Therapist - Therapy Services

About the role

Provide individual, couples, family, and group psychotherapy to referred clients both in-person and virtually. Services are strengths-based, person-centered, and trauma-informed, utilizing a harm reduction approach for clients with mental health diagnoses and co-occurring substance use disorders. This is a hybrid position based at our South Edgebrook clinic (6200 N Hiawatha Ave, Chicago, IL 60646) with telehealth options.

Schedule

Full-time position with a typical schedule of 8:00 AM – 4:30 PM. Includes two days with an adjusted evening schedule ending no later than 7:00 PM and one weekend day of your choosing for a minimum of 5 hours.

Responsibilities

• Provide comprehensive bio-psychosocial assessment services to adults.
• Develop individualized treatment plans with client and team input, including providers and natural supports.
• Collaborate with the client’s team to ensure quality treatment and coordination of care.
• Serve as an advocate for clients, linking them to needed community services; assess client’s personal, medical, social, emotional, and environmental situation to plan for linkage and treatment.
• Provide strengths-based, person-centered, and trauma-informed clinical services to children, adolescents, and adults with mental health diagnoses and co-occurring substance use disorders.
• Maintain documentation and charts in compliance with Medicaid, Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Services (CARF), and agency standards.
• Meet or exceed direct service target.
• Supervise and assign tasks to student workers.
• Perform other related duties and/or projects as assigned.

Requirements

• Master’s Degree in Social Work, Psychology, Counseling, or other closely related field required.
• Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor, or Licensed Practitioner of the Healing Arts in Illinois highly preferred.
• Minimum two years’ experience working with people with mental health diagnoses and/or substance use diagnoses.
• Experience working with adults in an outpatient setting and/or transition age youth and their families highly preferred.
• Availability to work some evenings/weekends as directed.
• Bilingual (Spanish) preferred.

Pay

Hourly range: $22 – $40/hr. Compensation is discussed thoroughly in the first interview.

Benefits

• Free virtual primary care, urgent care, and mental health counseling for all employees.
• Paid maternity/paternity leave.
• Medical insurance (BCBS of IL).
• Dental insurance.
• Vision insurance.
• Life insurance.
• Long-term and short-term disability.
• Pet insurance.
• FSA (Health, Dependent Care, Transit).
• Telemedicine.
• EAP (Employee Assistance Program).
• 403(b) retirement plan with employer match.

Professional Development

• Investment in advanced clinical training (e.g., EMDR, DBT, TF-CBT).
• Paid for non-direct service activities (e.g., meetings, trainings, clinical assessments, notes, consultations).
• Additional stipend for new clinicians building their caseload.
• Approved employer for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program.
• Approved sites for the National Health Service Corps (NHSC) Loan Repayment Program.