JOBS

The School Association for Special Education in DuPage is seeking Paraprofessionals to work within the school and community setting, under the direction of the classroom teacher, to maximize students’ learning; academic, behavioral, functional, and social/ emotional and to foster student participation in all school related activities. Qualifications:

• Professional Educator License with Stipulations issued by ISBE endorsed as paraprofessional. (Licensure requirements:  https://www.isbe.net/Pages/Educator-License-with-Stipulations.aspx)
  • At least 19 years of age
  • One of the Following:
    • Associate’s degree or higher
    • 60 semester hours of coursework
    • High School Diploma and passing score on the ACT WorkKeys
• Some sign language ability and interest in improving signing skill. (Signing Teaching Assistants only).
• Physical ability to be trained and perform physical management techniques with fidelity.
• Valid Driver’s License and ability to obtain Illinois Secretary of State Licensure to transport students within 3 months of hire. (Southeast Alternative teacher assistants).

The School Association for Special Education is seeking Job Coaches to join their team. The Job Coach will be responsible for provision of direct prevocational and instruction/technical assistance to students in the SASED Transition and the high school programs. Some duties and responsibilities are the following: 

• Provide support and supervision during work-related programming, including but not limited to STEP or other work programs.
• Maintain strict confidentiality regarding all matters pertaining to students and personnel.
• Maintain professional relationships with all businesses and act as liaison for SASED for all job sites.
• Model and direct appropriate work site behavior, dress, interactions with employer, other employees, and customers.
• Adapt work/homework under the direction of the teacher/supervisor for the purpose of providing a method to support and/or reinforce classroom and work objectives.
• Administer surveys, assessments, etc. under the direction of the teacher/supervisor for the purpose of assessing the student’s progress toward work goals and/or recognizing the needs of individual students.
• Monitor, escort and assist individual students to provide a safe and positive learning and working environment.
• Assist with STEP data collection, input and management requirements.
• Evaluate, in collaboration with the Vocational Coordinator and/or Program Administrator, Educational Support Professionals on job sites working with students.
• Participates in student team meetings, as necessary.
• Direct student workers with daily functions and other work-related experiences.
• Provide and/or assist students in managing individualized personal care and/or hygiene needs. This may include but not limited to toileting, diaper changes, feeding, brushing teeth, etc.
• Provide support and supervision during work related programming, including but not limited to community and schoolwork environments, to ensure a safe and positive learning environment.
• Operate all equipment related to assistive technology, prone standers, walkers, related OT and PT devices and other items as required.
• Assist in the implementation of Individual Education Programs for students with varying functional levels.

The School Association for Special Education in DuPage is seeking a Classroom Nurse who will support the medical needs of students in the classroom. When not providing direct nursing service, the nurse acts as a teaching assistant to support the educational goals of the students in the classroom. Salary: $29.59-$33.36 per hour.
SASED has numerous positions available throughout the Cooperative. Our Medical Program is located in Lisle. 
Job Goal: The Medical/Teacher Assistant will work with students with unique medical needs that require a higher level of medical knowledge. They will perform medical procedures not normally provided by the regular teacher assistant in order to maintain students in the least restrictive environment. They will also act as active members of the educational team in providing services to students. The Medical/Teaching Assistant will work under the supervision of the Certified School Nurse assigned to the student’s program.
Qualifications: 

• Licensed Registered Nurse or Licensed Practical Nurse in Illinois
• CPR certification.
• Paraprofessional or Substitute Approval from ISBE
  • Duties and Responsibilities: 
  • The Medical/Teacher Assistant’s primary responsibility is to the individual student’s health and safety needs. When these needs are met, the MA/TA will follow the duties outlined for the general Teacher Assistant.
  • Under the direction of the Certified School Nurse, the MA/TA will assist in the development of the classroom health plans and provide classroom staff in service regarding health plans.
  • Perform medical procedures that are necessary for students who require medical assessment (i.e., blood glucose monitoring, catheterizations, gastrostomy tube care, tracheostomy care.)
  • Monitor and assist students in daily routines and help students follow individual daily schedules including activities of daily living.
  • Document procedures and health status of students on daily log.
  • Communicate changes in the health status of students to CSN and Teacher.
  • Handle medical emergencies appropriately and classroom problems quickly and efficiently and report to the CSN.
  • Provide instruction to students individually and/or in small groups following the Teacher’s lesson plans and with Teacher direction.
  • Accompany, assist and monitor students as needed in all other areas of school program outside of the classroom (i.e. mainstream classes, community, vocational, transportation to and from home if appropriate, etc.)
  • Implement established classroom and individual behavior management plans.
  • Provide medical care during student transportation as required.

