CCBHC Community Support Team Mental Health Professional

Metropolitan Family Services • Merrionette Park, IL

4h • Hybrid

About The Position

Metropolitan Family Services (MFS) fosters a culture centered on community, both internally and through its services. Since 1857, MFS has empowered families to learn, earn, heal, and thrive, acting as a mentor, motivator, and advocate to help them reach their potential and positively impact their communities. The organization is Illinois' first comprehensive human services agency, serving over 122,970 individuals and families across Chicago, Evanston/Skokie, the southwest suburbs, and DuPage County with services focused on education, economic stability, emotional wellness, and empowerment. MFS is currently seeking a Mental Health Professional for its Merrionette Park Center.

Requirements

• Requires mobility and willingness to work with a community-based caseload.
• Ability to maintain assigned community and home-based services.
• Ability to work effectively with diverse individuals and groups.
• Must work some evenings and weekends and possible on-call.
• Master's Degree in Social Work or Counseling from an accredited college or university.
• Must have applied to take LSW or LPC examination.
• Satisfactorily pass all relevant screening and criminal background checks.

Nice To Haves

• Prior experience with Rule 132/140 or CST/ACT (Assertive Community Treatment) models strongly, preferred.
• Certified Alcohol and Drug Counselor (CADC) or experience working with clients experiencing substance use, preferred.

Responsibilities

• Assist in conducting IM+CANS assessments and implementing treatment plans.
• Performs open access as assigned.
• Provides case management, supports financial budgeting, assists with public benefits (Social Security, Medicaid), therapy/counseling, advocacy, health education and community support services.
• Provides individual and group counseling, medication training and monitoring, skills training, and crisis intervention.
• Responds to client and family needs outside of scheduled sessions, including during crises.
• Identifies and responds to changes in client needs, including decompensation or risk of hospitalization, and adjusts levels of care accordingly in consultation with supervisor.
• Works with multidisciplinary professionals and community agencies to provide a continuum of coordinated care to meet the complex needs of clients.
• Coordinates care with family members, internal providers (medical, dental, SA/DV), and external partners such as schools, DCFS, hospitals, and community organizations.
• Learns and utilizes agency and community resources.
• Assesses community conditions affecting clients to identify resource gaps and problems.
• May serve on regional or agency-wide committees.
• Meets agency expectation for quantity of direct service and maintains quality and fidelity to evidence-based practices.
• Maintains timely and accurate client records and any necessary agency and CCBHC required reporting.
• Participates in agency and site based required meetings and trainings.
• Works effectively with diverse staff and service population.
• Other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Medical Coverage, Dental Coverage, and Vision Coverage.
• Metropolitan Family Services contributions of $2,000 to individual, and $4,000 to family, HSA accounts, pro-rated to your benefits start date.
• FREE General Medicine and Behavioral Health Teladoc services provided to all team members.
• Ascensus 401K plan services with a 4% employer match, vested at 100% on day one of eligibility.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level