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School Social Worker (Social Worker 3)
Posted on: August 26, 2025 • Category: School, Professionals
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September 10, 2025
No. of Jobs: 1
Job Type: Full-Time
Pay Type: Salary
Compensation: $79,068 - $114,492
Education: Master's Degree
Angela Leavell
Phone 1: 217-479-4224
angela.leavell@illinois.gov
Work For Illinois
Illinois School for the Deaf
125 S Webster Ave
Jacksonville, Morgan, Illinois 62650
US
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No. of Jobs: 1
Job Type: Full-Time
Pay Type: Salary
Compensation: $79,068 - $114,492
Education: Master's Degree
Angela Leavell
Phone 1: 217-479-4224
angela.leavell@illinois.gov
Work For Illinois
Illinois School for the Deaf
125 S Webster Ave
Jacksonville, Morgan, Illinois 62650
US
Get Directions
Qualifications:
Minimum Qualifications
Requires a master's degree in social work from a recognized college or university supplemented by two (2) years of professional social work experience in the evaluation and treatment/habilitation of mentally ill, developmentally disabled, or other disabled persons. Requires the School Social Worker Endorsement from the Illinois State Board of Education.
Responsibilities:
Position Overview
The Illinois School for the Deaf is seeking to hire a team leader to professional care staff. This position coordinates the emotional health and counseling needs of the students; trains lower-level staff; and collaborates and consults with other professional disciplines to understand the students’ emotional needs, motivators and life stressors.
Essential Functions
Serves as a team leader to professional care staff. Provides individual counseling to students to assist in their adjustment to personal problems, academic problems, or residential problems. Completes the social development histories through parent interview, records review, adapter behavior scale, and student interview. Participates in and attends the eligibility review and individual educational plan meetings contributing to the educational treatment plan for each student. Provides guidance to the staff, educational or dorm, working with the students to understand their unique needs. Maintains case files by obtaining documents through contacts with parents, physicians, and school personnel. Performs other duties as required or assigned which are reasonably within the scope of the duties enumerated above.
Other Information:
Conditions of Employment
Requires the ability to pass the American Sign Language proficiency exam at the Intermediate skill level within 18 months of hire. Requires ability to pass the IDHS background check. Requires ability to pass a drug screen for drugs prohibited from recreational use under Illinois Law.
