12 Nonprofit-Social Services jobs

Division: Wheaton Youth Outreach (WYO) Wheaton Youth Outreach is a community-based youth and family resource center serving the greater Wheaton area. Services include counseling for individuals, couples and families, crisis intervention for runaway and homeless teens, casework services for basic needs, and transitional housing for young women. Job Responsibilities: The Youth & Family Therapist serves on WYO’s Specialized Youth Services Team and provides support and therapy to youth in crisis to keep youth safe, connected to their parents and prevent or minimize involvement with child welfare and juvenile justice systems. Responsibilities include: maintaining a full-time therapy case load with individuals, youth identified as high risk by their families, the legal system, or the educational system and families; providing crisis intervention services to local police departments regarding runaway or locked-out youth; assisting with training crisis team members; maintaining...

Division: Wheaton Youth Outreach (WYO) Wheaton Youth Outreach is a community-based youth and family resource center serving the greater Wheaton area. Services include counseling for individuals, couples and families, crisis intervention for runaway and homeless teens, casework services for basic needs, and transitional housing for young women. Job Responsibilities: The Youth & Family Therapist serves on WYO’s Specialized Youth Services Team and provides support and therapy to youth in crisis to keep youth safe, connected to their parents and prevent or minimize involvement with child welfare and juvenile justice systems. Responsibilities include: maintaining a full-time therapy case load with individuals, youth identified as high risk by their families, the legal system, or the educational system and families; providing crisis intervention services to local police departments regarding runaway or locked-out youth; assisting with training crisis team members; maintaining...

Division: Outreach Community Center in Carol Stream (OCC) The Outreach Community Center in Carol Stream is a multi-purpose, neighborhood resource center serving a low-income, ethnically diverse neighborhood. Services include counseling, casework, mentoring, community development, services for older adults and after-school and summer programs for children and youth.  Job Responsibilities The College Coach & Retention Specialist will partner with the Program Director in the development, implementation, and ongoing supervision of the College Opportunity Program (COP) which is designed for high school and college age students from the Carol Stream neighborhood with the goal of successfully launching students into college or vocational training and career. Responsibilities include building and maintaining effective relationships with students, parents, colleges & universities, and employment work sites; guiding students and parents through the college...

Division: Administrative Office-Carol Stream, IL Housed in the administrative office, the resource development department is responsible for fulfilling the organization’s fundraising goals by broadening and deepening relationships with individuals, foundations, and corporations who invest their financial resources as an expression of their alignment with the mission of OCM. OCM complies with all applicable state and federal laws pertaining to nondiscrimination in employment, including nondiscrimination on the basis of race, color, sex, national origin, age, and disability. As a religious organization, OCM reserves the right to make employment decisions based on its religious identity, as permitted by state and federal law. Job Responsibilities: The Resource Development Support Specialist will greet department visitors and provide administrative support to the 7-member resource development team. Specific responsibilities include meeting support, drafting correspondence, file...

Position Title: Volunteer, Live-In, Houseparent Couple Division: Wheaton Youth Outreach—Jubilee Village Jubilee Village is a transitional housing program in Carol Stream, for young single mothers between the ages of 17 ½ – 24, who each have one child. The residents live under the supervision of live-in house parents and on-site professional staff. This program offers safe, affordable housing and intensive case management services to residents to help them achieve financial independence. Jubilee Village is one program offered through Wheaton Youth Outreach, whose other services include crisis intervention and counseling for youth and their families. Role: The couple will be a part of a three-couple team, and each couple is required to be available three to four days per week, on average, between the hours of 5:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. On-duty responsibilities include being available to address situations that arise with residents, helping to build community among the women,...

Division: York Community Resource Center York Community Resource Center is a developing neighborhood resource center serving Lombard and Villa Park that provides supportive services to modest-income and culturally diverse residents.  Services include information and referral, after-school and summer school programs for children and youth and community development activities.  Job Responsibilities The Site Director will be responsible for the development of community relationships, leading a 5-member staff team and oversight for the day-to-day operations of York Center. Responsibilities include community engagement and leadership; planning; church relations; program management, the development of new programming, staff, intern and volunteer management, team building, financial management, grant management, facility management and the coordination of services between programs. The Site Director will have some direct service responsibilities. The Site Director will...

