La Rabida Children’s Hospital provides specialized, family-centered health care to children with medically complex conditions, disabilities, and chronic illness. Through expertise, compassion, and advocacy we help children and their families reach their fullest potential, regardless of their ability to pay.

Our not-for-profit hospital, licensed for 49 beds, helps transition children from neonatal or pediatric intensive care to home, by providing medical, rehabilitative and developmental care, and by training families to continue treatments and manage the necessary equipment in the home. La Rabida also provides extensive rehabilitation for those recovering from wounds or burns and treatment for exacerbations of chronic conditions.

The hospital’s enhanced pediatric patient-centered medical home provides primary care to children with complex medical conditions and their siblings. Children with medical homes elsewhere come to La Rabida for specialty services. La Rabida offers a wide range of specialty services provided to children with sickle cell disease, diabetes, and many others. Children are supported in their emotional and developmental growth, particularly in cases where such growth has been interrupted by accident or disease.

Finally, La Rabida provides forensic and treatment services for children exposed to abuse and neglect, comprehensive assessments for wards of the state, early intervention for children between 0 and 3 years of age. Care coordination services for medically complex children are also provided for those who are covered by a health plan and receive care from providers in Cook County

SUMMARY: Functions in an independent and professional manner to provide high-quality behavioral health services to outpatient clients and their families.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

Clinical Responsibilities:

· Provides short term and long term evidence based behavioral health services to patients and their families, including individual, family and group therapy. Provides care for patients with presenting symptoms such as behavioral problems, school, work and learning problems, attention problems, anxiety, depression, as well as others.

· Has training in and can implement behavioral health interventions such as individual psychotherapy, behavior modification techniques, family therapy, group therapy and crisis intervention.

· Expectations are a minimum of 80% of time is spent providing therapy. The expectation is that16 therapy sessions scheduled per week and 100% of notes are completed within 24 hours of session.

· Conducts clinical intake assessments and appropriate diagnosis. Issues and scores scales and measures to evaluated functioning and for diagnostic clarification

· Provides cases management and advocacy

· Consults and collaborates with the multidisciplinary health care team to ensure services are integrated into patient’s treatment.

Additional Functions:

· Performs other duties as assigned

· Actively participates in reflective supervision weekly

· Documents sessions and clinical activities within 24 hours of contact

· Attends department meetings and presents cases for review

· Collaborates with internal and external providers to promote comprehensive care

· Works with diverse client base

· Interfaces and collaborates with hospital multidisciplinary team

QUALIFICATIONS:

Education: MS required, LCSW/Psy.D/Ph.D. in IL preferred

Related Work Experience: Professional experience in delivering behavioral health care to children and adolescents. Experience working with children on a multidisciplinary team, experience with trauma informed care, chronically ill children are highly desirable.

Licensure/Certification: Active LCSW license in good standing with the State of Illinois

CPR required: Only certifications issued by the American Heart Association or the American Red Cross will be accepted. Covid 19 and Flu vaccination required

Attendance: Monday through Friday - Telehealth, Saturday availability in person

La Rabida Children’s Hospital is very proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer

La Rabida is a place unlike any other. We understand the needs of families with children dealing with the most serious or complicated of conditions. With teams of the best healthcare providers in Chicago, we give continuous, comprehensive care, education, and support, helping families face their unique obstacles head-on.   

La Rabida Children’s Hospital is very proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer.