Jobs in Park Ridge, IL

About The Position

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in psychology, social work, or a related field required.
• Daily access to a personal vehicle
• Valid driver’s license
• Willingness to provide transportation for members of the program
• Must obtain and maintain liability car insurance of: $100,000 per person bodily injury $300,000 per accident $100,000 property damage

Nice To Haves

• Master's degree preferred.
• Previous experience working with young adults strongly preferred.
• Previous experience working with housing assistance programs and/or public assistance benefits systems strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provides direct service to members through transition, including case management, crisis intervention, and psycho-social rehabilitation services.
• Develops and implements the transition/discharge plan, in cooperation with other members of the transition/treatment team.
• Connects member with community and Thresholds resources, including appropriate housing, mental health and psychiatric services, physical health services, public assistance benefits, resources for social/leisure activities, and developing connections to family and others.
• Provides direct assistance to help members move, obtain household items, and explore their new community at time of discharge from residential program.
• Maintains contact with members post-discharge from the residence to provide continuity of care and track outcomes.
• Primary contact between agency, families, and other collateral resources to assist with members' transition goals and needs.
• Performs and participates in crisis intervention using Therapeutic Crisis Intervention (TCI).
• Performs and supervises physical management when necessary, according to Thresholds policy. Thresholds provides and requires training in TCI.
• Attends all transition-related court appearances, DCFS meetings, agency staffings, team meetings, treatment team meetings, and other meetings as assigned.
• Ensures all Thresholds procedures regarding the handling of members' funds are followed and meet the highest standards.
• Completes all assigned paperwork in a timely fashion.
• Produces Medicaid compliant service notes.
• Completes reports for Thresholds and other stakeholders when required.
• Facilitates group programming related to transition in both the YAP residential program and the REACH program.
• Teaches financial literacy curriculum to members.

Benefits

• Competitive pay - Base Rate: $25.20 - 28.13 per hour / $52,416 - 58,500 annually
• Generous PTO (9 federal holidays, 8 days of sick leave, 15-22 days personal and vacation)
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• 4 medical insurance plans
• 403(b) retirement plan with 3% employer match
• Robust employee assistance program (EAP)
• Mileage reimbursement
• Public service loan forgiveness
• Supervision for clinical licensure at no cost (LSW, LCSW, LPC, LCPC)
• Reimbursement for professional licensure and license renewal