Behavior Health Therapist Youth and Family

Full Time Direct Hire

111 West Lake St Addison, IL 60101

Our Youth and Family Services program provides treatment to youth and families with serious mental health issues at critical times when support is most needed due to recent or repeating crisis events. We are seeking creative and dedicated individuals to provide care coordination, crisis support, individual & family counseling and community support to families in our community. Our program values family driven and youth guided care. We provide services in the community, client homes and office settings.

Can you say benefits? This position offers a full benefit package which includes 12 paid holidays, 3 weeks of paid vacation per year and paid sick time. This is also a pension eligible position and we are a qualifying employer under the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program.

Responsibilities

* Provides evidence based psychotherapeutic services to individuals, groups or families; treatment includes focus on integration of behavioral health and primary health wellness; works in office and community-based settings

* Meets established productivity standards while completing concurrent documentation and demonstrating independent judgment and discretion in making position related decisions

* Determines frequency, duration and intensity of treatment, and develops treatment plans

* Provides and follows-up on referral and community resource linkage

* Cooperates and participates in team meetings to assess client progress, as well as, collaborates with co-workers, healthcare providers and other agencies in the community to assure a comprehensive plan of care and necessary resource linkage to service

* Maintains required training, licensure and/or certification and confidentiality of privileged information at the same time adhering to client privacy laws

* Consults with staff concerning client and program issues and provides community support and case management services

* Participates in emergency response activities as assigned

Requirements

Completion of a Master's degree in Psychology, Social Work or related field and two years of experience with chronically mentally ill Child and Adolescent population; or an equivalent combination of training and experience.

The candidate will have a good knowledge of community resources and the ability to work collaboratively with service providers and will possess an LCSW or LCPC or be eligible to test.

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