About Job
Location: Chicago, IL 60640
Date Posted: 07/16/2025
Category: Management
Education: Masters Degree
Delta-T Group has been in business for over 35 years, and connects professionals with client opportunities within the special education, social service, behavioral health, and disability sectors.
One of our clients is seeking an Assistant Director with an LCPC, LCSW, or LMFT in the north Ravenswood area.
CLIENT'S AVAILABLE HOURS
SUMMARY OF CLIENT'S DESCRIPTION OF THIS OPPORTUNITY
As Assistant Director, your leadership will help clients with serious mental illness (SMI), co-occurring substance use, trauma, and medical complexities step out of crisis and into stability. You’ll guide a passionate team and ensure that every service delivered—from crisis support to housing placement—moves clients closer to lasting mental health recovery and independence. You'll drive program outcomes, support your team, and ensure clinical excellence every step of the way.
CLIENT'S REQUIRED SKILLS & EXPERIENCE
DTG ADVANTAGES
DTG'S COMPANY OVERVIEW
Delta-T Group's mission is to provide cost-effective, reliable referrals, and innovative staffing solutions, for the social services, behavioral health, allied health and special education fields, for the betterment of independent behavioral health professionals seeking new opportunities and those needing care and support.
One of our clients is seeking an Assistant Director with an LCPC, LCSW, or LMFT in the north Ravenswood area.
CLIENT'S AVAILABLE HOURS
- Monday through Friday 9am-5pm standard hours, with after hour and weekend availability for rare situations.
SUMMARY OF CLIENT'S DESCRIPTION OF THIS OPPORTUNITY
As Assistant Director, your leadership will help clients with serious mental illness (SMI), co-occurring substance use, trauma, and medical complexities step out of crisis and into stability. You’ll guide a passionate team and ensure that every service delivered—from crisis support to housing placement—moves clients closer to lasting mental health recovery and independence. You'll drive program outcomes, support your team, and ensure clinical excellence every step of the way.
- Lead with Purpose: Supervise and inspire a team of staff and interns providing life-changing services like housing linkage, recovery-focused therapy, and intensive case management.
- Drive Measurable Outcomes: Monitor program performance, track recovery and housing milestones, and use data to continuously improve results for our clients.
- Champion Quality Care: Oversee clinical documentation, ensure compliance with Medicaid standards, and serve as LPHA to approve treatment plans, assessments, and notes.
- Develop People, Not Just Programs: Provide weekly supervision, mentorship, and training that helps staff grow clinically and professionally—while also building a high-performing team culture.
- Fuel Innovation: Collaborate with hospital providers to expand the program’s reach, strengthen partnerships, and develop outreach efforts that bring more clients through the “front door.”
- Respond When It Matters Most: Support staff in responding to crises, conducting risk assessments, and creating safety plans that keep clients stable and engaged.
- Own the Process, Improve the System: Lead continuous quality improvement efforts that elevate service delivery across housing, mental health, and recovery domains.
- Be a Voice at the Table: Interface with state funders, shape policies, and help tell the story of your team’s impact through quarterly reports and strategic conversations.
- Client negotiable contract-to-hire
- Hourly compensation of $45-55, commensurate with education, experience, and licensure.
CLIENT'S REQUIRED SKILLS & EXPERIENCE
- Must have an LCPC, LCSW, or LMFT
- Master’s degree in Social Work, Counseling, Marriage & Family Therapy, or related field
- 3+ years of social services experience, with at least 1 year in a mental health setting
- Minimum 1 year of supervisory or team leadership experience
- Knowledge of Medicaid billing (Rule 132/140), IM+CANS
- Strong clinical documentation and communication skills
- Reliable transportation and valid driver’s license (community-based travel required)
- Must obtain IM+CANS and SOAR certification within 30 days if not already certified
DTG ADVANTAGES
- Establish a relationship with one of the nation's largest referral agencies for behavioral-health and special education.
- Compensation processed weekly.
- Accessibility to grow professionally.
- Access to a broad array of client opportunities.
DTG'S COMPANY OVERVIEW
Delta-T Group's mission is to provide cost-effective, reliable referrals, and innovative staffing solutions, for the social services, behavioral health, allied health and special education fields, for the betterment of independent behavioral health professionals seeking new opportunities and those needing care and support.
Title: Assistant Director LCPC, LCSW, or LMFT
Class: Administrative
Type: TEMPORARY
Ref. No.: 1302186-1
BC: #DTG105
Company: Delta-T Group Illinois, Inc.
Contract Contact: Contract Submit IL
Office Email: ILContracts@deltatg.com
Office Phone: 800-500-8007
Office Address: 800 Enterprise Drive, Suite 131, Oak Brook, IL 60523
About Us: Each Delta-T Group office is separately incorporated. Delta-T Group is a referral service for self-employed independent contractors seeking behavioral healthcare education and social service supplemental marketplace opportunities. Delta-T cannot guarantee any number or duration of referrals or opportunities as a result of your registration. When and if opportunities become available, you may accept or decline such referrals at your sole discretion.
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