Behavioral Health Counselor - Part Time

About This Role

This part-time Behavioral Health Counselor position at Northwestern Medicine in Wheaton involves providing patient assessments and treatment for adolescents aged 13-18 with emotional and mental health conditions. The role includes supportive counseling, case management, and community support services under supervision, as part of a multidisciplinary team.

Responsibilities

• Screen and evaluate requests for service
• Collect and report social history for assigned cases
• Intervene, stabilize, and manage acute crisis situations
• Assess and evaluate client needs, strengths, goals, and resources
• Develop individual plans with clients utilizing available assessment tools
• Work with an interdisciplinary team in reviewing cases and developing individual plans
• Implement individual plans through rehabilitation services such as case management, advocacy, outreach, skills training groups, social rehabilitation, community support, and support counseling
• Provide linkage case management, participate in treatment planning and discharge planning
• Consult with other center staff regarding problem assessment and treatment/intervention planning
• Consult with other service agencies around case-specific and programmatic issues
• Refer and link clients to other human services programs
• Serve as a liaison to other agencies as needed
• Train other providers and non-providers in areas relating to service specialties

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Behavioral Health
• Valid State of Illinois driver's license
• Current auto liability insurance
• Annual driving abstract
• CPR - Basic Life Support certification
• Advanced verbal and written communication skills

Nice to have:

• One year of experience interacting with clients in an outpatient setting

Benefits

• Wide range of benefits that provide employees with tools and resources to improve their physical, emotional, and financial well-being while providing protection for unexpected life events

Important Details

• Sign-on bonus eligibility: Internal employees and rehires who left Northwestern Medicine within 1 year are not eligible, with an exception for new graduate internal employees seeking their first licensed clinical position as a Registered Nurse at NM.

About the Company

Northwestern Medicine Behavioral Health in Wheaton offers treatment for emotional and mental health conditions and disorders affecting adolescents (ages 13-18) through a Partial Hospital All-Day Program, Intensive Outpatient Half-Day Program, and School Avoidance Program.