Child & Adolescent Mental Health Professional

We are seeking a Mental Health Professional to support our Child & Adolescent programs. This role will be a blend of direct patient interaction and general administration work, ensuring that the programs are running smoothly. If you are passionate about providing your patients with exemplary care, while being sensitive to their individual psychiatric conditions, you would be a great fit on our team.

Introduced as our newest site in 2021, our brand new state-of-the-art facility at Oak Brook is modern, bright, and creates an inviting therapeutic space for both patients and employees alike.  

What You'll Do:

• Provide support for the learning environment – be present in group therapy rooms, assist with supervised study, assist patients with check-in for program
• Help manage crisis situations and support patients as they gain emotional regulation
• Communicate patient progress with team.
• Chart progress of patients; complete all incident reports thoroughly and within 24 hours
• Check and respond to daily emails, voicemails and EMR messages.
• In collaboration with team, aid in development of individualized behavioral plans and contracts.
• Engage in frequent communication and collaboration with team members
• Check and respond to daily emails, voicemails and EMR messages
• Ensure safe patient transitions from room to room; setting up and cleaning the group therapy rooms
• Set up rooms for supervised study and complete attendance logs
• Maintain organizational systems
• Maintain patient privacy at all times
• Phone communication with patients/parents in non-crisis situations
• Bringing patients to/from lobby when they arrive and need to leave at off-times
• Provide supervision to patients throughout the day
• Administrative tasks such as data entry, attendance, and general paperwork
• Ensure program is equipped with appropriate supplies
• Email correspondence with parents (sending invites for parent meetings, etc.)
• Support with supervised study and lunch if applicable
• Participate in professional development activities
• Other responsibilities as assigned

Who You Are:

• Experience working with children & adolescents
• Ability to quickly establish rapport with children & adolescents
• Excellent time management and organizational skills, including the ability to juggle multiple demands simultaneously in a fast paced and changing environment
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
• Ability to maintain patient privacy at all times
• Bachelor’s Degree – preferred