Weekly outpatient therapy isn't always enough, and a trip to the ER isn't the only answer. Patients and their families rely on Compass Health Center when in crisis – every day, we help people overcome depression, anxiety, suicidality, obsessions/compulsions, trauma, chronic pain, and other obstacles in order for our patients to live freely.
About This Role
As an Associate Director of the Child Program, you will lead a team of Group Therapists and assist Compass leadership in the child program, while continuing to participate in active patient care. If you are passionate about working with children and their families to communicate, develop and carry out appropriate treatment plans and compassionate care, you would be an ideal addition to our team.
What You’ll Do
- Implementation of program material and curriculum while maintaining efficacy and fidelity of our evidenced based models
- Collaborating with other leaders and Center of Excellence leaders on continued refinement of the program (i.e. addressing individual patient needs in the context of the program, etc.)
- Manages and supervises all group therapists within the Child Program
- Develop and manage daily group therapist schedule, approving PTO and managing time cards
- As indicated, participating in community outreach
- Schedule, conduct and write intakes of new patients to the program as needed
- Participate in interview and hiring process
- Train and onboard new staff within the child program and Oak Brook (may include master level interns)
- Provide primarily individual therapy and group or family therapy, as needed
- Communicate with patient’s family members or support system, as needed
- Coordinate care with patient’s outside providers to ensure continuity of care
- Assess patient’s progress and need for higher level of care or discharge
- Assist Program Director in managing and supervising clinical staff within the program.
- Engage in frequent communication and collaboration with team members via rounds, EMR notes, emails, and face-to-face communication
- Chart progress of patients appropriately
- Participates in professional development activities
Who You Are
- Master’s or Doctorate level clinician with one of the following licenses: PhD, PsyD, LCSW, or LCPC
- Experience developing and managing programs and clinical teams
- Experience supervising therapists, both licensed and seeing licensure
- Knowledge and experience of group dynamics utilizing CPT, ACT, DBT, and Motivational Interviewing, among other effective and efficacious treatments
- Experience with patients in crisis
- Excellent time management skills, ability to juggle multiple demands simultaneously in a fast paced and changing environment
- Experience with program target population in group and individual therapy settings
We know job descriptions can be intimidating, so if this sounds like an opportunity for you, please don't hesitate to apply!
Who We Are
Compass Health Center is a recognized leader in crisis-level mental health, bringing passion, connection, and patient-centered care to the Partial Hospitalization and Intensive Outpatient space (PHP/IOP). Based in Chicagoland, we serve hundreds of patients every day, ranging from ages 5 through adulthood, in our onsite facilities or through our flourishing virtual programming. Compass fills a critical gap between outpatient and inpatient care through an intermediate level of Behavioral Healthcare.
A few more things we want you to know: our values are super important to us, and hopefully will be to you, too. Cultural humility, teamwork, continuous improvement, connection, patient centered care, passion, innovation, and agility should be your power sources. Joining Compass is an opportunity to feel fulfilled through a joint mission towards healing our communities.
Benefits & Perks
We know that you will be dedicated to your purpose here. We look at that investment as a two-way street. We are proud to offer plenty of space for growth, and opportunities to pursue continuous development within our organization.
For eligible positions, our other benefits include: comprehensive medical/dental/vision plans, 401k program with company matching, generous PTO (including competitive parental leave after 1 year of employment), and continuous training through CEU seminars and volunteering opportunities.
What’s Next?
Compass is committed to cultivating diverse and dynamic teams who exude passion for their craft, so whether or not you check all the boxes, we encourage you to apply – we’d be grateful to hear from you!
