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Mental Health Therapist

Job in Berwyn, Cook County, Illinois, 60402, USA
Listing for: Pillars Community Health
Full Time position
Listed on 2026-02-19
Job specializations:
  • Healthcare
    Mental Health, Community Health
Salary/Wage Range or Industry Benchmark: 47000 - 67000 USD Yearly USD 47000.00 67000.00 YEAR
Job Description & How to Apply Below

Summary

Provides outpatient therapy services to children, adolescents, and adults within a collaborative, interdisciplinary behavioral health setting. This role is primarily office-based and designed to maximize client access through structured scheduling support, team-based collaboration, and integrated services across the organization. Therapy services follow evidence-based models that are responsive to the social, cultural, and clinical needs of the community and support whole-person, recovery-oriented care.

Responsibilities
  • Provides individual, family, or group therapy to children, adolescents, and adults as determined by program needs. Provides an average of 5-6 hours of direct client service per workday to ensure community access to care and meet established performance standards.
  • Completes clinical assessments to formulate an accurate diagnosis and comprehensive treatment interventions to serve the identified client and family.
  • Provides services that reflect person-centered and family-centered, recovery-oriented care, attending to the cultural and social needs of each client and family.
  • Learns and implements time-limited evidence-based practices as determined by client need and PCH standards of care, which may include Interpersonal Therapy (IPT), Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Suicide Prevention (CBT-Suicide).
  • Participates on inter-disciplinary teams of behavioral health providers including therapists, case managers/care coordinators, peer support specialists, and other providers indicated to serve individual clients.
  • In collaboration with clients/families and the inter-disciplinary care team, determines frequency, duration, and intensity of treatment, and develops actionable treatment plans.
  • Assesses and stabilizes high risk individuals and/or families.
  • Collaborates in the provision of case management and care coordination services as defined in the service plan that coordinate, support, and advocate for clients who need multiple services and require assistance in gaining access to and in using mental health, social, vocational, educational, child welfare, and other community services and resources.
  • Completes clinical documentation in accordance with Behavioral Health and organizational policies and procedures, established time frames, and meeting quality standards.
  • Partners with integrated care teams across the organization – including medical, dental, and SA/DV – to support whole person care.
  • Coordinates with other community agencies and external systems such as DCFS, schools, hospitals, and other providers.
  • Responds to urgent clients and/or family needs outside of regularly scheduled session times, in accordance with established protocols.
  • Provides mission-focused care towards improving the health of our communities and empowering individuals through compassionate, whole-person care. Embodies the values of PCH, including access, community, diversity, inclusivity, and respect, and service excellence, in all work operations.
  • Participates in team meetings, case reviews, supervision, in-service and other trainings, and consultations.
  • Completes assigned PCH and position training requirements
  • Other duties as assigned.
  • Qualifications

    To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable an individual with a disability to perform the essential duties and responsibilities.

    Education and Experience

    Masters degree in Counseling, Psychology, Clinical Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapy or related degree required. Experience working with children, adolescents and/or adults living with mental illness in an individualized setting is required. Attention to detail and capacity to work independently is essential. Experience in a nonprofit or community setting preferred.

    Schedule

    At least 3 on-site in-person days, two of which will include hours until 8pm. A total of at least 10 weekly client-facing hours after 4pm.

    Pay & Benefits Information

    $47,000 – $67,000*

    * Wage is based on one’s experience, qualifications, whether they are clinically licensed, and bilingual language skills as compared with our position requirements and other similar employees within the organization.

    Medical, dental, vision, short/long term disability, life, accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity, FSA, Employee Assistance Program, 401(k) retirement plan, paid time off for vacation, sick, personal time, holidays, & wellness day. Professional development membership to Relias Essential Learning. Reimbursement for position related clinical license and certifications.

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