Employment Opportunities

The Shelter Facilities Specialist is responsible for cleaning and maintaining the condition of the Dove Building at 302 S. Union St. in Decatur.

The DeWitt County Advocate is responsible for the operation of the DeWitt County office, including provision of domestic violence services to adults and children within Clinton and DeWitt County, as well as networking with the Dove Domestic Violence Program staff in the Decatur facility. 

The Domestic Violence Piatt County Advocate is responsible for provision of domestic violence services to adults and children within Monticello and Piatt County, and for networking with the Dove Domestic Violence Program staff in the Decatur facility. 

Medical Management / Housing Coordinator includes the provision of services, including treatment adherence counseling, to ensure timely and coordinated access to medically appropriate levels of health and support services to improve health outcomes and continuity of care.   The Medical Management / Housing Coordinator must be medically credentialed professionals or trained healthcare staff that operate as part of the client’s clinical care team.

The Medical Management / Housing Coordinator activities includes educating program participants about HIV, including HIV prevention and risk reduction counseling, scheduling medical appointments, communicating with various providers about program participant’s care, educating program participants about recommended screenings and immunizations, and monitoring treatment adherence. The Medical Management / Housing Coordinator is expected to monitor program participants’ medical outcomes, such as retention in care and viral suppression, through monitoring of appointments and lab work including viral load and CD4 counts.  The case management can be provided through many types of encounters including face-to-face, phone contact, housing, job training, employment, education, budget management, bankruptcy, legal matters, DCFS, personal counseling, independent living skills, health care, parenting skills, substance use and other forms of communication.

Responsible for identifying needs among the homeless population in Macon County and supporting Macon County Continuum of Care (CoC) member agencies in their work to end homelessness in our community. Providing supervision for the CoC Coordinated Entry and Outreach Team. Homebase office will be located at Dove-Homeward Bound, with rotating office hours at various CoC member agencies, including Heritage Behavioral Health, Empowerment Opportunity Center, and the Decatur Public Library. 

The Legal Advocate is responsible for providing legal advocacy and related services to all participants in the Dove Domestic Violence program.

The Homeless Management Information System (HMIS) Coordinator ensures the systems are functioning and meeting implementation of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and Macon County Continuum of Care procedures. The position will assist in building collaboration between partners to assess households through the process of assessment and connection with housing partners in HMIS. This position will provide program support to the Dove-Homeward Bound staff and HMIS/CES project through technical training related to file accuracy, data collection and general processes reporting and tracking through HMIS. The HMIS Coordinator  will coordinate all HMIS duties including data entry, reporting and other database related duties to ensure the accuracy and timely submission of the data. Position is grant funded.