at SOS CHILDREN'S VILLAGES ILLINOIS in Chicago, Illinois, United States
Job Description
Why SOS Illinois?
At SOS Illinois we are committed to keeping brothers and sisters in foster care together by providing safe, stable, and loving homes. We do this by offering an innovative approach to traditional foster care. Our model of care provides a private, single-family home, access to a community center, and support from professionally trained Foster Parents and staff. With this, the children we serve benefit from the stability of remaining with their siblings as well as the support of neighboring SOS Illinois Foster Parents and the entire community.
· Work for an impactful organization with a purpose
· Corporate culture that supports diversity, equity, and inclusion
· Hybrid/flexible work options to help balance work and life
· PTO (paid time off in the form of personal days, sick time, vacation days, and paid company holidays
· Employee Referral Bonuses
The Role:
The Clinical Therapist is responsible for providing professional clinical services including assessments, interventions, consultations, crisis intervention and psycho-social-educational therapeutic services to children, youth, families and caregivers served by SOS Children’s Villages Illinois (SOS Illinois).
Responsibilities:
- Complete Mental Health Assessments (MHA) and Individual Treatment Plans (ITP) for all assigned clients and make appropriate service recommendations to case management staff and to the Director of Clinical Services.
- Provide individual, family and group therapy to assigned clients in order to achieve the goals outlined in the client service plan and ITP.
- Prepare quarterly progress reports for clients as well as information for service plans and Court reports as required by DCFS and SOS Illinois.
- Assist staff and caregivers to appropriately respond to and resolve crisis issues as they arise. Includes on call responsibilities.
- Maintain complete, accurate, and confidential clinical progress notes, treatment plans and files as required by SOS Illinois and in compliance with Medicaid Part 132 for all assigned clients and families.
- Input Medicaid information into required database and participate in all aspects of Medicaid submission, file audits and training when necessary.
- Provide consultation to foster and biological parents and case managers to ensure adequate understanding of the therapeutic needs of the child and appropriate interventions and behavior management techniques.
- Participate in quarterly Child and Family Team Meetings (CFTM) and other client related staffings to provide prepared input regarding the client’s clinical progress and service needs.
- Collaborate with caregivers, SOS Illinois case managers, DCFS, school personnel, court personnel, psychologists, psychiatrists and medical physicians.
- Participate in professional clinical supervision, at a minimum of once monthly for licensed clinicians and once weekly for unlicensed clinicians.
- Provide clinical and professional supervision and monitoring (leadership) as assigned by the Director of Clinical Services to unlicensed clinical staff and interns.
- May include completion of student evaluations and/or other documentation.
- Attend required staff meetings, agency meetings, supervision and other meetings/events as requested.
- Participate in ongoing professional development workshops and seminars as required by the organization and other governing bodies.
- Maintain regular contact with the Director of Clinical Services regarding programmatic issues and service documentation as assigned.
- Prepare and submit reports and other documentation as required by the Director of Clinical Services.
- Develop workshops (or groups) and presentations to address the needs of SOS Illinois clients, substitute caregivers and the community.
- Comply with all SOS Illinois policies, state, federal, county and city laws, rules and regulations.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
