Child & Adolescent Mental Health Professional

Weekly outpatient therapy isnt always enough and a trip to the ER isnt the only answer. Patients and their families rely on CompassHealth Center whenincrisis every day wehelp people overcome depression anxiety suicidality obsessions/compulsions trauma chronic pain and other obstacles in order for our patients to live freely.

About This Role

We are seeking a Mental Health Professional to support our Child and Adolescent programs. This role will be a blend of direct patient interaction and general administration work ensuring that the programs are running smoothly. If you are passionate about providing your patients with exemplary care while being sensitive to their individual psychiatric conditions you would be a great fit on our team.

Our state-of-the-art facility in Oak Brook is modern bright and creates an inviting therapeutic space for both patients and employees alike.

What Youll Do:

• Provide support for the learning environment be present in group therapy rooms assist with supervised study assist patients with check-in for program
• Help manage crisis situations and support patients as they gain emotional regulation
• Communicate patient progress with team.
• Chart progress of patients; complete all incident reports thoroughly and within 24 hours
• Check and respond to daily emails voicemails and EMR messages.
• In collaboration with team aid in development of individualized behavioral plans and contracts.
• Engage in frequent communication and collaboration with team members
• Check and respond to daily emails voicemails and EMR messages
• Ensure safe patient transitions from room to room; setting up and cleaning the group therapy rooms
• Set up rooms for supervised study and complete attendance logs
• Maintain organizational systems
• Maintain patient privacy at all times
• Phone communication with patients/parents in non-crisis situations
• Bringing patients to/from lobby when they arrive and need to leave at off-times
• Provide supervision to patients throughout the day
• Administrative tasks such as data entry attendance and general paperwork
• Ensure program is equipped with appropriate supplies
• Email correspondence with parents (sending invites for parent meetings etc.)
• Support with supervised study and lunch if applicable
• Participate in professional development activities
• Other responsibilities as assigned

Who You Are:

• Experience working with children
• Ability to quickly establish rapport with children
• Excellent time management and organizational skills including the ability to juggle multiple demands simultaneously in a fast paced and changing environment
• Excellent communication skills both written and verbal
• Ability to maintain patient privacy at all times
• Bachelors Degree preferred

We know job descriptionscan be intimidating so if this sounds like an opportunity for you please dont 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 PartialHospitalizationand 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 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.

Whats 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 wed be grateful to hear from you!