What are the responsibilities and job description for the Bilingual (Spanish) School Based Youth Therapist position at Kenneth Young Center?
Bilingual (Spanish) School Based Youth Therapist
Kenneth Young Center is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit dedicated to providing comprehensive outpatient behavioral health services to individuals of all walks of life. Located in the Northwest suburbs of Chicago, we offer a wide range of services including outpatient therapeutic care, recovery-oriented support, community prevention, LGBTQ outreach, older adult services, and crisis intervention. Our team welcomes and celebrates unique perspectives and represents the diversity and vitality of our local communities. Join our team to grow in your career while building stronger, healthier communities.
Kenneth Young Center offers a robust benefit package that is highly competitive to the market and offers all full-time employees the following:
- 403(b) plan with organizational matching
- Medical Insurance (Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois - BCBS)
- Dental (BCBS), and Vision Insurance (BCBS) with low employee premiums
- Long Term and Short Term Disability (BCBS), no cost to employee
- Flexible Spending Account (with annual rollover)
- Basic life insurance (50k) paid for by the organization and option for additional voluntary coverage for self, spouse, or dependents (BCBS)
- Incentive program with potential for quarterly bonuses
- Opportunity for annual bonus and salary increase (discretionary based on annual KYC financial audit)
- Eligibility to participate in the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program (PSLF)
To further promote an active and healthy work/ life balance, KYC also offers a generous amount of paid time off and staff holidays.
- 4 weeks of Paid Time Off (With increases based on seniority)
- 8 Paid Organization-Wide Holidays
- 3 Personal Floating Holidays annually
Job Scope: Youth Therapists for Northwest Suburban School Districts provide behavioral health services to individuals ages 3-24 years old and their families within the School District and for KYC. Therapists will provide comprehensive mental health assessments, engage client/ families in treatment planning and motivational enhancement while planning evidence-based services to most effectively attain the client’s/ family’s clinical goals. Services will be provided where needed by the client and School District including but not limited to school, in client homes, in clinic, telehealth, or within the community where appropriate. Specific team assignments and duties will be determined based on clinical expertise, experience, interest and credentials.
Primary Responsibilities
- Complete mental health assessments and treatment plans that identify service needs and recommend options for care.
- Provide evidence-based individual, family and group therapy services.
- Provide case management services to assist clients and their families with access to needed benefits and services.
- Attend staffings/meetings as needed in order to coordinate care and services for clients.
- Coordinate between the school MTSS (Multi-tiered System of Supports) team and KYC’s Behavioral Health team, and other providers.
- Provide translations for clients and families on a as needed basis.
- Provide 1-2 days for crisis coverage at the school in order to help act as a consult for the school for whose clients are in crisis/needing higher level supports and assisting the school with clinical recommendations, as needed
- Meet agency quality and compliance standards by accurately completing clinical documentation in a timely manner.
- Meet or exceed service productivity target.
Administrative and Performance Requirements
- Work cooperatively School District MTSS team to assure clients timely access to quality services
- Meet agency quality and compliance standard by accurately completing clinical documentation and service reporting in a timely manner.
- Meet or exceed service productivity target which may be achieved with direct service to School District clients or engaging in and providing clinical services to KYC clients until School District client volume meets direct service capacity of this job.
- Implement evidenced based practices to ensure use of effective and efficient treatment that best address client needs
- Participation in All Staff meetings and other staff meetings and training as directed by supervisor.
- Working cooperatively with other Center and School teams and programs to maintain smooth continuity of care when cases are shared across teams
- Become familiar with and utilization of outside resources as needed to provide comprehensive services to clients
- Participate in clinical and administrative supervision with direct supervisor and in regular performance appraisals as directed
Education and Experience
- Master’s degree from an accredited college or University in Counseling, Social Work, Psychology or closely related discipline required (candidates currently enrolled in a master’s program will be considered on a case-by-case basis).
- Must have supervised experience in providing counseling and/or psychotherapy services
- Must demonstrate knowledge in the areas of diagnostic assessment, long and short-term treatment, family systems theory and group treatment
- Must have basic computer and keyboarding skills.
Schedule/Time Keeping
- Full-Time, Exempt, Salaried, 37.5 hour work week
- Must work a flexible schedule in response to the needs of the target population served, including evening hours.
- Must be flexible with schedule and job duties during school breaks and summer to continue providing clinical services, education around mental health, and presentations for the school district and community.
Kenneth Young Center is an Equal Opportunity Employer