The DuPage County Health Department has a new on-call Dental Hygienist position at their Dental Clinic. Offering a new starting salary. Do you have considerable knowledge of the practices and principles of dental hygiene for all age groups? Are you looking for a part-time position that offers a flexible schedule, working no more than 1000 hours per year, you are invited to apply today. Responsibilities:

• Provides preventive procedures such as dental prophylaxis, dental sealants, fabricating mouth guards, fluoride treatments, dental screenings, radiographs, and nutritional counseling.
• Conducts dental health educational programs for professional groups, schools, other health care providers, and community groups; refers clients as necessary for further dental treatment.
• Collaborates with other service providers to ensure that necessary treatment is received; plans and implements fluoride mouth rinse programs for school children, periodically visits schools to monitor fluoride mouth rinsing activities.
• Assists in collecting, recording, and tabulating survey data needed for grant requirements and to evaluate programs; prepares reports and maintains records.
• Attends professional meetings and seminars; schedules use of portable equipment with dentists providing homebound care.
• Services, maintains, and cleans portable equipment; monitors and evaluates the progress of dental hygiene students.
• Participates in emergency response activities as assigned; maintains required training, licensure, and/or certification; maintains confidentiality of privileged information and adheres to patient privacy laws.
• Demonstrates sensitivity and understanding of other ethnic groups and cultures; available to respond to clients and/or customers, either in person or over the phone, during assigned business hours and/or clinic times.

The DuPage County Health Department Dental Team has an opening for a full-time Dental Hygienist. In this position you will be working in their dental clinic, going to local schools in DuPage County, or working on their mobile dental Smile Squad. They are looking for a new team member to provide dental services and oral health education to residents of DuPage County. *BONUS* Receive a $500.00 sign-on bonus, $500.00 after six months, and another $500.00 after one year. Responsibilities:

• Provides preventive procedures such as dental prophylaxis, dental sealants, fabricating mouth guards, fluoride treatments, dental screenings, radiographs, and nutritional counseling.
• Conducts dental health educational programs for professional groups, schools, other health care providers, and community groups; refers clients as necessary for further dental treatment.
• Collaborates with other service providers to ensure that necessary treatment is received; plans and implements fluoride mouth rinse programs for school children, periodically visits schools to monitor fluoride mouth rinsing activities.
• Assists in collecting, recording, and tabulating survey data needed for grant requirements and to evaluate programs; prepares reports and maintains records.
• Attends professional meetings and seminars; schedules use of portable equipment with dentists providing homebound care.
• Services, maintains, and cleans portable equipment; monitors and evaluates the progress of dental hygiene students.
• Participates in emergency response activities as assigned; maintains required training, licensure, and/or certification; maintains confidentiality of privileged information and adheres to patient privacy laws.
• Demonstrates sensitivity and understanding of other ethnic groups and cultures; available to respond to clients and/or customers, either in person or over the phone, during assigned business hours and/or clinic times.
• Provides care in a variety of settings throughout the County including, the Health Department Dental Clinic, schools, public health centers, mobile programs and other field locations.

The DuPage County Health Department is seeking a Customer Service Representative to their team at the Central Public Health Center. You will be providing front desk customer service to Health Department clients. You will prepare and gather relevant paperwork and data to identify the requested need of the client and providing rapid and accurate screening and referrals. Flexibility to travel to other centers, to assist with coverage as needed, is required. The hours are Monday and Friday from 8:00 am until 4:30 pm. Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday from 8:00 am until 7:00 pm. Rotating shifts required to cover mid or evening hours. Starting pay for this position is $15.77 per hour (May increase depending on experience). Great benefits are offered. Responsibilities:

• Provides general and specific information regarding departmental policies, procedures and programs to the public.
• Conducts pre-screening activities; directs individuals to the proper location, resource and/or staff.
• Checks in customers; schedules follow-up appointments; collects various methods of payment including cash and credit card transactions.
• Notifies staff promptly when an individual arrives for an appointment; prepares client charts and files.
• Answers phones; receives and/or identifies and resolves complaints in accordance with department policies, practices and procedures and standards.
• Screens for eligibility for programs or services; listens and responds to client’s concerns and questions in order to complete the intake process; gathers basic information from the caller including demographics to begin intake process.
• Processes incoming and outgoing calls through the operations of a call distribution center; provides general information to County residents/clients in response to direct inquiries regarding services, locations and other matters, or refers questions to appropriate parties.
• Compiles data on number of calls, follow-up calls, and source referrals for review by supervisor; schedules appointments; answers TDD calls; operates a personal computer.
• Maintains confidentiality of privileged information and adheres to patient privacy laws.
• Adheres to department guidelines for attendance and punctuality.
• Maintains required training, licensure and/or certification.
• Demonstrates sensitivity and understanding of other ethnic groups and cultures.

