Mental Health Program Manager - Chicago - Family Guidance Centers, Inc

Family Guidance Centers, Inc. (FGC), a not-for-profit behavioral healthcare organization, treats and prevents substance use disorder, as well as an array of other related problems. Since 1969, FGC’s comprehensive programming has educated and guided individuals toward their full potential as productive members within their own families and our society. Family Guidance Centers, Inc seeks to support the behavioral health of individuals, families, and communities through our commitment to innovation, accountability, and compassionate care to facilitate positive, lasting change.

Essential Duties:

• Ensure well-coordinated scheduling of assessments ensuring mental health treatment on demand.
• Provide and document individual supervision at least monthly to mental health treatment staff and interns across FGC sites. Provide weekly supervision to new staff and interns using tele-conference and phone meetings where needed to support staff. Provide group supervision at least monthly to all mental health staff at all sites.
• Provide structure for intervention planning appropriate to the clinician’s knowledge and experience using a developmental supervisory model.
• Conduct Medicaid title 140 compliant utilization review for mental health services and ensure documentation of utilization review.
• Integrate FGC evidence-based practice goals into supervision, ensuring models such as Motivational Interviewing, CBT, and Trauma-Informed Care are demonstrated in interventions.
• Provide crisis intervention, directly working with staff and patients when needed to assist a patient in immediate crisis (e.g. in need of hospitalization).
• Provide and document formal clinical competency reviews for mental health staff using FGC approved format and help staff define learning and training needs as well as the development of future learning goals.
• Contribute as appropriate to clinical trainings related to populations served and for ongoing integration of evidence-based practice.
• Provide direct mental health services to partial caseload and (e.g. assessments) when needed to support treatment on demand. Ten hours of clinical service per week.
• Participate in weekly orientation, providing an overview of mental health services to new hires.

Work Schedule: Monday - Friday (8:30a - 5:00p) with rotating Saturdays

Pay Rate: $55,000

Start Date: ASAP

Family Guidance Centers, Inc. is a Drug Free Environment (including THC and/or CBD).

DCFS clearance required.

Family Guidance Centers, Inc. is committed to Equal Employment Opportunity without regard for race, ethnicity , pregnancy, gender, protected veterans status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or religion.

Education and/or Experience: Master’s degree in social work or master’s in clinical counseling (e.g. M.S. or M.A. in Counseling, MHS with concentration in mental health counseling, Masters in counseling psychology) required.  Experience with substance use treatment, mental health, and dual-diagnosis is required. Knowledge of and experience with Medicaid title 140 (previously 132) mental health service guidelines preferred.

Certificates, Licenses and Registrations: State of Illinois State of Illinois Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) or State of Illinois Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC) required.  Current driver’s license and auto insurance required.

Family Guidance Centers Inc. offers opportunities for individuals with an interest in behavioral health. Our organization provides a comprehensive benefit package for full time employment that includes:

• Health Insurance
• Dental 
• Vision
• Life Insurance,
• EAP 
• 401k pension plan
• Vacation, sick and personal days with paid holidays off are included in our paid time off compensation package