Intensive Home-Based Clinician II — Family-Focused Therapy

Blue Kite Wellness; Arlington Heights (IL); Hybrid; USD 55,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical and dental insurance

Paid time off

Paid holidays

Professional-development stipend

Employee referral program

Mileage reimbursement

Job summary

Blue Kite Wellness is seeking an Intensive Home-Based Clinician II to support children, youth, and families in Schaumburg, IL and surrounding communities. This field‑based hybrid role delivers in‑home and community‑based clinical services under Illinois Pathways to Success, using MAP-informed approaches and supervision to develop skills and improve family functioning.

The clinician collaborates with Care Coordinators, schools, and other supports to ensure safe, effective care, maintain progress,

Qualifications

• Meets Illinois QMHP/LPHA requirements, including education, licensure, supervision, credentials, and scope-of-practice.
• Master’s degree in social work, counseling, psychology, or related behavioral health field from an accredited institution.
• At least two years of progressively responsible behavioral health experience with children, adolescents, and families.
• Strong clinical assessment, engagement, treatment-planning, family-intervention, crisis-prevention, de-escalation, documentation, and care-coordination skills.
• Ability to work independently in home and community settings while collaborating with a multidisciplinary team.
• Reliable transportation and a valid driver’s license for travel to client homes and community locations.
• Experience with complex behavioral health needs and family systems is strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide Intensive Home-Based Clinical services to eligible children, youth, and families in accordance with authorized service plans and Illinois Pathways requirements.
• Use the youth’s IM+CANS, Functional Behavioral Assessment, clinical observations, family input, and Child and Family Team recommendations to develop and adjust individualized clinical interventions.
• Deliver individual, family, caregiver, and cross-system therapeutic interventions that support symptom reduction, emotional and behavioral functioning, family stability, and the youth’s ability to remain safely at home and in the community.
• Strengthen caregiver capacity, family communication, problem-solving, coping, emotional regulation, and behavioral-management skills.
• Provide clinical direction and consultation to assigned IHBS staff, including communicating intervention goals, reviewing progress, and modifying strategies when clinically appropriate.
• Participate as an active member of the Child and Family Team and collaborate with caregivers, Care Coordinators, schools, crisis-response providers, and other authorized supports.
• Support crisis prevention, safety planning, de-escalation, and post-crisis follow-up within the clinician’s scope of practice.
• Monitor client progress, identify emerging needs or safety concerns, and recommend appropriate changes to services and clinical plans.
• Complete timely, accurate, objective, and clinically appropriate documentation in accordance with Blue Kite Wellness, payer, and Illinois HFS requirements.
• Participate in supervision, case consultation, team meetings, required training, and continuing professional development.

Skills

Clinical assessment

Engagement

Treatment planning

Crisis prevention

Documentation

Care coordination

Education

Master’s degree in social work

Job description

Blue Kite Wellness is seeking an Intensive Home-Based Clinician II to support children, youth, and families in Schaumburg, IL and surrounding communities. This field‑based hybrid role delivers in‑home and community‑based clinical services under Illinois Pathways to Success, using MAP-informed approaches and supervision to develop skills and improve family functioning.

The clinician collaborates with Care Coordinators, schools, and other supports to ensure safe, effective care, maintain progress,