Open Positions

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 Apartment Set-Up & Donations Assistant will collaborate with church and volunteer partners to solicit, collect, and set up donated furniture and household items for this purpose.

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As Career Pathways Specialist (CPS) you will work side-by-side with immigrants to discover their career pathway, equip them with needed skills to succeed, and promote entry into employment within their chosen field. The CPS assists immigrants to enter their career of choice by preparing them for vocational training opportunities, finding funding opportunities for training, job coaching, and developing and maintaining connections with a variety of external stakeholders

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Posted July 1, 2022

Full-Time

Aurora, IL 60505 USA

Chicago, IL 60625 USA

Carol Stream, IL 60188 USA

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Are you looking for an opportunity to use your counseling and leadership skills to meet community needs? Do you have a passion for accompanying immigrants on their journey toward wholeness and community belonging? This position is responsible for overseeing the relaunch and clinical operations of World Relief’s Counseling Center, currently based in the western suburbs. This position will be responsible for vision casting, staff and intern recruitment, and practice growth to meet a growing demand for trauma-informed, culturally-responsive counseling. This will include building & launching a new program funding model inclusive of insurance billing.

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World Relief seeks a talented and versatile Development Coordinator to join our World Relief Chicagoland team. The Development Coordinator will play an integral role in building a welcome community by providing administrative support to other members of the Development team.

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World Relief seeks an experienced manager to guide the administrative operations of its three Chicagoland office locations and community-based programs. This vital role is responsible for leading the operations and administration team, shaping long-term administrative strategy, and ensuring the smooth functioning of facilities, IT, and office management. This role will also be a liaison with the national human resources team, and locally oversee several areas of human capital including onboarding, performance management, and compensation.

World Relief Chicago is looking for a full-time Education Program Specialist to provide support to its ESL, career and employment-readiness classes, and tutoring programs for adult immigrants and refugees. This role works closely with staff within the Education Department as well as with staff from other World Relief departments in the provision of services. Key responsibilities include facilitating online and in-person registrations, standardized assessments, digital literacy orientations, recording and organizing program data, maintaining program equipment, assisting with grant writing and reporting, and providing student referral services. If you are a highly organized and detail-oriented person with strong interpersonal and cross-cultural skills who is also adept in digital literacy and the use of technology, this role may be a good fit for you.

This position will be responsible for recruitment, enrollment, and assessment of ESL students in the DuPage and Aurora Adult ESL programs. Enrollment process includes administering state-approved ESL tests, orienting students individually and in groups, and providing basic training on technology and digital literacy. These tasks will be done both in-person and remotely. They will be responsible for developing and updating materials related to enrollment and recruitment. This position will work closely with Education Administration Manager on developing annual recruitment plans and work with the rest of the team to implement them. This position will be a part of the team that provides a number of wrap-around services to the Adult ESL programs, and it will have additional duties and responsibilities as needed.

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Are you interested in helping refugees and immigrants find safe and affordable housing? Do you have a passion for working with people and enjoy real estate? Are you looking for a position where you can showcase your relationship building and networking skills? If so, then you might be a great fit for our team!

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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.

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Through the Preferred Communities (PC) program, the Intensive Case Worker position provides case management to clients who require care beyond the scope of primary case management services. The PC program supports refugees and ORR-eligible populations with challenging needs that require special attention, including those with serious medical conditions, women at risk, and elderly refugees. The position will help participants requiring specialized medical or mental healthcare to better integrate into the community by learning to overcome barriers and do things such as learn how to access services to manage their disability and/or medical condition; overcome obstacles to employment; address mental health issues; and reach self-sufficiency in all areas of vulnerability.

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POSITION SUMMARY: 

This position has the primary responsibility of working closely with qualified immigrant clients to provide necessary paperwork, mediation and provision of all public aid related benefits and to work closely with IDHS caseworkers on a weekly basis at the local IDHS office. This position may supervise Resettlement Interns.

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Are you passionate about helping adult victims of trauma and war pursue healing & rebuild their lives? World Relief is looking for a mental health counselor to provide linguistically and culturally appropriate mental health counseling to adult 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 adult clients through wellness & prevention activities. Therapy & wellness groups through the Counseling Center are key supports offered to adult clients to help them reach stability and move toward long-term community integration.

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POSITION SUMMARY:

The New Arrivals Cultural Orientation Associate will be responsible for conducting cultural orientations with each newly arriving refugee family that includes topics such as the role of World Relief, budgeting and personal finance, housing, and transportation. This position will conduct assessments with each family after they receive all components of their orientation to assess comprehension as well as identify areas of curriculum improvement.

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This position assists with the provision of core services and provides short-term case management for refugee families in coordination with WR staff, local churches, and the broader community. This position will be responsible for providing ongoing client services and administrative tasks for the receptions and placement and match grant programs. Position is based in Aurora and requires client visits throughout Kane and surrounding counties.

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The focus of this position is on educating and equipping refugee & immigrant clients with intensive medical needs with the understanding and practical skills needed to navigate healthcare settings in the United States.

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This position has the primary responsibility for driving a 15-passenger van to transport students and their children to and from ESL classes as well as to create and maintain schedules for picking up and dropping of the students. This position will be a part of the admin team that provides a number of support services to the Adult ESL programs and it might have some additional tasks and responsibilities as assigned by the Manager.

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POSITION SUMMARY: 

This position assists with the provision of core services and provides short-term case management for refugee families in coordination with WR staff, local churches, and the broader community. This position will be responsible for providing ongoing client services and administrative tasks for the receptions and placement and match grant programs. Position is based in Aurora and requires client visits throughout Kane and surrounding counties.

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World Relief seeks to hire to a Senior Services Case Worker to implement its Refugee Social Services Seniors program that will begin in October 2022. This position will seek to increase community connections, reduce social isolation, and provide case management to the Chicago refugee seniors community in coordination with World Relief staff, community organizations, and local churches. This will include providing group enrichment activities, social outing opportunities, case management support such as medical appointment assistance, and when possible, communicating with family members regarding understanding of services and supports available.