Employment Opportunities
Embark on a career where you can make a difference while making a living. As an employee of SOS Children’s Villages Illinois you’ll be part of the solution—helping to provide a viable alternative to traditional foster care for children who need an extra boost to thrive.
Looking for a college or graduate school internship? Working for SOS Illinois while in school can help you gain valuable, transferrable experience in your field of study while also learning about the importance of the nonprofit workforce. Reach out to us at info@sosillinois.org for opportunities that may not be listed.
Child Care
Professional Foster Parent
Full Time Live-in
The Professional Foster Parent sits at the center of our model of care and is responsible for the creation and maintenance of a healthy, positive, long-term living environment. This is a live-in full-time role.
Emergency Foster Parent
Full Time Live-in
The Emergency Foster Parent provides a stable and healing home environment for youth in need, typically short-term for emergency purposes.
Live-In Relief Parent
Full Time Live-in
The Live-In Relief Parent (LIRP) lives on the Village (at Chicago Village) in an apartment provided by SOS Children’s Villages Illinois (SOS Illinois). The role of the LIRP is to provide full-time support and assistance to the Professional Foster Parents at any of the three Villages.
Relief Parent
Part Time
The Relief Parent assists the SOS Illinois Foster Parent in providing care and services to the children including transportation of children to recreational activities, homework assistance and therapy, and additional supervision of the children while a Foster Parent is using relief time/time off.
Direct Service / Child Welfare
Child Welfare Supervisor
Full Time
The Child Welfare Supervisor provides direct supervision to the case management staff in order to ensure the delivery of quality services to the children, foster parents and biological families in order to achieve the particular case goal. Now hiring at Roosevelt Square Village.
Child Welfare Specialist
Full Time
The Child Welfare Specialist provides services to SOS Illinois children and their families in order to achieve the particular case goal of the client service plan.
Bilingual Child Welfare Specialist
Full Time
The Bilingual Child Welfare Specialist works to provides services to SOS Illinois children and their families (Spanish and English speaking families) in order to achieve the particular case goal of the client service plan. Now hiring at Lockport Village.
Case Management Assistant
Full Time
The Case Management Assistant provides administrative support to the child welfare team as well as visitation between parents and youth in care.
Family Support Specialist
Full Time
The Family Support Specialist provides in-home intervention to children and their families utilizing a cognitive-behavioral, solution focused model to help families adopt positive solutions.
Youth Advocate Program Coordinator
Full Time
The Youth Advocate Program Coordinator is responsible for implementing, maintaining and overseeing the program to ensure the youth within the program are exposed to programing and services that will increase opportunities to obtain housing and independence.
Youth Advocate Caseworker
Full Time or Part Time
The Youth Advocate Caseworker is responsible for supporting youth assigned through DCFS appointee and provide wrap-around services that would lead to permanent housing.
Youth Advocacy Intern
Part Time
The Youth Advocacy Intern works with the program in supporting youth with wrap-around services that lead to permanent housing.
Administrative
Recruitment Intern
Part Time
The Recruitment Intern assists with sourcing, screening, and scheduling interviews to help the organization secure qualified staff with a primary focus on recruiting potential qualified Foster Parents.
Volunteer
Volunteer
Volunteers can join as tutors or in variety of areas such as community programming, gardening, workforce development or events at one or all of the SOS Illinois sites.
*Please Note: SOS Children’s Villages Illinois has mandated the COVID-19 vaccine for all employees. Should you wish to move forward with employment with the organization, this would be an employment requirement.
Employment Benefits
PPO or HMO plans for healthcare are offered through Blue Cross Blue Shield, which you may qualify for after 90 days of full-time employment.
Vision Care and Dental Care are offered through Guardian.
Paid Time Off, including Vacation Time, Sick Time, and Personal Time. Vacation Time is accrued depending on the length of service — the longer you are with SOS Illinois, the more vacation time you earn!
SOS Illinois also offers Life Insurance covered by employer (with optional add-on’s for employees). A&D, Long-Term and Short-Term Disability, and more.
Ability to contribute to a 403B Retirement Savings Plan (similar to a 401K but for nonprofits), which you can contribute to yourselves out of your paychecks immediately if you choose to do so and after 12 months, the company will contribute 4% on your behalf.
The PSLF Program forgives the remaining balance on your Direct Loans after you have made 120 qualifying monthly payments under a qualifying repayment plan while working full-time for a qualifying employer. More information can be found here. SOS Illinois qualifies as a registered 501(c)3.
Partial tuition remission is available for employees after 18 months of service, with relevant coursework prioritized to better equip our community to serve others through their departments.
