Careers at ForGirlsLikeMe Inc.

Build your career around work that changes a girl's whole trajectory.

ForGirlsLikeMe Inc. is an Illinois nonprofit serving girls and young women ages 12–24 experiencing homelessness and housing instability — through housing, counseling, education, and career training. We're hiring across the organization.

Housing First / Pathways to Promises Counseling & Wellness Learning Center Career Institute

Open Positions

39.75 FTE across our nonprofit programs, plus open roles with FGLM Home Healthcare. Every role works directly or indirectly with the girls and young women we serve.

Administration

Oversees intake and day-to-day structure for the Academy (P–12) and Career Institute, keeping focus on the student caseload, and refers students who need extra support to FGLM's Case Manager.

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Housing First

Manages daily shelter operations, coordinates closely with Housing Case Managers and Shelter Advocates as one team, and ensures a safe, structured, and dignified environment for residents around the clock.

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Housing First

Works closely with each client to ensure full access to FGLM's programs and resources, advocates for referrals across housing, education, and counseling, and approaches every client's full health profile holistically — not just their housing status.

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Housing First

Supports residents day-to-day — de-escalation, crisis response, daily living support, and building the trusting relationships that make case management possible.

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Learning Center

Leads the Learning Center's day-to-day operations for children ages 3–12, coordinates with the Early Childhood Educator team, and ensures a warm, safe, CCAP-aligned environment for the youngest members of our community.

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Learning Center

Delivers day-to-day early childhood education and care, building a nurturing classroom environment for the children of clients enrolled in our programs.

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Housing First

Manages drop-in center operations, coordinates volunteers, oversees resource distribution (meals, hygiene supplies, clothing), and connects drop-in youth to case management services.

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Counseling & Wellness

Provides individual and group mental health counseling, conducts clinical assessments and crisis intervention, and develops personalized treatment plans in compliance with healthcare recordkeeping regulations.

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Career Institute
Career Institute

Helps clients connect their skills to a career and understand themselves and the roles they're applying for — aiming for a path to purpose, not just a job, with quality fits in placement, readiness, and training.

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Career Institute

Delivers the core Medical Assistant curriculum and leads hands-on clinical skills labs, coordinating with concentration instructors so the program builds coherently from start to finish.

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Career Institute

Teaches phlebotomy technique and safety as a concentration within the Medical Assistant program, leading lab sessions where students build hands-on confidence.

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Career Institute

Teaches EKG and cardiography skills as a concentration within the Medical Assistant program, including hands-on lab instruction in lead placement and basic rhythm recognition.

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Career Institute

Teaches billing, coding, and reimbursement as a concentration within the Medical Assistant program, built around practical, scenario-based coursework.

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Career Institute

Builds and maintains clinical site MOUs, coordinates student externship placements, and conducts student evaluations throughout each placement.

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Career Institute

Provides wraparound support, serves as the housing liaison between VTI students and Housing Case Managers, and offers crisis navigation to keep students enrolled.

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Career Institute

Manages enrollment, student records, scheduling, and compliance documentation for the Career Institute / VTI.

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Career Institute

Provides academic planning, retention support, and career readiness coaching to keep students on track from enrollment to completion.

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FGLM Home Healthcare
FGLM Home Healthcare

Owns the administrative backbone of our licensed Illinois Home Services Agency — compliance documentation, personnel files, and day-to-day office operations.

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FGLM Home Healthcare

Keeps caregivers and clients connected — building and adjusting the schedule so every client gets the care they're authorized for, every day.

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Why FGLM

We're a closed-loop ecosystem — housing, wellness, education, and career training working together for the same girls, over years, not just one program visit.

1

Mission-first culture

Built and led by someone with lived experience of the exact instability our clients face — this work is personal, not theoretical.

2

Real career growth

As FGLM grows toward an ~$8M program portfolio, so do the paths inside it — from direct service into program leadership.

3

Trauma-informed by design

Every role is trained and supported to work with young people who've faced real hardship — you won't be figuring it out alone.

4

One team, five pillars

Housing, Counseling, Learning Center, Academy, and Career Institute staff all work from the same mission and the same standard of respect.

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New team members complete a short online orientation — including required training — before their first day at FGLM.

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