Licensed Clinical Social Worker Lvl1- LCSW Psychotherapist – Psychotherapist @ Sankofa

Job Description

Location:

Chicago, Illinois

Business Unit:
Rush Medical Center

Hospital:
Rush University Medical Center

Department:
Social Work & Community Health

Work Type: Full Time (Total FTE between 0.9 and 1.0)

Shift: Shift 1

Work Schedule: 8 Hr (9:00:00 AM - 5:00:00 PM)

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Pay Range: $29.36 - $47.79 per hour

Rush salaries are determined by many factors including, but not limited to, education, job-related experience and skills, as well as internal equity and industry specific market data. The pay range for each role reflects Rush’s anticipated wage or salary reasonably expected to be offered for the position. Offers may vary depending on the circumstances of each case.

We are seeking an experienced and highly motivated Licensed Clinical Social Worker to be part of the Rush University Medical Center’s Social Work and Community Health (SWaCH) Department at the Rush West Side Mental Health Center!

• Patient-centered
  :
  We build therapeutic relationships grounded in trust, mutuality, and respect. We collaboratively identify therapeutic goals that are meaningful for our patients and develop a plan to best achieve those goals.
• Strengths-based
  :
  The strengths of our patients, families, and communities at the center of the healing process.
• Collaborative
  :
  We provide mental health services within the context of a large academic medical center and our community. To the extent that it is beneficial and empowering to our patients, we advocate for our patients and collaborate with other providers to make sure that the process of seeking care is as clear and empowering as possible.
• Trauma-informed
  :
  Our therapists provide trauma-informed care and offer therapy from different theoretical, evidence-based approaches. By realizing the widespread and pervasive impact of trauma and potential paths to recovery, we are able to recognize signs and symptoms of trauma, integrate knowledge of trauma into our policies and practices, and seek to resist re-traumatization.

We strongly encourage people of color, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and non-binary people, veterans, parents, and individuals with disabilities to apply. Rush is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes everyone to our team. If you need reasonable accommodation at any point in the application or interview process, please let us know. In your application, please also feel free to note which pronouns you use (e.g., she/her/hers, he/him/his, they/them/theirs, etc.).

This position in the Social Work and Community Health (SWaCH) Department is based in West Garfield Park and will staff the Rush West Side Mental Health Center, an extension of the existing SWaCH Psychotherapy Clinic located just east in the Illinois Medical District. This position is part of a larger initiative ( Sankofa Wellness Village ), specifically under the Rush Center for Community Well-Being in the Sankofa Village Wellness Center .

This position will join an exciting team of individuals who are working to improve health equity on Chicago’s West Side through community engagement, mental health support, and other programming. We are looking for an individual dedicated to supporting our community and who will work collaboratively alongside other tenants of the building.

To best support the mental health needs of this population (a need that has been consistently identified by the community through Rush’s Community Health Needs Assessment and focus groups as the Sankofa Wellness Village concept has been implemented), we are looking for candidates with a strong background in mental health treatment, including experience with medically and psychosocially complex populations, and with an interest in intervening with West Side community members and Rush patients dynamically – offering individual therapy in-person and/or via telehealth.

This position will join a welcoming and positive work environment with access to individual and group supervision, continuing education opportunities…