Behavioral Health Therapist at DuPage County Health Department, IL

About the Department

The DuPage County Health Department is proud to announce an opening for a Behavioral Health Therapist, providing outpatient care for the child and adolescent population. If you enjoy working in a team atmosphere, collaborating across 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, 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 East Public Health Center, located in Lombard, IL, and involves working within the community. The typical schedule is Monday/Wednesday/Friday 8-4:30pm & Tuesday/Thursday 10:30-7pm. This is a 37.5-hour-per-week position with some possible flexibility within the in-week schedule. Depending on experience, the salary range for this position is as follows:

• Master's degreed candidates: $51,075 to $65,000
• Clinical Licensed candidates: $59,240 to $69,940

Position Duties

• 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

Minimum Qualifications

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 show the ability to work collaboratively with service providers and will possess an LCSW or LCPC or be eligible to test.