Division: Administrative Office-Carol Stream, IL Housed in the administrative office, the resource development department is responsible for fulfilling the organization’s fundraising goals by broadening and deepening relationships with individuals, foundations, and corporations who invest their financial resources as an expression of their alignment with the mission of OCM. Job Responsibilities: The Resource Development Database Manager is responsible for the management and optimization of donor data including policy and procedure development, software maintenance and integration, data integrity, data analysis and forecasting, reporting, and effectively training and collaborating with resource development team members. The Resource Development Database Manager is also responsible for functional activities of the donor database (The Raiser’s Edge) including efficient and accurate gift processing, designation and appeal coding, and receipting. This position reports to the Chief...

RESPONSIBILITIES  Assist in weekly after school club programs. (ex: help run crafts, games, etc.)  Assist in special events, outreaches, and camping trips  Promote upcoming events  Build relationships with 5-10 students, with the purpose of discipleship       a. Continue these relationships as long as the kids are willing.       b. Work to involve them in a local church       c. Involve them in sharing their faith with others  Spend 20-25 hours a week visiting students  Lead small group Bible studies COMPETENCIES  Love for children/youth  Passion for seeing children/youth grow in the faith  Adaptability when unexpected circumstances take place  Likeability, that is, the ability to put new people at ease and exhibit a warm and friendly demeanor  Strong listening skills  Integrity  Proactive and persuasive in drawing new students to programs  Energetic and enthusiastic  Experience with serving cross-culturally  Flexibility and willingness to serve beyond the...

Division: Wheaton Youth Outreach (WYO) Wheaton Youth Outreach is a community-based youth and family resource center serving the greater Wheaton area. Services include counseling for individuals, couples and families, crisis intervention for runaway and homeless teens, casework services for basic needs, and transitional housing for young women. Job Responsibilities: The Clinical Case Manager will provide case management services to residents of Jubilee Village, a transitional housing program for young single mothers ages 18 – 26 years old, to provide supportive housing and help them launch into independent living. Responsibilities include managing a caseload of 10-14 therapeutic casework clients, working with clients to set goals related to employment, making and adhering to a budget, completing schooling through high school or beyond, seeking counseling for mental health needs, finding appropriate child care, develop parenting skills and life skills. The Clinical Case Manager...

Division Warrenville Youth & Family Services (WYFS) is a multi -purpose community resources center serving the residents of the Warrenville area and serving as the host site for Outreach’s clinical services in West Chicago District 33. WYFS Programs include the Community Counseling Center, Case Management Assistance, Mentoring and Quest -an after school/ summer- school program for middle school aged youth. Job Responsibilities The Bilingual Youth & Family Therapist provides support and therapy to children and their families within the WeGo Community School District (West Chicago). Responsibilities include providing individual and/ or family therapy to identified elementary students either at the school, in their home, and/ or at an agreed upon community -based location; collaboration with school- based providers, teachers and administration to formulate comprehensive assessment, treatment plan and ongoing treatment evaluation;...

Division: Outreach Community Center in Carol Stream The Outreach Community Center in Carol Stream is a multi-purpose, neighborhood resource center serving a low-income, ethnically diverse neighborhood. Services include counseling, casework, mentoring, community development and after-school programs for children and youth. Job Responsibilities: The Elementary Academic Intervention Specialist will offer specialized, one-on-one academic support to 20-30 students enrolled in the summer program who have an IEP or are at risk of academic failure. Specific responsibilities include meeting with each student two to three times each week for a total of 60 minutes to meet the developmental needs of the student. This position will be responsible for developing specialized goals and support materials for each student based on needs identified by pre-testing and the teacher’s recommendations. This position will also collaborate with teachers to provide academic enrichment materials for...