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Job Title: Case Therapist II

Location: Wheaton, IL

Schedule: Full-time

Requisition ID: LMT90537B

Job Description

Case Therapists II for Wheaton, IL location. Assess patients, plan treatment, and provide direct patient services including individual, group, and family counseling for substance abuse and mental health issues. Coordinate care including communicating with treatment team, patient, and family, documenting in medical record, and discharge planning, continuum of care. Perform assessment for patient admission to a high level of care. Treating dual diagnosis patients. Oversee the dual diagnosis program for adolescents, including facilitating education group, program assessment, research, administration. New program development and facilitation (continuing care, family programming) including cross training, facilitating groups, assessment. Provides clinical supervision and training to graduate student interns. Gives case presentations to staff. Maintains knowledge of drugs and how they may therapeutically or negatively impact patient. Actively provides input to elevate care and shares trends and information from behavioral health field contacts to help develop programs. Cross train to other areas of behavioral health services.  

Required Skills:

Master's degree in Social Work, Psychology, Counseling or related field plus 2 years of experience in counseling required. Required: Two years post graduate experience, including: substance abuse and mental health populations; assessment; individual, family, and group counseling. Must hold Illinois LSW, LCSW, LPC or LCPC. $71,943/year - $97,123/year.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Northwestern Medicine is an equal opportunity employer (disability, VETS) and does not discriminate in hiring or employment on the basis of age, sex, race, color, religion, national origin, gender identity, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation or any other protected status.

Background Check

Northwestern Medicine conducts a background check that includes criminal history on newly hired team members and, at times, internal transfers. If you are offered a position with us, you will be required to complete an authorization and disclosure form that gives Northwestern Medicine permission to run the background check.  Results are evaluated on a case-by-case basis, and we follow all local, state, and federal laws, including the Illinois Health Care Worker Background Check Act.

Artificial Intelligence Disclosure

Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools may be used in some portions of the candidate review process for this position, however, all employment decisions will be made by a person. 

Benefits

We offer a 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. Please visit our Benefits section to learn more.

Sign-on Bonus Eligibility: Internal employees and rehires who left Northwestern Medicine within 1 year are not eligible for the sign on bonus. Exception: New graduate internal employees seeking their first licensed clinical position at NM may be eligible depending upon the job family.