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Therapist Youth and Family Services

DuPage County Health Department

Wheaton, IL | Full Time

$67k-82k (estimate)

2 Weeks Ago

Therapist Youth and Family Services

$67k-82k (estimate)

Full Time 2 Weeks Ago

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DuPage County Health Department is Hiring a Therapist Youth and Family Services Near Wheaton, IL

The DuPage County Health Department is proud to announce an opening for a Behavioral Health Therapist, primarily providing outpatient care for the Child and Adolescent population. If you enjoy working in a team atmosphere, collaborating across multiple programs and organizations and being a part of an evolving and dynamic organization, then this job is for you!

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.

This position works out of our North Public Health Center, located in Addison, IL, and involves working within the community. This is a 37.5 hour per week position working 8:00 AM until 4:30 PM on Monday, Wednesday's and Fridays and 10:30 AM until 7:00 PM on Tuesday and Thursdays.

Can you say benefits? This position offers a full, DuPage County, benefit package which includes12 paid holidays, 3 weeks of paid vacation per year andpaid sick time. This is also a pension eligible position and we are a qualifying employer under the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program.

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

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

DuPage County Health Department is an equal-opportunity employer. We prohibit discrimination or harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.