Bilingual Therapist; Community-Based

Bilingual Therapist (Community-Based)

Chicago Children's Advocacy Center

Base pay: $60,000.00/yr - $76,000.00/yr. This range is provided by the organization. Your actual pay will be based on your skills and experience — talk with your recruiter to learn more.

Chicago

CAC employees are expected to perform their job duties and act in a manner consistent with the Core Values of the organization.

Provides individual, family and group therapy and case management to clients within agency policies and procedures and practices. Assesses the social service needs of clients and makes appropriate referrals.

BCBT is responsible for creating an inclusive environment that demonstrates equity, inclusion, accessibility, and belonging to our clients, Chicago

CAC employees, and partners. The position also assists in Chicago

CAC’s Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Accessibility and Belonging (DEIAB) initiatives.

• Provides direct individual and family therapy to a minimum caseload of 15 clients including comprehensive evaluation, treatment planning, effective treatment implementation, and discharge planning within the guidelines established by the Family Hope Center.
• Facilitates a minimum of two to four therapy or psycho educational groups (child, parent, combined child and parent, or family) per year (e.g., Hope and Healing, ICDP).
• Performs a variety of casework duties, including obtaining, analyzing and evaluating data necessary to implement client services.
• Actively participates in reflective, clinical and administrative supervision with the clinical supervisor at a frequency to be determined by the therapist and supervisor together.
• Actively participates in Family Hope Center department meetings and case consultations.
• Actively participates in peer consultation process.
• Participates in Family Hope Center file reviews.
• Provides linkage to other appropriate resources, including intensive case management services, based upon the needs of clients and families.
• Maintains accurate, complete and timely client records as required by the Family Hope Center and Chicago
  
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• Conducts crisis assessments and responds appropriately to client crisis needs.
• Participates in Family Hope Center community events and actively fosters supportive community environment within Family Hope Center for clients and families.
• Promotes trauma resiliency among the Family Hope Center team, Chicago
  
  CAC staff, and MDT staff by participating in and contributing to projects to foster the trauma informed environment, e.g., Breathing Room.
• Facilitates trainings for Family Hope Center students.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

The Therapist has a mid-level range of discretion and independent decision-making.

The Therapist has no direct supervisory responsibilities.

The Therapist works closely with the Clinical Supervisor, Family Hope Center team, Advocacy department team and manager of PATHH and intensive case management.

• Minimum requirement of a Master’s Degree in Social Work, Counseling, Psychology, or another human services related field.
• Must be eligible to receive LCPC, LCSW license or PsyD.
• Minimum of three years of experience providing trauma-focused evidence-based therapy to children and adolescents.
• Strong problem-solving, organizational, written, oral, and communication skills needed.
• Demonstrated awareness of multiple cultures and cultural impact on the delivery of service a must.
• Flexibility in schedule based on the needs of clients is required.
• Vehicle, insurance, and valid driver’s license are required.
• Evenings and Saturdays may be required.
• Fluency in Spanish is required.

• BCBS HMO and PPO healthcare coverage options with an opportunity to add family members to plans.
• Free life insurance at 2x your salary up to a maximum of $200,000.
• Additional pay of 10% of your salary up to $7,500 per year (available after 6 months of employment) to use towards a menu of benefits such as: additional health benefits, dental, vision, long-term disability short-term disability, 403b plan, a Roth option, legal coverage,…