Social Work Aide III - Mile Square Health Center - Main Clinic

Social Work Aide III - Mile Square Health Center - Main Clinic

Hiring Department
: MSHC
- Main Clinic

Location
:
Chicago, IL USA

Requisition : 1039417

FTE
: 1

Work Schedule
:
Monday - Friday, 8:00AM - 4:00PM

Shift
:
Days

# of Positions
: 1

Workplace Type
:
On-Site

Posting Close Date
:
February 26, 2026

Salary Range (commensurate with experience): $27.94 - 30.24 / Hourly Wage

The University of Illinois Hospital & Health Sciences System (UI Health) provides comprehensive care, education, and research to the people of Illinois and beyond. A part of the University of Illinois Chicago (UIC), UI Health comprises a clinical enterprise that includes a Joint Commission‑accredited tertiary care hospital and outpatient clinics, and the Mile Square Health Center network of federally qualified health centers.

It also includes the seven UIC health science colleges: the College of Applied Health Sciences; the College of Dentistry; the School of Public Health; the Jane Addams College of Social Work; and the Colleges of Medicine, Pharmacy, and Nursing, including regional campuses in Peoria, Quad Cities, Rockford, Springfield, and Urbana. UI Health is dedicated to the pursuit of health equity.

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This position is intended to be eligible for benefits. This includes Health, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, a Retirement Plan, Paid time Off, and Tuition waivers for employees and dependents.

The Social Work Aide III provides age appropriate assessments, counseling and social services to clients across the life span. This includes enhancing the conditions of the client by providing information and education; making referrals and when necessary, making home visits and follow‑ups. In addition, this position acts to help clients, as a mediator, and to utilize and obtain needed services at Mile Square Health Center.

The unpredictability that can occur from day to day requires the individual to be able to adapt rapidly to change by adjusting work schedules, activities, and the proper allocation of resources.

• Provide social services to clients of all ages, including assessments, case planning, follow‑up and home visits when deemed necessary.
• Prepare care plans describing the services the client may need, use, and the method of assessing medical and/or drug treatment and needed social services.
• Advocate on the clients' behalf to obtain necessary and appropriate services; provides referrals and follow up services within a multidisciplinary team of providers.
• Provide patients with information and resources and assist with support services and; such as disabilities (SSI), food pantries, guardianship, Meals on Wheels, homeless shelters/housing, childcare assistance programs, homemaker services, home health, services through the Department of Aging, parenting classes, transportation, mental health issues, substance and domestic abuse counseling, etc.
• Assist patients in the health market place enrollment process requiring certification as a Certified Application Counselor.
• Follows up or directs the Social Work Aide I to ensure that services were assessed and are appropriate to the client's needs.
• Assembles and maintains necessary statistical information for administration as required i.e. daily work logs.
• Maintain complete and accurate files on all client programs.
• Participate in agency on‑call system, team staffing, and local coordinating committee meetings.
• Represent Mile Square at community events during regular and off hours.
• Perform other related duties and participate in special projects as assigned.

1. Two years of work experience comparable to a Social Work Aide II

2. Any combination totaling two years from the following categories:

• A. work experience which provided knowledge of human behavior, including the ability to cope with a variety of people and/or understand the importance of people's needs and feelings, in a public/customer service environment.
• B. college course work in social or behavioral sciences or related field, measured by the following conversion table or its proportional equivalent:
• 15 semester hours equal six months
• 30 semester…