Internship - Outpatient Services (South)

Office Location: 8541 S State St., Chicago IL 60619

Essential Responsibilities

• Provide comprehensive bio-psychosocial assessment services to adults with severe and persistent mental illness
• Assist in developing individualized treatment plans with the input of the client and their team, which includes providers and natural supports. Collaborate with members of the client’s team to ensure quality of treatment and coordination of care
• Serve as an advocate for clients, linking them to needed community services; assess client’s personal, medical, social, emotional, and environmental situation to plan for linkage and treatment course
• Provide strengths-based, client-centered, and trauma-informed clinical services to adults with mental health diagnoses and co-occurring substance abuse disorders
• Maintain documentation and chart in compliance with Medicaid, Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Services (CARF), and agency standards
• Perform other related duties and/or projects as assigned
• Active and thoughtful participation in individual and group supervisions, as well as trainings

 

Qualifications

• Completed bachelor’s Degree in Social Work, Psychology, or Counseling required
• Must be in good standing with academic program and meet requirements for second year placement