Illinois e-News Release


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 6, 2024


MEDIA CONTACT:
Heather Tarczan
[email protected]
312-814-4170

*Media Advisory* Illinois DCFS job recruiters to attend Lake County PrideFest

 

WHAT:                The Illinois Department of Children and Family Services (Illinois DCFS) will attend this year’s Lake County PrideFest celebration. PrideFest is the largest annual Pride celebration in Lake County that celebrates LGBTQI+ life and culture. Recruiters from Illinois DCFS will be on-hand to share information about employment opportunities at the agency, foster care needs in Illinois and how loving homes can support LGBTQI+ youth in care.

 

                             Illinois DCFS offers mission-driven career opportunities and is currently recruiting child protection specialists, child welfare specialists and day care licensing representatives. Other in-demand positions include office associates, paralegal assistants, reimbursement officers and public service administrators.

 

WHEN:                 June 8, 2024

 2 – 7 p.m.

                                

WHERE:               Round Lake Beach Cultural and Civic Center

2007 Civic Center Way  

Round Lake Beach, IL 60073

                              

WHY:                   Illinois DCFS is expanding its workforce throughout Illinois. Our commitment to hiring and nurturing an incredible culture of service has resulted in a workforce of more than 3,500 dedicated employees - a growing number not seen in more than 15 years. Illinois DCFS staff enjoy competitive wages, employer-sponsored medical, dental and life insurance, defined-benefit pensions, career advancement opportunities and generous paid vacation and sick leave.

About the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) – Currently celebrating 60 years as the nation’s first cabinet-level child welfare agency, DCFS is responsible for protecting children from abuse or neglect by responding to reports received by the Child Abuse Hotline 1-800-252-2873 (1-800-25-ABUSE) or childabuse.illinois.gov (non-emergency). With the goal of keeping children safe, DCFS strengthens and supports families with a wide range of services. In the event a child must be removed from the home, DCFS makes every effort to reunite them with their family. When the best interest of the child makes this impossible (less than 4% of the time), DCFS is committed to pursuing guardianship and fictive kin as primary options.


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