Overview

Are you a compassionate and dedicated Clinical Therapist looking to make a positive impact in the lives of individuals with mental illness? Do you thrive in a positive company culture where your contributions are valued? Join our team as a clinical therapist. Our therapists provide mental health services in outpatient and community-based settings, utilizing collaborative treatment approaches that can be tailored to suit their own style as well as the needs of the clients they serve. Counseling will be provided in the office as well as in local school districts, with the ideal candidate comfortable seeing children ages 4 and above.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

• Provides direct behavioral health and substance abuse counseling. Interviews patient to obtain information concerning medical history or other pertinent information.
• Observes client to detect indications of abnormal physical or mental behavior.
• Selects and administers various tests such as psychological tests, personality inventories and intelligence quotient tests to identify behavioral or personality trains and intelligence levels and records results.
• Reviews results of tests to evaluate client needs. Plans and administers therapeutic treatment such as behavior modification and stress management therapy to assist patient in controlling disorders and other problems.
• Changes method and degree of therapy when indicated by client reactions.
• Discusses progress toward goals with client such as controlling weight, stress or substance abuse.
• Consults with medical provider or other specialists concerning treatment plan and amends plan as directed.
• Conducts relaxation exercises, peer counseling groups and family counseling during clinical therapy sessions.
• Refers client to supportive services to supplement treatment and counseling.
• Conducts research in treatment and test validation.
• Develops evaluative studies of therapy and therapy outcome.
• Attends departmental and all staff meetings.

Hours:  Monday - Friday 8:30-4:30 (Flexible) 35 hours per week

Job Requirements

Qualifications

To perform this job successfully an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Education and/or Experience

Master’s Degree (M.A.) or equivalent or four to ten years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Language Skills

• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations.
• Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals.
• Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers and the general public.

Reasoning Ability

• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts and draw valid conclusions.
• Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.

Computer Skills

• To perform the job successfully an individual should have knowledge of medical record software, internet software, spreadsheet software and word processing software.

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations

• Current Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor, Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Licensed Social Worker or Licensed Professional Counselor in the State of Illinois.
• Current Driver’s License
• Current automobile insurance CPR Certification

Other Skills and Abilities

• Ability to work with patients ranging in age from small children to older adults.
• Ability to work one-on-one or in a group setting.
• Willing to travel to local schools to provide counseling services.

Misc Benefits

• Health insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Life insurance
• Dependent coverage
• Voluntary insurance (accident, critical illness, etc.)
• Short/long term disability
• Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund pension program
• 13 paid holidays for full time employees, sick, vacation, and personal time

Client Description

Mission Statement:

To provide high quality health care to the people of Cass County and the surrounding area of central Illinois. Toward that end, we are committed to the following core values:

• Excellence in all that we do.
• Honesty and integrity.
• Fairness in our treatment of patients, employees, partners and referring physicians.
• Maintain financial viability from work that benefits our patients and the community.

Community Description

Community Overview: Virginia is blessed with the beautiful Jennie Marr Dunaway Memorial Park with its pool, ball diamonds, tennis court, walking path and park pavilion. Along the park is the Rexroat Prairie (prairie grass and wildflowers) and authentic log cabins. Virginia is a mere 5 minutes west of the 16,500 acre Jim Edgar Panther Creek State Fish and Wildlife Area, one of the state's largest and most beautiful natural settings. It offers fishing, hiking, biking, wildlife viewing, horseback riding, hunting and camping. Located a short distance from Springfield, this community offers small town living with comforts of shops, restaurants and entertainment nearby. There are several public schools in the county and several universities and colleges within a short drive. The town is located 15 minutes from Beardstown, 20 minutes from Jacksonville and 45 minutes from the heart of Springfield

Nearest Metro: Springfield 30 minutes, Jacksonville 15 minutes, St. Louis 90 minutes

Recreation: fishing, camping, biking, hunting

Student Loan Forgiveness

Our clinicians are eligible for state and federal loan repayment programs, such as the National Health Service Corps (NHSC) Loan Repayment Program.