Child & Family Therapist

Job Title Child & Family Therapist Job ID 27756858 Location Chicago, IL, 60649 Other Location Description

La Rabida Children’s Hospital is hiring a full-time Child & Family Therapist for the Pediatric Psychology department in Chicago, IL.

At La Rabida Children’s Hospital, our mission is simple: we’re dedicated to maintaining and improving the quality of life for each of our patients with complex conditions, disabilities, and chronic illnesses. The path to completing this mission, however, is often complicated.  Fortunately, we’ve got the best team around.  If you are looking for your next career opportunity to partner with a compassionate, multidisciplinary, collaborative team, we have the job for you.

Job Summary

Functions in an independent and professional manner to provide high-quality, trauma-informed behavioral health services to outpatient clients and their families.

Essential Child & Family Therapist Functions

• Provides short-term and long-term evidence-based behavioral health services to patients and their families, including individual, family, and group therapy
• Provides behavioral health consultation services in clinics within an integrated health model, for a minimum of 8 hours per week
• Provides care for patients with presenting symptoms such as behavioral problems, trauma exposure and symptomology, school and learning problems, attention problems, anxiety, depression, as well as others
• Has training in and can implement behavioral health interventions such as individual psychotherapy, behavior modification techniques, trauma therapy, family therapy, group therapy, and crisis intervention. Expectations are that 45% of time is in therapy with a minimum of 20 patients (short-term/long-term) scheduled per week
• Conducts clinical intake assessments and appropriate diagnoses. Issues and scores scales and measures to evaluate functioning and for diagnostic clarification
• Provides case management and advocacy
• Consults and collaboration with the multidisciplinary health care team to ensure services are integrated into the patient’s treatment
• Maintains required job skills, professional competencies, current licensure, certification, and ongoing education required of the job, as applicable
• Supports the hospital mission, and observes hospital core job values with respect to Service Excellence Standards, work quality, productivity, teamwork, and initiative
• Demonstrates safe and proper usage of machinery/equipment, as applicable
• Demonstrates additional department-specific areas of competency as defined annually
  
  

What We Need From You

• Education: MS required, LCSW/Psy.D/Ph.D. in IL preferred
• Related Work Experience: Professional experience in delivering behavioral health care to children and adolescents. Experience working with children on a multidisciplinary team, experience with trauma informed care, chronically ill children are highly desirable.
• Licensure/Certification: Active LCSW or Psy.D/Ph.D psychology license in good standing with the State of Illinois
• CPR required: Only certifications issued by the American Heart Association or the American Red Cross will be accepted. Covid 19 and Flu vaccination required
  
  

What You Will Receive

• Competitive Salary
• Medical, Dental, and Vision
• Pet Insurance
• Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
• Life & Disability Insurance
• Retirement Savings Plan & Matching
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Paid Time Off
• Free Parking
• Free Lunch every last Friday of the month in the hospital cafeteria
  
  

Compensation Information

Pay Range: $74,000 - $80,000

Who We Are

La Rabida is a place unlike any other. We understand the needs of families with children dealing with the most serious or complicated of conditions. With teams of the best healthcare providers in Chicago, we give continuous, comprehensive care, education, and support, helping families face their unique obstacles head-on.

La Rabida Children’s Hospital is very proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer

Required Skills

Education: MS required, LCSW/Psy.D/Ph.D. in IL preferred

Related Work Experience: Professional experience in delivering behavioral health care to children and adolescents. Experience working with children on a multidisciplinary team, experience with trauma-informed care, chronically ill children are highly desirable.

Licensure/Certification: Active LCSW or Psy.D/Ph.D psychology license in good standing with the State of Illinois

CPR required: Only certifications issued by the American Heart Association or the American Red Cross will be accepted. COVID-19 and Flu vaccination required