The DuPage County’s Public Health Services team is looking for a Registered Dietitian, bilingual in Spanish preferred, to join their team. As a Dietitian, you will be responsible for providing diet counseling and nutrition information for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) clients. You will provide Family Case Management to prenatal clients, and infants until 1 year of age. This is a full-time position, working mostly Monday through Friday from 8:00 am until 4:30 pm and 1-2 days per week working until 7:00 pm and occasional weekends. Responsibilities:

• Provides normal and therapeutic diet counseling and education in WIC Clinics.
• Provides certifications, nutrition counseling and breastfeeding support.
• Completes nutrition assessments; collaborates with health care providers, as well as other health department staff serving the same client population.
• Responds to requests for nutrition information from other staff and the general public.
• Participates in staff meetings; keeps up to date on trends and developments in the nutrition field.
• Maintains records; prepares weekly and monthly reports.
• Demonstrates independent judgment and discretion in making position related decisions.
• Maintains a caseload and provides family case management to prenatal and infants until 1 year of age.
• Maintains required training, licensure, and/or certification.
• Maintains confidentiality of privileged information and adheres to patient privacy laws.
• Demonstrates sensitivity and understanding of other ethnic groups and cultures.
• Available to respond to clients and/or customers, either in person or over the phone, during assigned business hours and/or clinic times.
• Participates in emergency response activities as required.

The DuPage County Health Department has a full time grant funded opening to work as a doula. In this role you will be responsible for providing comprehensive home visiting and doula services and support to enrolled participants and participants’ families, during the perinatal period. This is a full-time position, with on-call hours that are generally from 8:00 am until 4:30 pm with some evenings and weekends. The strongly preferred ideal candidate will be bilingual in Spanish. They are offering a $500.00 sign on bonus, after six months and $500.00 retention bonus after one year. Some responsibilities are the following:

• Identifies, recruits, and enrolls pregnant clients into the Doula component of the Healthy Families home visiting program.
• Maintains a full caseload of clients per department productivity standards throughout the program year and ensures caseload vacancies are filled; builds and maintains trusting relationships with participant families.
• Meets with clients in their homes and in the community primarily throughout DuPage County and maintains communication with clients via phone, text, and video visits.
• Completes assessments and screenings including a parent interview about the family’s story and screening for depression and substance use.
• Provides referrals to appropriate resources.
• Supports, adapts, or delivers services in a manner that ensures understanding and inclusion of diverse client populations.
• Listens to clients and helps them to know and trust their own bodies and to advocate for themselves.
• Helps families to overcome barriers to accessing quality care including providing linkage to transportation resources and insurance.
• Provides 24/7 on-call coverage and availability to support program needs.
• Provides community outreach; engages in marketing efforts, targeting local hospitals, community resources, and medical offices/staff.
• Provides evidence-based information, education, and resources to prepare families for pregnancy and the birth process, and the postpartum period.
• Facilitates individual and group perinatal education.
• Co-creates goals including a birth plan with the family.
• Attends and provides direct support to the pregnant client, their family, and/or support person(s) throughout the labor and delivery process.
• Partners with home visitor (case manager) in connecting with and supporting the family and provides overlapping home visiting to ensure a seamless transition between doula and home visiting services.
• Provides doula support to the client when they reach 25-28 weeks of pregnancy through 4-8 weeks of postpartum period, providing weekly visits.
• Completes documentation of all activities, contacts with families, and the full birth story.

Midwestern University has a Human Resources Coordinator position to fill. The HR Coordinator is responsible for facilitating the onboarding process, performing new hire orientation, assisting the Talent Acquisition Specialist’s with the recruitment process, and handing general office procedures. The position reports to the HR Manager, Talent Acquisition. Responsibilities:

• Oversee the HR reception and interview areas, providing courteous and helpful front desk support, which includes answering main HR line and assisting in-person guests. This individual will assess customer needs, determine urgency, and take appropriate action through direct support or referral to the appropriate HR Team member.
• Coordinate the pre-employment and onboarding process for faculty, staff, visiting instructors, students, adjuncts, volunteers, and standardized patients.
• Track all pre-employment results and communicate any discrepancies with the talent acquisition team.
• Conduct the weekly new hire onboarding program for faculty and staff new hires.
• Process letter of agreements.
• Assist department managers to arrange temporary workers with staffing agencies.
• Post positions on external job websites and track advertisement expenses.
• Conduct reference checks on staff applicants.
• Schedule interviews for the talent acquisition team.
• Process and review invoices for pre-employment testing, recruitment related expenses and other HR related expenses.
• Responsible for electronic filing of employee documentation and recruitment files. Perform audits of electronic filing.
• Assist in the organization of bi-annual New Hire Orientation programs.
• Review original diplomas/certifications for credential updates in the HRIS system.
• Complete employment verification requests.
• Maintain department calendar, conference room reservations and weekly wrap-up information.
• Assist with office operations including general office needs, facility requests, office supply orders, mail distribution and office equipment stocking and maintenance.
• Facilitate name changes according to the employee Name Change Procedures.
• Obtain IL discounts and special promotions for employees and HR related events.

