Mental Health Therapist
La Rabida Children's Hospital
Mental Health Therapist
La Rabida Children's Hospital
Pediatric chronic illness care hospital
SUMMARY: Functions in an independent and professional manner to provide high-quality behavioral health services to outpatient clients and their families.
Schedule: Tuesday through Thursday 5:00pm to 9:30pm (remote), Saturday 9:00am-3:30pm (in person)
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
Clinical Responsibilities:
· Provides short term and long term evidence based behavioral health services to patients and their families, including individual, family and group therapy. Provides care for patients with presenting symptoms such as behavioral problems, school, work and learning problems, attention problems, anxiety, depression, as well as others.
· Has training in and can implement behavioral health interventions such as individual psychotherapy, behavior modification techniques, family therapy, group therapy and crisis intervention.
· Expectations are a minimum of 80% of time is spent providing therapy. The expectation is that16 therapy sessions scheduled per week and 100% of notes are completed within 24 hours of session.
· Conducts clinical intake assessments and appropriate diagnosis. Issues and scores scales and measures to evaluated functioning and for diagnostic clarification
· Provides cases management and advocacy
· Consults and collaborates with the multidisciplinary health care team to ensure services are integrated into patient’s treatment.
Additional Functions:
· Performs other duties as assigned
· Actively participates in reflective supervision weekly
· Documents sessions and clinical activities within 24 hours of contact
· Attends department meetings and presents cases for review
· Collaborates with internal and external providers to promote comprehensive care
· Works with diverse client base
· Interfaces and collaborates with hospital multidisciplinary team
QUALIFICATIONS:
Education: MS required, LCSW/Psy.D/Ph.D. in IL preferred
Related Work Experience: Professional experience in delivering behavioral health care to children and adolescents. Experience working with children on a multidisciplinary team, experience with trauma informed care, chronically ill children are highly desirable.
Licensure/Certification: Active LCSW license in good standing with the State of Illinois
CPR required: Only certifications issued by the American Heart Association or the American Red Cross will be accepted. Covid 19 and Flu vaccination required
Attendance: Monday through Friday - Telehealth, Saturday availability in person
La Rabida Children’s Hospital is very proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer
La Rabida is a place unlike any other. We understand the needs of families with children dealing with the most serious or complicated of conditions. With teams of the best healthcare providers in Chicago, we give continuous, comprehensive care, education, and support, helping families face their unique obstacles head-on.
La Rabida Children’s Hospital is very proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer.
Compensation: 28.84 to 28.84 (USD) (HOURLY)
Pediatric chronic illness care hospital
La Rabida Children's Hospital is a nonprofit pediatric specialty hospital in Chicago that provides extended acute and long-term care for children with lifelong medical conditions, delivered through inpatient units, outpatient clinics, and rehabilitation services. Care is provided by multidisciplinary teams across programs like the Chicago Children's Diabetes Center, NICU transition care, and a Children's Advocacy Center, with education and research support from an affiliation with the University of Chicago. Unlike some pediatric hospitals, La Rabida relies heavily on Medicaid funding and offers care regardless of a family's ability to pay, while integrating social services such as food pantries to address social determinants of health. Its goal is to improve health and quality of life for children with complex medical needs.
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