Licensed Senior Therapist - Round Lakes School Based

Lake County, IL; Round Lake (IL); On-site; USD 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Lake County Health Department and Community Health Center seeks a Behavioral Health Therapist for its Round Lake school-based system. The role provides evaluations, psychosocial education, mentoring, and treatment services within an integrated primary care team.

The position requires licensure as LMFT, LCPC, or LCSW in Illinois and experience with children/adolescents. Schedule is 40 hours weekly, with on-site duties in a Federally Qualified Health Center setting.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in a related field is required.
• Experience working with kids/adolescents is required.
• Licensure as LMFT, LCPC, or LCSW in Illinois is required.

Responsibilities

• Provide evaluations, psychosocial education, just-in-time consultations, mentoring, and treatment services.
• Assist in crisis intervention and coordinate mental health services across providers.
• Collaborate with the medical team to discuss client well‑being and life quality in exams.
• Develop and update treatment goals with the treatment team and referrals.
• Organize and participate in clinical conferences and staffings on assigned clients.
• Educate clients, family members, and significant others; document chart requirements to meet standards.

Skills

Crisis intervention

Clinical collaboration

Client education

Team communication

Mentoring

Education

Master’s degree in a related field

Experience with kids/adolescents

Job description

Become an integral part of our primary care team as a Behavioral Health Therapist for our Round Lake school-based system!

The Primary Care Behavioral Health (PCBH) model is about providing access to care at the time clients need it and coordinating care with medical providers to achieve the best outcomes.

As a licensed Senior Therapist (LMFT, LCSW, or LCPC) in our Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs), you will be working on-site collaboratively alongside our medical team to provide integrated care to our patients, providing evaluations, psychosocial education, just-in-time consultations, mentoring, and treatment services to our clients. Additionally, you will have the opportunity to join the physician in the exam room to discuss with clients how to improve their well-being and quality of life.

This role assists clients in developing and accomplishing treatment goals in individual and group settings and provides consultation and education to community groups and emergency services. Additionally, this role works competently with clients with coexisting disorders.

Schedule

40 hours a week

• Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday 8:00 am-4:30 pm;
• Wednesday 11:0 0 am-7:30 pm

• Provides crisis intervention services to stabilize and assess the need for, and, if possible deflect a client from psychiatric hospitalization.
• Secures and coordinates mental health services for the client between various providers, DCFS workers, and the client or the client’s caretaker.
• Facilitates clinical consultation, as assigned.
• Provides input into the scope, types, and evaluation of clinical and administrative programming that is offered utilizing published best practices and empirically proven clinical methodologies in the delivery of client care.
• Ensures effective communication among all staff regarding administrative and clinical issues.
• Recommends to Program Coordinator the transfer of clients from programs in which they are unable or unwilling to function adequately.
• Performs initial evaluations and assessments of potential clients regarding their appropriateness for participation in the program.
• Facilitates with clients and collaborates with the treatment team to develop, review and update treatment goals and referrals both internally and externally.
• Organizes and participates in treatment-related clinical conferences and staffings on assigned clients.
• Provides education and direction to clients, family members, and/or significant others.
• Takes responsibility for training in and documenting clinical chart requirements to meet program and state standards.

• A Master’s degree in a related field is required.
• Experience working with kids/adolescents is required.

Licensure by the State of Illinois as a:

• Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist (LMFT), or
• Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC), or
• Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW).

As the largest human service provider in Lake County, we believe that services must be available without barriers. No residents are turned away due to the inability to pay. We believe in providing services in an environment of mutual respect, free of discrimination or bias. Whether assuring accessible and effective care, impacting policy, or assessing and monitoring risks, the Lake County Health Department and Community Health Center has been an essential part of the public health system in Lake County for 60 years. We are looking for passionate, qualified team members who can help make a difference in our agency and, most importantly, in our community.

Additional information about the Lake County Health Department, our culture, and why you should join our team can be found at https://lakecountyil.attract.neogov.com/health-department.

At this time, you must live in Illinois or Wisconsin to be eligible to work at Lake County Health Department. You can find our salary grades at https://www.lakecountyil.gov/4515/Salary-Grades. For unionized positions, a list of our collective bargaining agreements can be found here: https://www.lakecountyil.gov/2686/Collective-Bargaining-Agreements.

Any offer of employment is conditioned on the successful completion of a background screening, drug and alcohol testing and may include a pre-employment medical exam.

The Lake County Health Department and Community Health Center is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression, national origin, disability, veteran status, and other protected characteristics.