Mental Health Practitioner - Permanent Supportive Housing

Metropolitan Family Services • Chicago, IL

10d • $58,000 - $78,864 • Hybrid

About The Position

Metropolitan Family Services (MFS) is seeking a Full-time Mental Health Practitioner for their Calumet office. MFS empowers families to learn, earn, heal, and thrive, acting as an engine of change since 1857. This role is ideal for someone looking to make an impact beyond a company's bottom line.

Requirements

• Master's degree in social work or counseling from an accredited college or university.
• Must have applied to take LSW or LPC examination.
• Requires mobility 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.
• Satisfactorily pass all relevant screening and criminal background checks.
• Driving for work required with transportation of clients preferred in a personally owned vehicle.

Nice To Haves

• Clinical experience working with families preferred.
• Bilingual preferred.

Responsibilities

• Performs comprehensive, in-depth clinical assessments for a variety of program services.
• Performs intake as assigned.
• Provides a full range of case management, counseling, advocacy, educational, and related services.
• Provides services in a non-judgmental and non-discriminatory manner that considers cultural diversity so that autonomy, rights, and dignity are preserved.
• Learns and utilizes agency and community resources.
• Assesses community conditions affecting clients to identify resource gaps and problems.
• May recommend financial assistance for clients.
• Provides group services as indicated by program need.
• May be responsible for meeting contractual requirements such as evening hours coverage.
• Represents and interprets programs of agency in community.
• May serve on regional or agency-wide committees.
• Meets agency expectation for quantity of direct service.
• Complies with agency recordkeeping expectations and programmatic documentation requirements.
• Displays cultural competency when working with diverse staff and service population.
• Other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Medical Coverage
• Guardian Dental Coverage
• VSP 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