Client Home-Based Therapist (Signing Bonus!)

What you’ll love about us:

• Time off: Paid time off varies by position – can include vacation days, sick days, paid federal holidays, and paid Jewish holidays.
• Benefits: Medical, dental, and vision insurance. 401(k) with base contribution and match. Additional health and wellness benefits, financial benefits, professional training, tuition reimbursement, 6 weeks paid parental leave, supportive weekly individual and group supervision, and many more. 
• Compensation: the minimum compensation for this position is $48,000 (Final offer will be based on experience).  Signing bonus is available.

ABOUT THE POSITION:

As a Client Home-Based Therapist, you will provide direct clinical services (in the client's home or community-based) to youth and families who are currently in foster care. This Client Home-Based Therapist will hold a caseload of youth in two scenarios: (1) youth who are currently in foster care and who are in need of help to stabilize in their foster home; and (2) youth who are currently in foster care and who are part of the Illinois Early Childhood Court Team.

Entry level therapists are welcome to apply.

Client/Family Therapy
• Provides in-home/community based individual and family therapy with assigned clients, with the overall goal of promoting placement stability (where clinically indicated) and maintaining clients within their community.
• Provides full range of clinical treatment duties for a caseload of clients, which may include individual, family, couple and group treatment modalities.
• Within the context of critical thinking, gathers and analyzes data, completes assessments and formulates treatment plans, and implements specified treatment for routine and complex cases.
• Formulates understanding of clients’ situations, providing appropriate services with supervisory consultation.
• Develops and implements a discharge and transition plan for the client and family, when nearing completion of services.

Client/Family Support
• Facilitates Child and Family Team meetings as needed. Attends court, school staffing and other meetings that may impact the well-being of the client and their family.
• Advocates for clients’ best interest in school settings, at juvenile court and in any other systems that interface with the client and their family.
• Links the client and their families with community resources to help meet the treatment goals.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Masters degree in Social Work or related Human Services field, such as Counseling, Psychology, Marriage/Family Therapy, etc. from an accredited program.
• Able to work evenings based on client and program needs.
• As this position requires site visits to locations which may or may not be accessible by public transportation, must be able to drive, have a valid driver’s license, vehicle insurance, and access to a reliable vehicle to travel in the Chicago metropolitan area.