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Cheryl Fisher, CSP
Sr. Talent Acquisition Consultant at Friend Family Health Center via Lucas James Talent Partners.
Lucas James Talent Partners is working with Friend Health in its search for a Behavioral Health Consultant.
The BHC is responsible primarily for providing counseling to patients including walk-in clients. The BHC will conduct one-on-one or group visits with patients and offer mental health therapy to help them improve the quality of their lives. The BHC will provide direct support and advocacy services geared to enhancing the development, problem-solving, and coping capacities of people; provide resources and services to people; linking people with systems that provide them with resources, services, and opportunities; information and referrals to related and outside agencies as appropriate.
Experience & Training
Masters’ Degree in counseling, psychology, or social work.
Licensed in the State of Illinois to practice (LCSW, LSW, LPC, LCPC or Licensed Clinical Psychologist)
Two - four years of experience in the field or a related area, clinical psychology preferred.
Clinical psychosocial diagnosis experience involving direct patient care along with consultation, evaluation, and research preferred.
Experience working with underserved, diverse and transient populations.
Experience working with patients who have co-occurring mental health, substance abuse, and social & physical health challenges.
Essential Job Duties & Responsibilities
Performs a variety of tasks in collaboration with a multidisciplinary team of physicians, psychologists, social workers, and other professional staff.
Stays current professionally with all therapeutic interventions and assessment techniques to maintain clinical skills.
Work with management on the integration of physical and mental health services to achieve departmental goals.
Develops and maintains thorough knowledge of referral resources throughout the service area.
Provides services with respect for the autonomy, dignity, privacy, and rights of FFHC patients.
Assess clients using standardized assessment/screening tools, measures, etc. to develop problem focused treatment plans, provides appropriate therapeutic intervention and monitors patients’’ progress throughout the course of treatment.
Seniority level
Associate
Employment type
Full-time
Job function
Health Care Provider
Industries
Non-profit Organizations and Hospitals and Health Care
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