Youth Program Therapist

Maryville Academy; Des Plaines (IL); On-site; USD 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Maryville Academy seeks a skilled clinician to deliver therapy to children and adolescents, perform case management, and ensure timely, compliant documentation. The role includes crisis intervention, team collaboration, and adherence to Medicaid and licensing standards.

Experience with youth mental health is preferred; clinical licensure is favored. The position requires professional conduct, strong communication, and willingness to work flexible hours, including some evenings or weekends.

Qualifications

• Experience providing clinical services to a child and adolescent population is preferred.
• Clinical license preferred.
• Must conduct oneself in an ethical and professional manner.
• Ability to communicate effectively, verbally and in writing.

Responsibilities

• Provides individual, group, and family therapy and case management as needed.
• Completes clinical paperwork including mental health assessments, treatment plans, progress reports and discharge summaries, while adhering to timelines and licensing standards.
• Completes documentation of all services within the week provided, meeting licensing, accreditation and billing requirements.
• Participates in completing outcome measurements.
• Provides crisis intervention as needed.
• Participates in a team-oriented approach to review clients' progress and provide individualized treatment services.
• Provides treatment that meets guidelines of Medicaid, DCFS, and other contracting agencies and meets standards of best practice as well as licensing and accreditation standards.
• Assesses placement and service needs and advocates for client appropriateness of placement and services.
• Provides clinical supervision to non-licensed staff, documenting each supervision session according to standards.
• Maintains collaborative relationships with child-serving providers, medical personnel, educational personnel, program personnel, and third-party agency personnel.
• Meets service hour targets set by Maryville Academy and evidenced by documentation.
• Participates in utilization review as requested.
• Actively seeks supervision and utilizes supervisory input.

Skills

Therapy

Case management

Crisis intervention

Communication skills

Education

Clinical license preferred

Job description

Career Opportunities with Maryville Academy

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Provides a wide range of therapeutic services to the youth along with ongoing consultation to treatment team staff. The employee's primary duty is work that requires advanced knowledge in the field of psychology or social work. Position requires the consistent exercise of discretion and judgment.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Provides individual, group, and family therapy and case management as needed according to individual needs. Actively seeks and establishes relationships with family for each client in their caseload;
• Completes all necessary clinical paperwork, including but not limited to mental health assessments, treatment plans, comprehensive progress reports and discharge summaries, while adhering to established timelines and all licensing and accreditation standards;
• Completes documentation of all service provided within the week it is provided, meeting all licensing, accreditation and billing requirements;
• Participates in completing outcome measurements;
• Provides crisis intervention as needed;
• Participates in a team-oriented approach to review clients' progress and provide individualized treatment services;
• Provides treatment that meets the guidelines of Medicaid, DCFS, and other contracting agencies and meets standards of best practice as well as licensing and accreditation standards;
• Assess the placement and service needs and serves as an advocate for the client to assure appropriateness of placement and services;
• Provides clinical supervision to non-licensed staff, documenting each supervision session according to standards;
• Maintains collaborative relationships with child-serving providers, medical personnel, educational personnel, program personnel, and appropriate third-party agency personnel;
• Meets service hour targets set by Maryville Academy and evidenced by documentation;
• Participates in utilization review as requested;
• Actively seeks supervision and utilizes supervisory input.

OTHER FUNCTIONS:

• Recognizes that duties include evaluating youth in crisis (danger to self/others);
• Specialized treatment interventions;
• Organizes and presents information in a training forum, as needed;
• Attends and represents the agency at a wide variety of meetings and conferences;
• Completes all required training;
• Participates in continued performance quality improvement;

Experience providing clinical services to a child and adolescent population is preferred.

Clinical license preferred.

Skills /Knowledge:

Must conduct oneself in an ethical and professional manner;

Ability to communicate effectively, verbally and in writing.

Physical Demands:

Required to frequently sit, stand, bend, stoop and walk, sometimes for extended periods; able to walk up and down stairs;

Required to lift/ move objects weighing in excess of 40 pounds;

Must possess ability to provide physical restraint to youth;

Must have visual, hearing, and learning capabilities sufficient to perform the essential functions defined above.

Environment and Scheduling:

Work is performed in and in association with Maryville program settings, as well as, but not limited to schools, recreational facilities, court rooms, hospitals, correctional/detention institutions, and various community settings;

Duties may involve contact with youth who may be threatening, aggressive and/or under the influence of drugs or alcohol;

24 hour on-call (pager) responsibilities;

Must be flexible and available to work additional hours when necessary;

May be scheduled to work on weekends and/or holidays.