Child Protection Specialist

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• Job Requisition
• Closing Date: 03/10/2026
• Agency:
  Department of Children and Family Services
• Class
  
  Title:
  
  CHILD PROTECTION SPEC - 07163
• Skill Option:
  None
• Bilingual Option:
  Spanish
• Salary:
  Anticipated Starting Salary $6,242 Monthly;
  Full Range $6,242-$9,021 Monthly
• Job Type: Salaried
• Category:
  Full Time
• County:
  Winnebago
• Number of Vacancies: 1
• Bargaining Unit Code: RC062 Technical Employees, AFSCME
• Merit Comp Code
• This position is a union position; therefore, provisions of the relevant collective bargaining agreement/labor contract apply to the filling of this position.
• All applicants who want to be considered for this position
  
  MUSTapply electronically through the Illinois Job portal. State of Illinois employees should click the link near the top left to apply through the Success Factors employee career portal.
• Applications submitted via email or any paper manner (mail, fax, hand delivery) will not be considered.
• Divpin 811617
• Why Work for Illinois?

• Serves as Child Protection Specialist
• Prepares and maintains a variety of reports, assessments, and case documentation
• Selects, summarizes and presents case material for transfer to permanency caseworker or intact/prevention caseworker
• Translates and interprets, both orally and in writing, for Spanish speaking clients regarding services available and the proper completion of forms
• Determines the need for and coordinates the placement of children in substitute care facilities
• Attends multi-disciplinary diagnostic and technical staff conferences to assess needed services
• Transports clients when taking protective custody, when placing them in substitute care, and when changing placement location
• Performs other duties as required or assigned which are reasonably within the scope of the duties enumerated above

• Preferably requires a masters degree in social work
• OR
• A masters degree in a related human service field, in criminal justice, criminal justice administration, or law enforcement and one year of directly related professional experience
• OR
• A bachelors degree in social work and one year of directly related professional experience
• OR
• A bachelors degree in a related human service field in criminal justice, criminal justice administration, or law enforcement and two years of directly related professional experience.
• Requires ability to speak and write Spanish at a colloquial skill level.
• The college or university issuing a bachelors or masters degree must be accredited, and the degree program in social work must be approved by the Council on Social Work Education