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Kenneth Young Center
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Licensed Professional Nonprofit Other Behavioral Health Positions Full time
Kenneth Young Center is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit dedicated to providing comprehensive outpatient behavioral health services to individuals of all walks of life. Located in the Northwest suburbs of Chicago, we offer a wide range of services including outpatient therapeutic care, recovery-oriented support, community prevention, LGBTQ+ outreach, older adult services, and crisis intervention. Our team welcomes and celebrates unique perspectives and represents the diversity and vitality of our local communities. Join our team to grow in your career while building stronger, healthier communities.   

Ken­neth Young Cen­ter offers a robust ben­e­fit pack­age that is high­ly com­pet­i­tive to the mar­ket and offers all full-time employ­ees the following: 
  • 403(b) plan with orga­ni­za­tion­al matching   
  • Medical Insurance (Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illi­nois - BCBS) 
  • Den­tal (BCBS), and Vision Insur­ance (BCBS) with low employee premiums  
  • Long Term and Short Term Dis­abil­i­ty (BCBS), no cost to employee     
  • Flex­i­ble Spend­ing Account (with annu­al rollover)  
  • Basic life insur­ance (50k) paid for by the organization and option for addi­tion­al vol­un­tary cov­er­age for self, spouse, or depen­dents (BCBS)   
  • Incentive program with potential for quarterly bonuses  
  • Opportunity for annual bonus and salary increase (discretionary based on annual KYC financial audit)  
  • Eligibility to participate in the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program (PSLF)  
To fur­ther pro­mote an active and healthy work/ life bal­ance, KYC also offers a gen­er­ous amount of paid time off and staff holidays.  
  • 4 weeks of Paid Time Off (With increas­es based on seniority) 
  • 8 Paid Orga­ni­za­­­tion-Wide Hol­i­days
  • 3 Per­son­al Float­ing Hol­i­days annually
Job Scope: Join a diverse team of counselors and social workers providing behavioral health services in a community outpatient office setting. Gain supervised clinical therapy experience, plus opportunities for continuing education throughout the year. This team primarily serves adult clients, but individual caseloads could include children and adolescents, if interested. Engage clients in individual, group, and family therapy aimed at creating positive change and improving mental health and overall wellness.

Program Responsibilities
  • Provide individual therapy using evidence-based practices that are individualized to client needs, to a caseload of adult clients.
  • Provide group therapy, including possibly developing new groups based on client need and clinical interest.
  • Engage clients first coming into treatment in the process of assessment and treatment planning to determine their needs, strengths, preferences, and goals.
  • Complete referral to other internal programs that could support client needs.
  • Provide case management services to help clients and families gain access to needed benefits and services in the local community.
  • Provide some services via telehealth using agency-provided equipment, as clinically indicated and as requested by the client.
  • Ensure continuity of care by consulting with other internal and external providers.
  • Review treatment progress with clients and their families at proscribed intervals and modify assessment and treatment plans based on progress and client needs.
  • Communicate with administrative and operations staff in a timely manner around issues related to scheduling and client care.
  • Facilitate communication between client and other agency departments, as needed (e.g. medical records, client accounts).
  • Meet agency quality and compliance standards by accurately completing clinical documentation and service reporting in a timely manner
Education and Experience
  • Master’s degree from an accredited college or University in Social Work, Psychology, or related human services discipline.
  • Licensure preferred (LPC, LSW, LCPC, LCSW, LMFT)
  • Prefer candidates with supervised experience in providing counseling and/or psychotherapy services
  • Must demonstrate knowledge in the areas of diagnostic assessment, long and short term treatment, family systems theory and group treatment
  • Must have basic computer and keyboarding skills
Schedule/Time Keeping
  • Exempt, Full-Time, 37.5 hour work week
  • Employees will work a flexible hybrid schedule in response to the needs of the program, including some evening and/or Saturday hours.
Kenneth Young Center is an Equal Opportunity Employer
About Kenneth Young Center

We part­ner with com­mu­ni­ties to sup­port peo­ple of all ages to nav­i­gate life’s chal­lenges through per­son­al­ized pre­ven­tion, inter­ven­tion, treat­ment, and recovery.

Ken­neth Young Cen­ter is a 501(c)(3) not-for-prof­it fos­ter­ing health­i­er com­mu­ni­ties through: 

  • Coun­sel­ing for adults, chil­dren, families
  • Assess­ment, sta­bi­liza­tion, link­age for adults/​children in psy­chi­atric crisis
  • Treat­ment, sup­port, and recov­ery ser­vices for those with seri­ous men­tal illness
  • Ser­vice coor­di­na­tion and in-home ser­vices for old­er adults
  • Sub­stance use pre­ven­tion and recovery
  • Alco­hol, drug, and preg­nan­cy pre­ven­tion pro­grams for youth
  • LGBTQ+ Cen­ter for youth and young adults
  • Vol­un­teer opportunities

We are accred­it­ed by the Joint Com­mis­sion, a nation­al­ly respect­ed body with strin­gent stan­dards of excel­lence in healthcare.

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