The City of Naperville looking for a motivated and degreed individual to serve as Assistant Planner for the Transportation, Engineering and Development Business Group (TED). As a key member of the Planning team, this position provides technical support to planning and zoning boards and commissions, reviews and expedites applications for variances, conducts plan and permit reviews of modest to moderate scope & complexity, and responds to inquiries related to zoning and planning matters. Duties:

• Receiving development applications (and supporting documents) that are submitted by developers, then reviewing the documentation for conformance to City zoning and development codes, regulations & ordinances.  Requesting revisions as necessary.
• Reviewing development applications and supporting documents to ensure timely completion and communication to applicants.
• Preparing variance applications for review by the Planning and Zoning Commission and the City Council, including scheduling public hearings, preparing staff reports & ordinances, and presenting to the Planning and Zoning Commission.
• Reviewing permit applications for conformance to City codes and regulations.
• Representing TED at meetings with developers and other City department representatives to contribute technical planning and zoning expertise regarding development proposals.
• Responding to inquiries from developers, realtors, organizations, City departments, and the public regarding planning & zoning matters and activities.
• Assisting other City staff with zoning/code compliance inspection activities.
• Preparing correspondence, reports & spreadsheets related to zoning and planning activities.
• Contributing to the development and improvement of development and plan review processes.
• Performing research as necessary.

The Illinois Tollway is seeking Customer Service Representatives to join their team. Customer Service Representative(s) act as the primary point of contact for their customers helping to ensure that all customer inquiries handled both efficiently and accurately. The Customer Service Representative is also responsible for educating customers on I-PASS products to provide a value-added experience for their patrons. Customer Service Representative responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Interacting with customers via telephone, email or in person to provide support and information on I-PASS and invoice accounts with limited supervision while meeting timeliness and accuracy standards.
• Processing customer financial applications, processing payments, performing reconciliation activities and investigating issues related to customer accounts.
• Educating customers on the advantages of our I-PASS products to further improve market penetration levels.
• Handling large volumes of mail including, but not limited to, payments, new applications, inventory/transponder requests, account updates, and customer complaints and/or questions.
• Handling extremely confidential information in accordance with PCI Standards/Compliance.

The Department of Public Works in Woodridge is seeking a candidate for the Equipment Technician (Mechanic) position. Under supervision, the technician is responsible for performing skilled mechanical work in maintaining vehicles and mechanical equipment for the Village. Additional tasks as well as overtime may be assigned when needed.
The Village’s fleet consists of vehicles from various manufacturers (Ford, Chevy, International, and others) using both gas and diesel engines. The fleet includes police department squad cars and pursuit vehicles, light to heavy duty trucks, sport utility vehicles, along with specialty equipment such as aerial lift trucks, a crane arm truck, backhoe, end-loader, and sewer flush truck. Additionally, the Village has rolling stock, including walk-behind saws, hydraulic/gas/electric pumps, golf carts, chain saws and other small engine equipment.
Responsbilities include:

• Plans, carries out and evaluates preventive maintenance schedules for all vehicles and mechanical equipment, either personally, or through outside vendors.
• Operates a variety of diagnostic instruments and a variety of hand, electric, and air-driven tools.
• Repairs brake, engine, electrical, fuel, hydraulic, transmission, ignition, air, exhaust, axle assemblies and related systems.
• Cuts and welds metal and performs body touch up and related work.
• Changes and repairs tires and tubes.
• Evaluates status of mechanical equipment and vehicles, and performs or schedules needed repairs.
• Conducts various analyses and inspections of vehicles and mechanical systems to determine the most cost-effective means of maintenance, repair or replacement.
• Purchases equipment, parts, and supplies used for vehicle and mechanical system maintenance.
• Provides emergency field assistance to disabled equipment as needed and appropriate.
• Assists in the preparation of bid specifications for vehicles and mechanical equipment.
• Maintains records, prepares reports and other specialized maintenance records of equipment and mechanical equipment.
• Serves as part of the general maintenance function of the department on an as needed basis.  These duties may include, but not be limited to, snowplowing, water main repair, sewer maintenance and other duties as assigned.
• Overtime is often required, especially during periods of inclement weather.