Counselor - Group Home - Flex​/PRN

The Waukegan Group Home is a supervised residential setting for adults living with severe mental illness. Staff helps residents understand their condition, develop coping skills, and improve interpersonal and daily living skills. Services include medication monitoring and psychiatric care; linkage to community resources; and life skills training (i.e., budget management, cooking, housekeeping, and personal care).

• Evaluating, assessing and admitting clients.
• Conducts crisis intervention/evaluation/referral to persons in the community or who present themselves at the program. Secures hospitalization, if necessary.
• Prepares treatment plans with clients.
• Provides individual, group, and family counseling.
• Serves food to clients in residential programs, ADL's, and appointments as needed.
• Provides education and direction to clients, family members and/or significant others.
• Assists in facilitating transportation of clients.

• High school diploma or GED and 3 years of experience, or
• Associate’s degree in a related field
• Must possess a valid driver's license

As needed

• Flex employees must work a minimum of 80 hours per calendar year; and be available to work one (1) fixed or floating holiday each year, if needed.

As the largest human service provider in Lake County, we believe that services must be available without barriers. No residents are turned away due to the inability to pay. We are looking for passionate, qualified team members, who can help make a difference in our agency, and most importantly, in our community.

You can find additional information about the Lake County Health Department, our culture, and why you should join our team at

As a public health department, we believe in the science, data, and power of vaccines, like the influenza vaccine, to protect against and prevent illness. Therefore, we require all Health Department staff to receive the annual influenza vaccine unless they have an approved medical or religious exemption.

Any offer of employment is conditioned on the successful completion of a background screening, drug and alcohol testing and may include a pre-employment medical exam. The Lake County Health Department and Community Health Center is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression, national origin, disability, veteran status, and other protected characteristics. At this time, you must reside in either Illinois or Wisconsin to work for the Lake County Health Department.