Child & Adolescent Counselor (School-Based

Over the course of our proud seventeen-year history, Bright Star Community Outreach (BSCO) has made significant contributions to the renewal of Chicago’s most vulnerable communities as a 501C3 nonprofit organization. Driven by our hope for change in this city and the families that call it home, Bright Star’s presence has been marked by effective programming, social development, and advocacy; particularly in the greater Bronzeville community of Chicago’s south side.

Led by founder and CEO, Pastor Chris Harris, Sr., who grew up in the Bronzeville neighborhood where we are currently located, our strategy includes developing impactful community development initiatives aimed at facing our largest societal challenges: violence in our communities, poor economic opportunities, inadequate mental health services, affordable housing and education.

These efforts are designed to strengthen local families and communities, as well as leverage our key partnerships with organizations and businesses that share our passion for seeing renewal in Chicago.

BSCO’s Behavioral Health and Education Department supports the larger mission of Bright Star Community Outreach which exists to be a hub that addresses challenges in under-resourced, underserved, and underdeveloped communities by utilizing our Trauma and Training and Community Conversations and Collaborations Models. BSCO understands that mental wellness and educational success are deeply interwoven. Both in tandem, lead to better quality of life for children, youth and families.

We are committed to serving the Bronzeville and Greater Chicago Land areas through comprehensive, culturally relevant behavioral health and education programming. We do this by recognizing that we are the community we serve. Our dedicated staff are members of the communities we serve. Therefore, we aim to reflect the type of care, compassion and commitment to diversity in our work that we desire to both receive and commit to give one another internally.

Building bridges of trust through integrity and intent, our goal is to improve mental health, social-emotional learning and academic outcomes in the lives of our surrounding community. It is our hope that the service we provide becomes a positive, life-changing core memory that remains with our participants for years to come.

The Child & Adolescent Counseling Supervisor provides school-based mental health services to students while also offering clinical supervision and support to counseling staff. This role supports students’ social, emotional, and behavioral well-being and collaborates with school staff, families, and community partners to deliver evidence-based interventions within a Multi-Tiered System of Supports (MTSS) framework. This position is supported through a grant funded by CDPH (Chicago Department of Public Health), which is part of a two-year cycle ending December 31, 2028, with plans to apply for renewal for an additional grant cycle.

Over the course of our proud seventeen-year history, Bright Star Community Outreach (BSCO) has made significant contributions to the renewal of Chicago’s most vulnerable communities as a 501C3 nonprofit organization. Driven by our hope for change in this city and the families that call it home, Bright Star’s presence has been marked by effective programming, social development, and advocacy; particularly in the greater Bronzeville community of Chicago’s south side.

Led by founder and CEO, Pastor Chris Harris, Sr., who grew up in the Bronzeville neighborhood where we are currently located, our strategy includes developing impactful community development initiatives aimed at facing our largest societal challenges: violence in our communities, poor economic opportunities, inadequate mental health services, affordable housing and education.

These efforts are designed to strengthen local families and communities, as well as leverage our key partnerships with organizations and businesses that share our passion for seeing renewal in Chicago.