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Family Support Intake Coordinator - Spanish/English
POSITION SUMMARY:
World Relief is a unique and invigorating place to work. We are looking for talented, ambitious and collaborative people to come alongside our mission, vision and values as we partner with churches to empower the most vulnerable in the world. We hope these resources provide more insight into your hiring journey with us.
Do you speak Spanish and have a passion for helping people reach their goals? We’d love you to join our team! The Family Support Intake Coordinator is the first contact for immigrants and refugees seeking support services through World Relief at our Aurora location in the western suburbs of Chicago.
This position is responsible for facilitating the intake process, beginning at the point of the client’s intake interview, including registration/intake, document verification, and the coordination, monitoring, and follow-up of client’s short-term and long-term care. Referral and follow up will be necessary for all internal services (case management, employment, children & youth, and counseling center services) and external services at other community agencies. Additionally, this position will be responsible for helping immigrants apply for public benefits and supporting case managers with various tasks.
POSITION SUMMARY:
World Relief is a unique and invigorating place to work. We are looking for talented, ambitious and collaborative people to come alongside our mission, vision and values as we partner with churches to empower the most vulnerable in the world. We hope these resources provide more insight into your hiring journey with us.
The Initial Resettlement Manager (IRM) will provide supervision and strategic management for programs serving refugees and other eligible immigrants during their first six months in the U.S. to ensure program participants reach a place of stability and move towards healthy integration. The IRM will lead a team of people to perform high quality, core resettlement services, while ensuring compliance with programs established by the Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration (PRM) and the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) and its program intermediaries.
POSITION SUMMARY:
World Relief is a unique and invigorating place to work. We are looking for talented, ambitious and collaborative people to come alongside our mission, vision and values as we partner with churches to empower the most vulnerable in the world. We hope these resources provide more insight into your hiring journey with us.
Are you a bi-lingual therapist? Are you passionate about helping victims of trauma and war pursue healing & rebuild their lives? World Relief is looking for a mental health therapist to provide linguistically and culturally appropriate mental health counseling to refugees and immigrants in both a one-on-one and family setting.
This role provides clinical treatment and maintenance support and works alongside a multi-disciplinary team that together provides holistic support to clients through wellness & prevention activities. Therapy & wellness groups through the Counseling Center are key supports offered to clients to help them reach stability and move toward long-term community integration.
POSITION SUMMARY:
World Relief is a unique and invigorating place to work. We are looking for talented, ambitious, and collaborative people to come alongside our mission, vision, and values as we partner with churches to empower the most vulnerable in the world. We hope these resources provide more insight into your hiring journey with us.
This position is responsible for assisting refugee and immigrant families with the furnishing of their living space. This includes ensuring that apartments are appropriately furnished for new refugees prior to their arrival. The Furniture Set-Up Coordinator & Donations Assistant will collaborate with church and volunteer partners to solicit, collect, and set up donated furniture and household items for this purpose.
Immigrant Family Services Volunteer Coordinator
POSITION SUMMARY:
World Relief is a unique and invigorating place to work. We are looking for talented, ambitious and collaborative people to come alongside our mission, vision and values as we partner with churches to empower the most vulnerable in the world. We hope these resources provide more insight into your hiring journey with us.
Are you passionate about creating communities that welcome and connecting people with opportunities to serve their community? World Relief mobilizes local churches and volunteers to serve immigrants and refugees in Chicagoland. Join our Volunteer Coordination team to come alongside our Immigrant Family Services department in creating mutually transformational volunteer and client relationships. The goal of this position is to connect volunteers with service opportunities within WRDA’s Immigrant Family Services program areas in the Aurora and Carol Stream office locations, including the provision of basic needs and support for refugee/immigrant clients through relationships with churches, volunteers, and organizations. This position allows for the chance to specialize further into key areas of volunteer engagement within the first year as refugee resettlement increases.
