LEAD THERAPIST (LICENSE REQUIRED)

UHS•Streamwood, IL

About The Position

The Lead Therapist performs all functions of the SBHS Inpatient therapist role including assisting clients in meeting their bio-psycho-social needs while enabling them to employ skills and strategies to facilitate physiological and emotional regulation and optimal level of emotional health. Service provision involves basic consultation, psychoeducation, and specialized clinical social services for consumers/families receiving care at SBHS. The clinical social services provided include crisis intervention, individual therapy, short and/or long-term family therapy, group therapy, treatment planning and discharge planning. The Lead Therapist serves as an integral member of the treatment team and is also responsible for case management of consumers’ internal and external support systems. The Lead Therapist attends shift change meeting on his or her unit to facilitate effective communication and collaboration among the interdisciplinary team members. The Lead Therapist participates in periodic SBHS Clinical Leadership meetings and unit meetings for his or her assigned unit. The Lead Therapist communicates with, collaborates with, and formally meets with the Clinical Leader for his or her assigned unit each week and serves as a liaison between unit staff and the Clinical Leader for the assigned unit. The Lead Therapists partners with nursing leadership and clinical leadership to reinforce and address unit functioning and milieu management. Streamwood Behavioral Healthcare System (SBHS) is a 178-bed acute care facility located in Streamwood, IL and has been providing mental health treatment to the Chicagoland community and the state of Illinois since 1991. We are dedicated to offering services to meet the ever-changing emotional and behavioral healthcare needs of children, adolescents, adults, and their families. One of the nation’s largest and most respected providers of hospital and healthcare services, Universal Health Services, Inc. (UHS) has built an impressive record of achievement and performance. Growing steadily since its inception into an esteemed Fortune 500 corporation, annual revenues were $13.4 billion in 2022. During the year, UHS was again recognized as one of the World’s Most Admired Companies by Fortune; and listed in Forbes ranking of America’s Largest Public Companies. Headquartered in King of Prussia, PA, UHS has approximately 94,000 employees and continues to grow through its subsidiaries. Operating acute care hospitals, behavioral health facilities, outpatient facilities and ambulatory care access points, an insurance offering, a physician network and various related services located all over the U.S. states, Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and the United Kingdom. www.uhs.com

Requirements

Master’s Degree in a mental health/human services field is required
A minimum of two (2) years experience in a behavioral health care facility, with direct experience in family and group therapies, crisis intervention and treatment skills is preferred
must have strong clinical assessment skills, with majority of experience focused on the child/adolescent population
LPC or LSW Required
Primary Source Verification shall be required through Illinois Department of Professional Regulations

Nice To Haves

LCPC or LSW preferred
Full licensure required within two (2) years of employment
Employee may pursue designation of Clinical Psychologist instead of above licensures
Trained in psychotherapy techniques providing therapy, training in evidenced based models including CBT, DBT, etc. preferred
Time management and experience completing therapeutic documentation

Responsibilities

assisting clients in meeting their bio-psycho-social needs while enabling them to employ skills and strategies to facilitate physiological and emotional regulation and optimal level of emotional health
Service provision involves basic consultation, psychoeducation, and specialized clinical social services for consumers/families receiving care at SBHS
crisis intervention
individual therapy
short and/or long-term family therapy
group therapy
treatment planning
discharge planning
case management of consumers’ internal and external support systems
attends shift change meeting on his or her unit to facilitate effective communication and collaboration among the interdisciplinary team members
participates in periodic SBHS Clinical Leadership meetings and unit meetings for his or her assigned unit
communicates with, collaborates with, and formally meets with the Clinical Leader for his or her assigned unit each week and serves as a liaison between unit staff and the Clinical Leader for the assigned unit
partners with nursing leadership and clinical leadership to reinforce and address unit functioning and milieu management