Child/Adolescent Family Therapist

Compass Health Center has a Child & Adolescent Family Therapist opening focused in our Partial Hospitalization and Intensive Outpatient Programs in our Oak Brook office. We are looking for clinicians trained in delivering evidence-based family therapy in the PHP/IOP levels of care. If you work effectively with patients in crisis, possess an excellent work ethic, feel passionate about patient care and have the ability to work collaboratively with others, you would be a great fit for our team.

Introduced in 2021, our Oak Brook facility is modern and bright, serving as an inviting therapeutic space for both patients and employees alike.

What You'll Do

• Facilitating family sessions to a caseload of assigned child/adolescent patients and their loved ones 
• Providing guidance and support to patients and family members to help promote goals and encourage patients progress through the program.
• Providing direction to families about effective ways of supporting patients. Discussion topics and family therapy goals include safety plans, incorporating skill implementation, improving communication, creating contracts.
• Providing loved ones with psychoeducation about substance use
• Works with various presenting issues including depression, anxiety, psychosis, substance abuse
• Assisting in supporting families through phone coaching and follow-up calls.
• Supporting patients in crisis.
• Coordinating with the treatment team. This involves attending rounds and other program meetings regularly as well as using the electronic systems of communication.
• Communicating with outside providers conducting family therapy for continuity of care.
• Collaborating with the treatment team in assessing the patient’s progress and need for higher level of care, stepdown, or discharge.
• Helping the family to coordinate an effective discharge plan.
• Providing individual support to patients as needed.
• Contributing clinical observations and insights during interdisciplinary meetings.
• Charting progress of patients appropriately in the electronic medical record.
• Participating in program meetings as needed.
• Working on projects focused on program improvement and the overall growth and development of Compass.
• Participating in a weekly family therapy meeting
• Working on projects focused on program improvement and the overall growth and development of Compass

Who You Are

• Have two years, post master’s family therapy experience
• Have two years, post master’s experience working in higher levels of care (preferred)
• Hold or be eligible for the following licenses or certification: LCSW, LCPC, LMFT, PsyD, PhD
• Possess a core skill set of Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT) and Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)