Mobile Crisis Response/SASS Counselor - Arlington Heights, IL, United States - Kenneth Young Center

Description

At Kenneth Young Center, our staff come together with volunteers, community partners, and the people we serve to create holistic systems of care through interwoven behavioral health programs, older adult services, and community health initiatives.

Our team welcomes and celebrates unique perspectives, and represents the diversity and vitality of our local communities.

This role helps realize our mission:

We partner with communities to support people of all ages to navigate life's challenges through personalized prevention, intervention, treatment, and recovery.

Join our team to grow in your career while building stronger, healthier communities.

Works with families and community based systems to provide in-home services including crisis assessment, treatment planning, case management and intensive family based services.

Actively contribute as a team member with on-call crisis response shifts to provide assessment, maintain a caseload for linking clients to long-term services, and maintain a caseload of clients for individual therapy.

On call-shifts run on a 24/7 basis, and include evening, weekend, and holiday hours. Bilingual in Spanish preferred.
Kenneth Young Center offers a robust benefit package that is highly competitive to the market and offers all full-time employees the following:
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)
Opportunity for annual bonus and salary increase (discretionary based on annual KYC financial audit)

To further promote an active and healthy work/ life balance, KYC also offers a generous amount of paid time off and staff holidays.

8 Paid Organization-Wide Holidays
3 Personal Floating Holidays annually
Attending all ongoing hospital staffings and residential placement meetings
Linkage back to substitute care provider
Linkage to community resources as needed
Ongoing support to help a client maintain access to established services
Bachelors Degree from an accredited College or University in Social Work, Psychology, or closely related discipline minimum of a high school diploma or GED and 5 years supervised clinical experience in mental health or human services
Masters Degree from an accredited College or University in Social Work, Psychology, or closely related discipline preferred
Bilingual preferred
One to two years experience working with children and adolescents.
Computer skills required.