Implementation Coach and Training Technician​/Specialist - School of Social Work

Located Statewide in Illinois

The School of Social Work invites applications for either the Field Implementation Coach and Training Technician or Field Implementation Coach and Training Specialist
. This is a multi-level search. Applicants who meet the required qualifications for either position are encouraged to apply.

As a member of a specialized statewide child welfare training team, work collaboratively with the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services (IDCFS) and community partners to provide training, coaching, and professional development to child welfare agency staff and supervisors. This will include but not limited to providing both introductory awareness and post-training content reinforcement related to the Illinois Core Practice Model, effective child welfare agency leadership development and other key IDCFS initiatives.

Facilitate and at times develop trainings, lead learning groups and provide ongoing field support to enhance the transfer of learning and reinforce application from the training environment to field operations.

Located Statewide in Illinois

The School of Social Work invites applications for either the Field Implementation Coach and Training Technician or Field Implementation Coach and Training Specialist
. This is a multi-level search. Applicants who meet the required qualifications for either position are encouraged to apply.

As a member of a specialized statewide child welfare training team, work collaboratively with the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services (IDCFS) and community partners to provide training, coaching, and professional development to child welfare agency staff and supervisors. This will include but not limited to providing both introductory awareness and post-training content reinforcement related to the Illinois Core Practice Model, effective child welfare agency leadership development and other key IDCFS initiatives.

Facilitate and at times develop trainings, lead learning groups and provide ongoing field support to enhance the transfer of learning and reinforce application from the training environment to field operations.

Technician:

• Train, coach, and professionally develop child welfare agency staff and supervisors through individual coaching, group learning, and formal training on leadership, and promote collaborative partnering with external child welfare community service providers, and collateral entities.
• Provide child welfare field support, inclusive of conducting regular and frequent meetings with individuals and small cohorts within but not limited to a field office, agency or client residence. Field support will include coaching staff and supervisors to assess practice strengths and opportunities for improvement, application of programmatic frameworks and utilization of multiple methodologies aimed at outcome improvement.
• Coach and/or train direct service child welfare staff with incorporating job competencies into daily practice, support skill development across multiple domains/within various areas, and support and reinforce quality assurance processes with respect to the integration of agency practice models and other key IDCFS initiatives.
• Complete and maintain progress notes and needs assessments; author and submit regular reports, assists with data collection and entry.
• Co-lead and/or participate in work groups as assigned which would be inclusive of attending and coordinating various meetings, drafting and disseminating notes/reports and reporting out to staff and management, work in close collaboration with the Field Implementation Support Program Managers in the performance and assignment of these duties to be inclusive of curriculum design/development, content research, revisions and enhancements.
• Remain current regarding emerging trends, research findings, and best practices in relevant subject matters, incorporating new knowledge into program activities and initiatives. As assigned, participate in and represent the program in various office, division, IDCFS meetings and training conferences.
• Utilize assigned IDCFS/U of I equipment (laptop,…