Careers at Larkin

Applicants must be 20 years of age, have a valid Illinois driver's license and meet DCFS eligibility to transport clients. The Larkin Center is an equal opportunity employer.

Childcare Worker

Responsible for supervision of unit children at all times, distribution of medication and recording all medical difficulties. Keep a log of each child's behavior. Must have High School diploma or GED. CREEKSIDE - Full time, overnight position. HIGHLAND - Full time, days.  SST - Must have Bachelor's Degree or 5 years experience, prefer JSO experience. Full time, days.

Childcare Worker I / Park Row

Responsible for supervision of unit children at all times, distribution of medication and recording all medical difficulties. keep a log of each child's behavior. Share on-call responsibilities with Assistant Supervisor. Must have Bachelor's Degree or 5 years experience. Must be a MHP.

Day Treatment Therapist

Designs and implements a comprehensive social services program to develop clients emotionally and socially and to facilitate their re-entry into the public school system. Provides evaluation and treatment services through individual, group, family intervention and advocacy. Provides behavior management services regarding Aggression Replacement Training (A.R.T.) and Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (D.B.T.) by coaching and teaching skills training and development and providing coaching during crisis situations. Must have Master's degree in clinically related social services field and must have clinical license.

Educational Intervention Worker

Must have Bachelor's degree and substitute teaching certificate. Responsible for responding to calls from the classroom, maintaining students in the intervention room, completing and distributing incident reports and attending meetings as assigned.

IT Associate

Provides tech support to staff and is responsible for setup, maintenance and troubleshooting of computers and equipment in a Windows Network Environment. Must work independently, have strong hardware troubleshooting skills and Windows XP OS experience. High School Diploma or GED required, Associates and /or 2 years of related experience preferred.

Physical Education Teacher

**Signing bonus for first, second and third year teacher.** Provide varied gross and fine motor activities appropriate for grades 1-12. Involve all aspects of learning and knowledge of PE activities. Responsible for report writing and attending meetings as assigned. Must be certified in PE K –12.

Registered Nurse / School

As a valued multi-disciplinary treatment team member, you will assess health needs, provide quality nursing care for residential and day treatment students. Must be a current Illinois R.N., BD experience preferred. Part-time position.

Residential Therapist / Marcha's Team

Design and implement a comprehensive social service program to develop clients emotionally and socially to facilitate their re-entry into the community. Provides evaluations and treatment services through individual, group and family therapy. Must have Master's degree in clinically related social services field and clinical license or eligible for clinical license within 3-6 months.

Teacher

**Signing bonus for first, second and third year teacher.** Developing and implementing a comprehensive education program for clients to improve learning skills and facilitate behavior change. Must have Bachelor's degree and teaching certificate. BD Approval or Certification required.

Unit Supervisor / Floater

Supervise clients' treatment plans. Facilitate discharges and communicate with multi-disciplinary teams. Assume responsibility for report writing and supervision of unit staff. Must be 25 years of age, have an associate's degree and five years of residential experience or Bachelor's degree an two years of residential experience.