Regional Director

Overview Gain a meaningful career helping children and families thrive. If you have a desire to help others, this might be the place for you. Join our welcoming environment and make an impact!

The team at LCFS brings their best to the important work of strengthening families and building futures for children and parents. As a leading child welfare agency with 16 locations across Illinois, our mission is to nurture and strengthen children and families in need. Be a part of a team that is a leader in innovative best practice and strong child welfare outcomes!

• Professional Development/ Training and Support
• Health and Wellness
• Work/Life Balance
• Life Insurance & Disability Insurance
• Employee Recognition/Staff Engagement
• Tuition Assistance/ Reimbursement Program (up to $3,000/year after first year of employment)
• Employer paid licensure for LCSW and LCPC
• University tuition discount available upon hire
• Chamberlain University: 10% discount
• Lewis University: 20% discount
• National Louis University: 10% discount
• Extensive Leadership Training and Professional Development Classes
• LGBTQ+ Training
• Supervisory support
• Public Loan Forgiveness Organization

LCFS is an equal opportunity employer and consideration for employment is made without regard to race, color, national origin, age, sex, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

Position: Regional Director

Location: O Fallon, IL

Job : 2064

# of Openings: 1

JOB TITLE: Regional Director
REPORTS TO: Associate Vice President of Strategy & Organizational Excellence, Privacy Officer
STATUS: Full Time, Exempt

Salary Range: $90,000 - $100,000
OFFICE

LOCATION:

O Fallon and Mt. Vernon. The home office location will be based on the office nearest to the candidate’s residency. Travel is regularly expected to each site and the surrounding counties for work related responsibilities.

Lutheran Child and Family Services of Illinois improves the well-being of people across the state by protecting children, strengthening families and building futures for those who have experienced trauma. LCFS is a welcoming organization serving children, individuals, families and communities of all faiths, races, ethnic backgrounds, sexual orientations, gender expressions and gender-identifications.

• Champions in supporting children, youth and families throughout Illinois so they are able to reach their full potential
• Dynamic and innovative leaders who believe in collaboration with their team of professionals and are revolutionizing the impact on services to families
• A community which embraces and is committed to being WIDE (welcoming, inclusive, diverse and equitable)
• Impactors of the child welfare community by addressing institutional racism and implicit bias to increase positive outcomes for children and families of color
• Creators of a culture focused on supporting families and ensuring all children find safe, loving permanent homes, particularly by reuniting them with their families

Under the direction of the Associate Vice President, the Director leads a team of Managers and Supervisors who supervise direct service Child Welfare Specialists in foster care, home based services, licensing and other supportive child welfare, medical and mental health personnel. The goal is to build relationships, supports, partnerships and strengths amongst youth, families and communities to ensure safety, permanency and well-being.

Goals include:

• Family reunification
• Prevention of substitute care placement
• Successful and sustainable transitions and maintenance in the least restrictive family living arrangements
• Wraparound and case coordination services for social, emotional and physical well-being
• Natural and formal life-long supports, connections, safety, stability and permanency
• Supportive trauma informed, family centered and strengths based linkages, positive development and collaborative services
• Highly competent, well-resourced and committed workforce, system of care and service delivery dedicated to positive children and family results

• Leads a team of managers, supervisors and direct service child welfare professionals in partnering with children, parents and community providers to assess, plan, evaluate and make linkages for in-home stabilization, prevention, safety, permanency and well-being outcomes
• Implementation of home-based, foster care and specialized services for youth and families through management and direction of staff responsible for service delivery
• Collaborate with multi-disciplinary teams and partners for continuous quality improvement, interventions, service delivery and the achievement of program outcomes
• Represents, markets and promotes the program vision, goals and works toward growth, development and alignment across the site, region and other areas of jurisdiction
• Provides effective supervision, mediation, problem resolution,…