Therapist Mental Health Professional BH Bilingual Intake

Position Overview

The Association for Individual Development (AID) seeks a Therapist Mental Health Professional BH Bilingual Intake to serve clients in Central Kane and DuPage County. The ideal candidate will demonstrate AID's mission of empowering individuals to live dignified and purposeful lives.

What You Will Be Doing

• Provide assessment, counseling, skills training, and case management services to clients diagnosed with persistent mental illness.
• Complete Intake/IM+CANS as assigned and other required paperwork.
• Conduct new client intakes including IM+CANS and LOCUS Assessments.
• Maintain prescreening/intake logs.
• Document services in accordance with DHS and CARF.
• Advocate for and maintain rights of clients.
• Work scheduled hours, including evening hours.
• Be flexible to meet client and program needs, including cross training in other programs.
• Complete clinical assessments meeting program funders' and administrative rules' requirements.
• Complete required documentation in a timely manner per agency policy.
• Acquire and maintain required certifications and trainings.
• Schedule new client intakes within agency policy timelines.
• Complete IM+CANS assessment, required intake paperwork, and LOCUS assessment in accordance with AID program standards.
• Meet minimum service hour provision productivity standards (MRO) monthly.
• Check/respond/Log Intake Line calls as assigned.
• Check/respond/Log IRIS referrals as assigned.
• Provide case management services as medically necessary.
• Offer effective individual, couples, and family counseling, as assigned.

What We Will Provide

• Full-time employment.
• Benefits Summary PDF.
• 21 days of paid time off plus 10 paid holidays.
• Paid training.
• Tuition reimbursement.
• Benefits including medical, dental, vision, life, STD, LTD, critical illness, and accident insurance.
• 401K with a 3.5% company contribution after one year.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a human service field required.
• At least 1 year of experience in behavioral health preferred.
• Fluent verbal and written Spanish and English.
• Physical ability to tolerate a variety of home/living conditions of clients.
• Equipment: computer with working knowledge of Microsoft Windows, copy machine, telephone with voice mail system.

Additional Requirements

• Drive self and clients in personal automobile.
• Maintain automobile liability insurance as defined by AID’s personnel policies.
• Maintain valid Illinois driver’s license.
• Maintain driving record standards as defined by AID’s insurance carrier.