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Illinois Department of Children & Family Services CHILD PROTECTION SPECIALIST in Rockford, Illinois
This job was posted by https://illinoisjoblink.illinois.gov : For more information, please see: https://illinoisjoblink.illinois.gov/jobs/13418284
Job Requisition ID:55074\ Opening Date:04/14/2026\ Closing Date:04/28/2026\ Agency:Department of Children and Family Services\ Class Title:CHILD PROTECTION SPEC - 07163\ Skill Option:None\ Bilingual Option:None\ Salary:Anticipated Starting Salary (Effective 7/1/26) \$6,460 a month; Full Range \$6,460 - \$9,337 a month\ Job Type:Salaried\ Category:Full Time\ County:Winnebago\ Number of Vacancies:1\ Bargaining Unit Code:RC062 Technical Employees, AFSCME\ Merit Comp Code:
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Essential Functions
- 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
- 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