Child Welfare Advanced Specialist

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• Job Requisition ID:**53402\
• Closing Date:**08/17/2026\
• Agency:**Department of Children and Family Services\
• Class Title:**CHILD WELFARE ADVANCED SPEC (07215)\
• Skill Option:**None\
• Bilingual Option:**None\
• Salary:**Pay Range 6,589-9,541 Monthly (Anticipated Starting Salary
  
  

6,589)\

• Job Type:**Salaried\
• Category:**Full Time\
• County:**Cook\
• Number of Vacancies:**1\
• Bargaining Unit Code:**RC063 Professional Employees,
  
  

Educators,Juvenile Justice School Counselors and Special Education

Resources Coordinators,and Physicians AFSCME\

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## Position Summary

The Illinois Department of Children and Family Services is seeking an

organized, professional, and results oriented individual to serve as

Child Welfare Advanced Specialist. DCFS offers a competitive

compensation plan, excellent benefits, and a pension program. The ideal

candidate for this position will have excellent organizational skills

and strong leadership and communication capabilities. We invite you to

join our innovative team to help make a positive difference in the lives

of the children and families of Illinois.

## Essential Functions

• Serves as Consent Authorized Agent.
• Serves as an advocate for children in DCFS care, making
  
  

determinations regarding medical and psychological service needs.

• Works to ensure that consent approvals and denials are received by
  
  

caseworker and provider on the same day as processed.

• Clinically reviews, assesses, and provides consent to private agency
  
  

providers concerning DCFS youth in care.

• Monitors medically complex cases.
• On a rotating basis, serves as supervisor in his/her absence.
• Provides in-service training regarding the coordination of
  
  

guardianship services with case-related functions to DCFS and

private agency staff, health care providers, etc.

• On an as-needed basis, testifies in court regarding consent issues.
• Performs other duties as required or assigned which are reasonably
  
  

within the scope of the duties enumerated above.