Social Services Career Trainee

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Date: Feb 19, 2025

Location: Charleston, IL, US, 61920

Job Requisition : 43722

Opening Date: 02/20/2025

Closing Date/Time: 03/05/2025

Agency: Department of Human Services

Class Title: SOCIAL SERVICES CAREER TRAINEE - 41320

Salary: Anticipated Salary: $4,412 - $5,991 per month ($52,944 - $71,892 per year)

Job Type: Salaried

Category: Full Time

County: Coles

Number of Vacancies: 18

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 MUST apply electronically through the website.

Position Overview

The Division of Family & Community Services is seeking to hire an energetic and detail-oriented Social Services Career Trainee to receive on-the-job training for a period of six to twelve months in receiving and assisting customers seeking public assistance services available through Department of Human Services (DHS) programs in the Mid-Illinois Office. This position will develop the knowledge, understanding and practical skills needed to manage a public assistance caseload such as Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) including earned income cases, Medical Assistance No Grant (MANG) including Spenddown cases, Aid to the Aged, Blind and Disabled (AABD), Group Care, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) or other such cases.

This position also informs clients of the changes in the State’s Welfare Programs, work incentive programs, child support services and encourages client participation in these programs; receives training in managing earned income cases and in determining continued eligibility for TANF; evaluates requests and identifies special needs of client for referral to appropriate services; and receives training in records and…