Subsidy Support Team Supervisor

Job Requisition : 52766
Closing Date: 02/03/2026
Agency: Department of Children and Family Services
Class

Title:

PUBLIC SERVICE ADMINISTRATOR - 37015
Skill Option: Health and Human Services
Bilingual Option: None
Salary: Anticipated Starting Salary $8,281/month;
Full Range $8,281 - $12,223/month
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

This position is a union position; therefore, provisions of the relevant collective bargaining agreement/labor contract apply to the filling of this position.

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Applications submitted via email or any paper manner (mail, fax, hand delivery) will not be considered.

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The Illinois Department of Children and Family Services is seeking an organized, professional, and energetic individual to serve as Child Protection Investigations Team Supervisor. Under administrative direction, this position will plan, review, and coordinate the activities of a team of professional investigators engaged in conducting child abuse/neglect investigations. The position will make critical decisions on case‑related activities and provide after‑hours supervisory coverage.

This role offers an opportunity for someone passionate about children and interested in leading a team of child protection professionals focused on keeping children safe. DCFS offers a competitive compensation plan, excellent benefits, and a pension program. The ideal candidate will have excellent organizational skills and strong leadership capabilities.

• Serves as Subsidy Support Team Supervisor
• Serves as working supervisor
• Establishes and administers regional adoption goals and objectives
• Consults with staff responsible for adoptive resource development, including professional, paraprofessional, contractual employees, and students
• Establishes and implements a team‑based program of staff development and training for subordinate staff to ensure the ongoing communication of rules and procedures and social work practice knowledge, methods, and skills
• Administers the adoption assistance program for area of oversight, including primary approval or denial of applications, recertifications, revisions, amendments, and terminations
• Provides input into regional adoption budget projections
• Performs other duties as required or assigned which are reasonably within the scope of the duties enumerated above.

• Requires a master’s degree in social work or a related human services field from a recognized college or university
• Requires three years of progressively responsible administrative child welfare experience with an MSW OR four years of progressively responsible administrative experience with a master’s degree in a related human services field

• Requires completion of a background check and self‑disclosure of criminal history.
• Requires ability to travel in the performance of duties. Requires appropriate, valid driver’s license.
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