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Hours Full-time, Part-time
Location Chicago, Illinois

About this job

Chicago Children's Center for Behavioral Health is a compassionate and dedicated team of behavioral health professionals including physicians, nurses, counselors, therapists, teachers, and support staff. It is our mission to heal children and adolescents with behavioral health needs with an understanding that each child has a unique condition and set of circumstances. With a child, family, and community focus, we develop individualized solutions to meet their needs. We work closely with families and the child's community to guide and nurture enduring healing and compassionate care.

Chicago Children's Center for Behavioral Health is a Joint Commission approved and state licensed facility focused on short-term crisis stabilization programs. We provide education services, comprehensive Activity Therapy, Art Therapy, and Dance Movement Therapy while utilizing a holistic treatment approach.

Chicago Children's Center for Behavioral Health is seeking experienced and new grad Mental Health Counselors to work in our inpatient units with children and adolescents on a Per Diem basis. This is a great opportunity to establish a career within behavioral health, as well as an opportunity to further ones career in the field of psychology This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a stable and growing behavioral health organization in the Chicagoland community. Come be a part of our winning team of professionals and make a difference

The Primary Responsibilities are as follows:

Run Therapeutic CBT group sessions

Provide direct patient care under the supervision of a Registered Nurse including patient vital signs, assistance with head to toe assessments and proper clinical documentation

Maintain a safe and therapeutic milieu including crisis intervention and Q15 observation rounds

Assure compliance with applicable laws pertaining to psychiatric treatments

Maintain all patient health data and records

Bachelor's degree in a related mental health field required

Acute inpatient experience working with children and/or adolescents strongly preferred

Must possess knowledge of general and psychiatric group processes, therapeutic relationships and processes, age specific growth and development, limit setting, crisis and behavior management

Must be self motivated, results-oriented individual who is customer focused

Bilingual (English/Spanish) applicants a plus

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