Mental Health Counselor - 2025743

Position Summary

World Relief seeks a Bilingual (Spanish) Mental Health Counselor who provides culturally responsive and linguistically appropriate mental health services to refugees and immigrants through individual, family, and group counseling. This role delivers clinical assessment, treatment, and ongoing support to promote emotional well‑being and stability. Working as part of a multidisciplinary team, the counselor collaborates with colleagues to provide holistic, client‑centered care through wellness, prevention, and supportive services.

The counselor also facilitates therapy and wellness groups, which serve as key interventions in helping clients build resilience, achieve stability, and successfully integrate into their communities over the long term.

This position is full‑time with 4 days in the office and 1 day of remote work.

• Conduct client intake interviews and comprehensive assessments to identify needs and inform treatment planning.
• Establish and maintain positive, trusting, and culturally responsive therapeutic relationships with clients.
• Collaborate with clients to develop individualized treatment plans, including measurable goals and objectives tailored to their unique circumstances.
• Provide counseling and therapeutic interventions that align with client goals, strengths, and cultural backgrounds.
• Continuously evaluate client progress, adjust treatment approaches as needed, and provide ongoing support and care.
• Deliver crisis intervention services and appropriate referrals when necessary.
• Maintain strict confidentiality and ensure compliance with all HIPAA policies, procedures, and ethical standards.
• Partner with World Relief staff and external organizations to provide culturally and linguistically appropriate wellness programs, psycho educational workshops, and community‑based services that promote overall well‑being. Supports referrals and follow‑up for continuity of care.
• Build and maintain collaborative relationships with community organizations, healthcare providers, and county agencies to ensure continuity of care and access to supportive resources.
• Work closely with the Counseling Center Manager, and with the oversight of the Counseling Center Director to develop, implement, and evaluate new program initiatives, including group therapy services, while continuously enhancing service quality and effectiveness.
• Contribute expertise, clinical knowledge, and professional development resources to a multidisciplinary team environment.
• Participate regularly in internal and external trainings to maintain professional competencies and uphold high‑quality service standards.
• Maintain accurate, timely, and thorough client records, including case files, treatment documentation, progress notes, and all required administrative paperwork.
• Coordinate a work schedule in collaboration with the Counseling Center Manager to meet client needs, including availability during two weekday evenings or one weekday evening and one weekend day as required.

• Mature and personal Christian faith.
• Committed to the mission, vision, and values of World Relief.
• Desire to serve and empower the Church to impact vulnerable communities.
• Able to affirm and/or acknowledge World Relief’s Core Beliefs, Statement of Faith, Christian Identity and National Association of Evangelicals' For the Health of The Nation document.
• Master’s Degree in Social Work, Counseling, Psychology or other relevant behavioral health field and two years of postgraduate direct service delivery experience.
• Currently licensed or license eligible in the respective field and in the State of Illinois (e.g., LPC, LCPC, LSW, LCSW).
• Fluency in Spanish required.
• Demonstrated ability to adapt therapeutic interventions and counseling approaches to meet the cultural, linguistic, and individual needs of diverse client populations.
• Experience applying trauma‑informed care principles and leveraging client strengths, resilience, and protective factors throughout the treatment process is strongly preferred.
• Strong critical thinking, problem‑solving, and creative solution‑development skills, with the ability to respond effectively to complex client…