[Hiring] Virtual Adolescent Program Therapist @Compass Health Center

Role Description

We are seeking an experienced clinician with a passion for delivering evidence-based virtual therapy to adolescents struggling with mental illness. If you are passionate about working with patients to communicate, develop and carry out appropriate treatment plans and compassionate care, you would be an ideal addition to our team.

As a Program Therapist, you will:

• Engage with Compass patients as the facilitator of group therapy sessions.
• Serve as the individual therapist for your own caseload.
• Work thoughtfully with our patients to develop and implement their individualized treatment plans.
• Conduct individual therapy sessions.
• Collaborate with patients’ outpatient teams.
• Lead groups and guide patients through their overall treatment program.
• Partner closely with the entirety of our treatment teams, including Group Therapists, Family Therapists, and Prescribers to ensure comprehensive and compassionate care.

Compass is proud to be a trailblazer within the future of behavioral health, offering fully virtual PHP/IOP programs to patients across the entire state of Illinois.

Qualifications

• Hold the following licenses or certifications in the state of Illinois: LCSW, LCPC, LMFT, PsyD, or PhD.
• 2+ years of clinical experience conducting individual and/or group therapy.
• Excellent time management skills.
• Skilled at providing therapy via virtual platforms: Zoom, Microsoft Teams.
• Values communication and teamwork.
• Align with the mission and values of Compass Health Center.

Requirements

• Majority of role function will be dedicated to Group Therapy while also flexing into Primary Therapy.
• Utilize Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), and Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP) as well as other evidence-based therapies.
• Meet with patients individually to assess progress and guide treatment planning.
• Coordinate care with patients’ individual providers to ensure continuity of care.
• Assess patients’ progress and need for higher level of care or discharge.
• Conduct assessments and consult with intake clinicians to aid in determining appropriateness of fit for patients.
• Communicate with patients’ family members or support system when indicated.
• Complete initial intake evaluations to determine diagnosis and appropriateness for program as needed.
• Chart in our electronic medical records system.
• Engage in crisis management as part of a treatment team.
• Create and update treatment plans.
• Participate in professional development activities.
• Lead group therapy sessions teaching DBT, CBT, and ACT skills.

Benefits

• Comprehensive medical/dental/vision plans.
• 401k program with company matching.
• Generous PTO (including competitive parental leave after 1 year of employment).
• Continuous training through CEU seminars and volunteering opportunities.

Compensation

$55,000 — $90,000 USD

Company Description

Compass Health Center is a recognized leader in crisis-level mental health, bringing passion, connection, and patient-centered care to the Partial Hospitalization and Intensive Outpatient space (PHP/IOP). Based in Chicagoland, we serve hundreds of patients every day, ranging from ages 5 through adulthood, in our onsite facilities or through our flourishing virtual programming. Compass fills a critical gap between outpatient and inpatient care through an intermediate level of Behavioral Healthcare.

A few more things we want you to know: our values are super important to us, and hopefully will be to you, too. Cultural humility, teamwork, continuous improvement, connection, patient-centered care, passion, innovation, and agility should be your power sources. Joining Compass is an opportunity to feel fulfilled through a joint mission towards healing our communities.