Responsibilities POSITION SUMMARY: Provides clinical services to psychiatric inpatient and partial hospitalization (PHP) patients and their families. Completes psychosocial evaluations, facilitates group therapy, individual, couple, and family therapy, and discharge planning/linkage with aftercare services. Serves as a member of the interdisciplinary team. Attends appropriate clinical staffings on behalf of patients and their families. POSITION SUMMARY: Lead multidisciplinary treatment team in developing a treatment plan for each patient and document services performed in the client record. Provides individual and family therapy as prescribed by treatment plans. Therapeutic orientation shall be consistent with a best practice approach to addressing identified client needs. Provides group therapy and clinically focused group activities consistent with client needs. Group therapeutic orientation shall be consistent with a best practice approach to facilitating group therapy. Assists in the development of milieu activities, educational groups and therapeutic groups and supports the implementation of therapeutic activities on the treatment units. Coordinates the development of a therapeutic milieu through an honest, supportive and structured approach to care. Stays informed of relevant community treatment resources likely to impact the clientele including but not limited to the Department of Human Services, Illinois State Board of Education and Illinois Department of Children and Family Services. Participates in program planning (recommends curriculum, program changes, etc) with unit staff and supervisors. Develops referral resources and maintains regular contact including parents and guardians of residential clients. Utilizes knowledge and skills related to crisis intervention and verbal de-escalation in order to provide a safe environment for patients, visitors and staff. Qualifications Education: Master's degree in the human services field (counseling, psychology, social work). Experience: Previous professional experience in a behavioral health setting preferred. EEO Statement All UHS subsidiaries are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and teammates. UHS subsidiaries are equal opportunity employers and as such, openly support and fully commit to recruitment, selection, placement, promotion and compensation of individuals without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), genetic information, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. We believe that diversity and inclusion among our teammates is critical to our success. Notice At UHS and all our subsidiaries, our Human Resources departments and recruiters are here to help prospective candidates by matching skillset and experience with the best possible career path at UHS and our subsidiaries. We take pride in creating a highly efficient and best in class candidate experience. During the recruitment process, no recruiter or employee will request financial or personal information (Social Security Number, credit card or bank information, etc.) from you via email. The recruiters will not email you from a public webmail client like Hotmail, Gmail, Yahoo Mail, etc. If you are suspicious of a job posting or job-related email mentioning UHS or its subsidiaries, let us know by contacting us at: https://uhs.alertline.com or 1-800-852-3449.