Employer Industry: Human Services Provider

Why consider this job opportunity:
- Opportunity for meaningful work impacting youth and families in the community
- Flexible home-based position with travel within Lake County for client meetings
- Supportive and collaborative team environment
- Comprehensive training provided for new hires
- Engaging schedule with negotiable hours, including some evening shifts
- Commitment to providing services without barriers, ensuring no residents are turned away due to inability to pay

What to Expect (Job Responsibilities):
- Provide care coordination and support services to assigned youth, documenting appropriately
- Assess the needs and strengths of assigned youth and participate in mobile crisis assessments
- Complete Crisis Prevention Plans and Crisis Safety Plans with youth and their families
- Maintain regular contact with an active caseload and meet frequency deadlines
- Collaborate with the treatment team to develop, review, and update treatment goals and referrals

What is Required (Qualifications):
- Bachelor’s degree in counseling, social work, psychology, or a related human service field
- Alternatively, a bachelor’s degree in any other field with two years of documented clinical experience in a mental health setting
- Minimum of a high school diploma or GED and 5 years documented clinical experience in mental health or human services
- Must possess a valid driver's license
- Completion of a behavioral health technician or other psychiatric training certification, with one year of documented clinical experience under a QMHP

How to Stand Out (Preferred Qualifications):
- Certificate of psychiatric rehabilitation from a DHS-approved program
- Recovery support specialist certification in good standing with the Illinois Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse Professional Certification Association, Inc.
- Family partnership professional certificate in good standing with the Illinois Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse Professional Certification Association, Inc.
- Experience in mobile crisis response team-based events

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