THERAPIST (LICENSED REQUIRED) PHP PROGRAM

UHS • Streamwood, IL

10d • Onsite

About The Position

The PHP/IOP Therapist provides therapeutic services to help clients meet their biopsychosocial needs and achieve optimal emotional health. Services include consultation, psychoeducation, and specialized clinical social services for consumers and families. The therapist also provides crisis intervention, individual therapy, short-term family therapy, group therapy, treatment planning, and discharge planning.

As an integral member of the treatment team, the therapist manages consumers’ internal and external support systems and responds to requests for information about human services. The role requires a trauma-informed approach to treatment and engagement with colleagues, effective communication, knowledge of the Illinois Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Act, and the ability to work with patients of any age while understanding normal growth, development, and developmental stages. The therapist must know crisis intervention techniques and be willing to use them when needed.

Streamwood Behavioral Healthcare System is a 178-bed acute care facility in Streamwood, Illinois, serving the Chicagoland community and the state of Illinois since 1991. It provides mental health treatment for children, adolescents, adults, and their families.

Requirements

• Master’s degree in a related mental health field.
• LCPC, LCSW, or Clinical Psychologist licensure required.
• Primary Source Verification through the Illinois Department of Professional Regulations is required.
• Must demonstrate effective communication skills.
• Must have a thorough working knowledge of the Illinois Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Act.
• Must be able to work effectively with patients of any age population and understand normal growth, development, and developmental stages.
• Must possess knowledge of crisis intervention techniques and be willing to apply them when necessary.

Nice To Haves

• At least two years of experience in a behavioral health care facility is preferred.
• Direct experience in individual, family, and group therapies, crisis intervention, and treatment skills is preferred.
• Strong clinical assessment skills are preferred.
• Experience focused primarily on the child/adolescent population is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide therapeutic services to address clients’ biopsychosocial needs and support optimal emotional health.
• Provide basic consultation, psychoeducation, and specialized clinical social services to consumers and families.
• Provide crisis intervention, individual therapy, short-term family therapy, and group therapy.
• Develop treatment plans and discharge plans.
• Serve as an integral member of the treatment team.
• Manage consumers’ internal and external support systems through case management.
• Respond effectively to requests for information about a wide range of human service needs.
• Use a trauma-informed approach in treatment and engagement with PHP/IOP colleagues.
• Apply crisis intervention techniques when necessary.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Mid Level