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. You can read full details about this role on our Foster Parenting page.
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
Director of Programs & Services
Full Time
The Director of Programs & Services is responsible for the overall day-to-day supervision and guidance of Village programs and services to children and Professional Foster Parents. Hiring at our Roosevelt Square Village.
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 SOS Illinois children, foster parents and biological families in order to achieve the particular case goal as outlined and explained in the client service plan.
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. Currently hiring at all 3 Villages.
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. Currently hiring at Lockport Village.
Clinical Therapist
Full Time
The Clinical Therapist is responsible for providing professional clinical services including assessments, interventions, consultations, crisis intervention and psycho-social-educational therapeutic services to children, youth, families and caregivers. Currently hiring at Lockport Village.
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 to problems through the teaching of skills and behavioral techniques accessing community resources and support.
Youth Advocate Caseworker
Full Time or Part Time Options
The Youth Advocate Caseworker is responsible for supporting youth assigned through DCFS appointee and provide wrap-around services that would lead to permanent housing.
Administrative Support
Accountant
Full Time
The Accountant plays a vital role within the organization working with Accounts Payables and Receivables, as well as working with other facets of Finance and with HR on payroll functions.
Administrative Assistant
Full Time
The Administrative Assistant is helps with financial, vehicular/transportation, and purchasing functions for the SOS Children’s Villages Illinois (SOS Illinois) for Chicago Village and Roosevelt Square Village foster care programs and services, including on the Villages (Chicago area sites) and the community.
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.
