About the role
Position Purpose: The Psychotherapist is responsible for providing psychotherapy and other treatment services that affirm clients’ strengths, broaden their problem-solving abilities, and increase their self-knowledge. The therapist is also responsible to ensure that appropriate documentation is completed that is required for billing and coding, and acts as a mentor and leader to newer staff and master’s level students.
Key Job Activities:
- Conducts psychotherapeutic and other clinical treatment sessions for individuals, families, and groups.
- Completes all required case records and statistical reporting documentation within specified time frames.
- Conducts home visits when clinically appropriate.
- Provides direct service for 70% of work hours.
- Facilitates consultation and outreach to assure the provision of holistic treatment.
- Documents all services provided in a timely manner.
- Participates in ongoing community resource development.
- Monitors treatment plan service delivery as it relates to the internal service providers.
- Performs evaluation for suicide, violence, and case management needs.
- Advocates for and with patients and families in utilizing resources and services.
- Engages patients therapeutically to help them learn healthy aspects of interpersonal social skills, hygiene and grooming and teamwork in social settings.
- Performs individual psychotherapy based on an identified theoretical model (cognitive, behavioral, psychodynamic, interpersonal, or other).
- Conducts crisis therapy, family therapy, and group psychotherapy.
- Conducts clinical supervision.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
Education and Work Experience:
- Master’s degree in social work, Counseling, Clinical Psychology, Marital Family Therapy, or related behavioral health program that is a license eligible degree required. sinaichicago.org
Knowledge and Skills:
- Possesses exceptional interpersonal skills.
- Must be culturally competent.
- Bilingual Spanish is a plus.
Experience in EPIC and MEDITECH software systems preferred.
Certifications/Licenses:
- LCSW, LSW, LPC, or LCPC or LMFT preferred. Workplace Conditions: PHYSICAL DEMANDS:
- While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit; use hands to finger, handle or feel; and talk or hear
- The employee is frequently required to walk and stoop, kneel, crouch.
- The employee is occasionally required to stand
- The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.
- Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, and the ability to adjust focus.
Location: SHS · SHS SHS TRAU-VIOL-RECOV CTR
Schedule: Full Time, Days, 7-3:30