About The Position

Garfield Park Behavioral Hospital is a leading psychiatric hospital dedicated to providing quality behavioral health services for its diverse population of children and adolescents. The Hospital is seeking a Clinical Supervisor to provide individual and group supervision and shared oversight of the psychology training program in both the inpatient and partial hospitalization settings. Garfield Park Behavioral Hospital has a specialized program the supervisor will take part in: The POLARIS program: Polaris is a first-of-its-kind, inpatient psychiatric unit (19-bed) for sexual and gender minority youth (ages 12 to 17). Polaris provides a place where gender and sexual minority adolescents can receive affirming psychiatric care and help addressing identity.

Requirements

  • PhD, Psy.D preferred; MSW, or Master's in Psychology, Counseling or related field
  • 1-3 years experience in a behavioral health setting.
  • Previous experience providing supervision to clinicians and/or trainees strongly desired.
  • Licensed Clinical Psychologist, LCSW, LCPC in the state of IL
  • Knowledge of general and psychiatric principles, working concepts and theory, age-specific growth and development, crisis and behavior management, individual, group and family therapy.
  • Able to work cooperatively with other site staff and involved academic institutions.
  • Good organization skills, as well as oral and written communication skills.

Responsibilities

  • Provide direct individual and group supervision to Psychology Department trainees (MA and Doctoral-level students completing practicum and/or internship training), including oversight of trainees’ service delivery via live supervision and review of documentation.
  • Assist with Psychology Department and training program general oversight and operations.
  • Engage with the Training Department staff associated with each trainee’s academic program.
  • Provide direct observation of clinical services provided by the training programs
  • Occasional direct service delivery, on an as-needed basis, which may include individual, family, and group therapy
  • Overseeing and championing the specialty program-POLARIS unit, such as group curriculum development, identifying patient appropriateness and maintaining patient census on unit, mentoring staff on gender-affirming, trauma-informed care, etc.

Benefits

  • Sign-on bonus potential for qualified candidates.
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