What are the responsibilities and job description for the SOCIAL WORKER II (UMP) position at State of Illinois?
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Opening Date: 10/05/2026
Closing Date: 10/19/2026
Agency: Department of Human Services
Class Title: SOCIAL WORKER II (41412)
Skill Option: UMP Credential
Bilingual Option: None
Salary: Anticipated Salary: $6,460 - $9,757 per month ($77,520 - $117,084 per year)
Job Type: Salaried
Category: Full Time
Number of Vacancies: 1
Bargaining Unit Code: RC063 Professional Employees, Educators,Juvenile Justice School Counselors and Special Education Resources Coordinators,and Physicians AFSCME
Merit Comp Code:
Work Hours: Monday - Friday, 8:00am - 4:30pm, 1-hour unpaid lunch
Anticipated Hybrid Work Schedule Availability: Not available, fully in office
Headquarter Location: 901 E Southwind Rd, Springfield, Illinois, 62703
Work County: Sangamon
Agency Contact: DHS.HiringUnit@Illinois.gov
Why Work for Illinois?
Position Overview
The Division of Behavioral Health and Recovery is seeking to hire a Social Worker II for the Elizabeth Packard Mental Health Center located in Springfield, Illinois to perform extensive casework in the role of Treatment Coordinator for patients primarily in civil units but can also be assigned to any residential hall. Conducts individual, group, marital, and family therapy on behalf of the patients. Provides social work services for the unit, completes comprehensive social histories, social assessments and investigations. Serves as a member of a multi-disciplinary treatment team, develops, designs, implements and evaluates treatment plans. Serves as a member of various Performance Improvement Teams. Completes all necessary documentation.
Essential Functions
- Performs extensive casework in the role of Treatment Coordinator for patients primarily in civil units but can also be assigned to any residential hall.
- Provides social work services and assessments for the unit.
- Conducts individual therapy sessions for assigned cases.
- Serves as a member of a multi-disciplinary treatment team.
- Completes all necessary documentation for assessments, master treatment planning and subsequent treatment plan monthly reviews, discharge staffing, discharge summaries, and Personal Safety plans.
- Performs other duties as required or assigned which are reasonably within the scope of the duties enumerated above.
Minimum Qualifications
- Requires a master’s degree in social work from a recognized college or university supplemented by one (1) year of professional social work experience in the evaluation and treatment/habilitation of mentally ill, developmentally disabled or other disabled persons.
- This class is included as an Upward Mobility Program credential title.
Conditions of Employment
- Requires the ability to physically restrain patients as necessary to prevent injury to patient and others.
- Requires the ability to obtain and maintain Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) certificate.
- Requires the ability to stoop, bend, lift, or exert up to 20 pounds of force in performance of duties.
- Requires the ability to physically access various worksites throughout the hospital for administrative and clinical duties.
- Requires the ability to work after business hours, weekends and holidays.
- Requires ability to pass the IDHS background check.
- Requires ability to pass a drug screen for drugs prohibited from recreational use under Illinois Law.
- All conditions of employment listed are incorporated and related to any of the job duties as listed in the job description.
About the Agency
- A Pension Program
- Competitive Group Insurance Benefits including Health, Life, Dental and Vision Insurance
- 3 Paid Personal Business Days annually
- 12 Paid Sick days annually (Sick days carry over from year to year)
- 10-25 days of Paid Vacation time annually - (10 days in year one of employment)
- Benefit time modified for part-time, 12-hour, & non-standard work schedules (as applicable)
- 13 Paid Holidays annually, 14 on even numbered years
- Flexible Work Schedules (when available dependent upon position)
- 12 Weeks Paid Parental Leave
- Deferred Compensation Program - A supplemental retirement plan
- Optional Pre-Tax Programs such as Medical Care Assistance Plan (MCAP), Dependent Care Assistance Plan (DCAP)
- Federal Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program eligibility
- GI Bill® Training/Apprenticeship Benefits eligibility for qualifying Veterans
- 5% Salary Differential for Bilingual Positions
- Commuter Savings Program (Chicago only)
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Benefits:
Health Insurance, Vacation & Paid Time Off, Pension PlanSalary : $77,520 - $117,084