Afghan Support Case Worker (Temporary)
POSITION SUMMARY:
World Relief is a unique and invigorating place to work. We are looking for talented, ambitious and collaborative people to come alongside our mission, vision and values as we partner with churches to empower the most vulnerable in the world. We hope these resources provide more insight into your hiring journey with us.
Each of our three Chicagoland locations are hiring to provide case management to newly arriving families evacuating Afghanistan. This position will work to secure housing arrangements, provide ongoing cultural adjustment support, connections with legal services, employment assistance, and referrals. This position will include making home visits to families living in Chicago and/or the surrounding suburbs.
POSITION SUMMARY:
World Relief is a unique and invigorating place to work. We are looking for talented, ambitious and collaborative people to come alongside our mission, vision and values as we partner with churches to empower the most vulnerable in the world. We hope these resources provide more insight into your hiring journey with us.
The Employment Counselor position provides critical supportive services and counsel to immigrants as they search for initial employment or seek career advancement and job upgrade opportunities. This position assists refugees and those granted asylum through employment counseling that includes resume, application, and interview preparation assistance, and utilizing employer connections to facilitate job placements. The Employment Counselor will also assist in pursuing job upgrades, career pathway opportunities, and maintaining and expanding an employer network.
POSITION SUMMARY:
World Relief is a unique and invigorating place to work. We are looking for talented, ambitious and collaborative people to come alongside our mission, vision and values as we partner with churches to empower the most vulnerable in the world. We hope these resources provide more insight into your hiring journey with us.
Do you enjoy solving complex problems that involve both personalities and logistics? Are you interested in assisting refugees, asylees and other immigrants integrate into the US by preparing them to start a job and their career?
As Employment Specialist you will provide assistance to newly arrived refugees and other immigrants by assisting in their search for initial employment and collaborating with them on employment-related matters including job retention and job re-placement as relevant. This position assists refugees and those granted asylum and other immigrants to become economically self-sufficient by preparing them for employment, utilizing employer contacts to place them in jobs, counseling on job upgrades and career pathway opportunities, and maintaining and expanding an employer network.
POSITION SUMMARY:
World Relief is a unique and invigorating place to work. We are looking for talented, ambitious and collaborative people to come alongside our mission, vision and values as we partner with churches to empower the most vulnerable in the world. We hope these resources provide more insight into your hiring journey with us.
Do you have the gift of connection? Do you enjoy facilitating many parts to come together to solve a problem? Through developing partnerships with local companies and generating diverse job leads you will be part of World Relief’s Employment Services team which connects hundreds of refugees and immigrants with relevant job opportunities that help to satisfy HR demand in the local economy.
The Job Developer position engages a variety of stakeholders with the mission of creating opportunity for refugees, asylees, and other immigrants to begin and advance in their careers while serving as a local workforce solution for partner companies. This position will be responsible for developing relationships with companies, generating job leads, and providing Employment and Career Pathways Specialists with entry level, upgrade, and career pathway job opportunities for WR clients in DuPage and Kane Counties. This position requires creativity and energy to work with the diverse stakeholders to build new partnerships and cast vision with local employers.
Youth Tutor Volunteer Coordinator (Part-Time)
POSITION SUMMARY:
World Relief is a unique and invigorating place to work. We are looking for talented, ambitious, and collaborative people to come alongside our mission, vision, and values as we partner with churches to empower the most vulnerable in the world. We hope these resources provide more insight into your hiring journey with us.
Are you passionate about connecting immigrant youth and volunteers? Join our Chicago Children & Youth Services team in welcoming newly arrived refugee, asylum seeker, and other immigrant youth, by matching them with volunteers to provide social, emotional, and academic support.
AmeriCorps
We will begin accepting applications in June 2021. For a list of open positions, click here.
We partner with AmeriCorps and Literacy Volunteers of Illinois (LVI) to offer full and part-time positions in our Aurora, Carol Stream, and Chicago offices. See our open positions and how to apply below.
Internships
Interested in positions at our Chicagoland offices? Click here to view the available opportunities.
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