnebago, Boone, Stephenson and Jo Daviess counties or meeting with clients in an agency office or community setting.
Schedule: Full-time, hourly; schedule will vary greatly depending on family needs. Night and weekend availability may be required.
Student Loan Forgiveness: Brightpoint is an approved agency for Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) (https://studentaid.gov/manage-loans/forgiveness-cancellation/public-service) .
Where you work matters.
We believe that by building diverse and inclusive teams of passionate advocates for youth and families, we can continue to show up for Illinois families, putting those families at the center of every decision, and strengthening the communities where we all work, play, and live together. (More about who we are here. (https://www.brightpoint.org) )
We invite you to become an active member of a team that supports, inspires, and challenges each other, and grow your career in an organization that celebrates emerging leaders and provides development and learning opportunities aligned with your individual goals and aspirations. If you are looking for an opportunity to do meaningful work, including raising your unique and authentic voice to disrupt the systemic inequality impacting children and families, we encourage you to apply today.
Click here to review our agency’s Blueprint for Impact. (https://brightpoint.org/about-us/who-we-are/our-blueprint-for-impact/)
Brightpoint is committed to the principles of Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action. All employment activities are conducted in an equal and equitable fashion. The Agency prohibits employment discrimination on the basis of race, color, gender, age, religion, disability, national origin, ancestry, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, parental status, veteran status, source of income, and any other legally protected category in the recruitment, selection, hiring, determination of salary level and benefits, promotion, demotion, layoff, termination, and other terms and conditions of employment.
Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities
The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)