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About GLC

GLC Wellness Center delivers integrated medical, mental, and behavioral health services across multiple locations, serving thousands with a whole-person approach to physical, mental, emotional, spiritual, and occupational health.

Job Summary

You will deliver evidence-based psychotherapy and lead community-based programming across outpatient, school, and independent-living facility settings. The role blends direct care, group facilitation, outreach and partnership development, team leadership, documentation quality control, and outcomes reporting. As an LPHA in Illinois Medicaid settings, you will establish medical necessity, complete or approve treatment plans, and support utilization review. Work is coordinated with psychiatry, primary care, case management, and school partners.

Core Responsibilities Direct Clinical Care

Provide intake assessment, diagnosis, and individualized treatment planning for adolescents and adults, deliver individual, family, and group psychotherapy using structured, evidence-based protocols,
Use measurement-based care, administer and track tools such as PHQ-9, GAD-7, PCL-5, C-SSRS, and program-specific measures, adjust care plans based on data,
Develop safety plans, conduct risk assessments, manage crises using de-escalation and warm handoffs, coordinate care with PMHNPs, PCPs, and external specialists,
Serve as LPHA where applicable, determine medical necessity, complete, sign, or co-sign treatment plans within payer rules.

Group Services, Community Sites

Design and facilitate psychoeducational and skills groups at partner independent-living facilities, senior communities, shelters, and community centers, align curricula to population needs,
Standardize group protocols, session outlines, materials, and attendance workflows, ensure ADA-aware and culturally responsive content,
Lead outcomes tracking for groups, monitor retention, symptom change, and partner satisfaction.

School-Based Services, CPS Tier 2 and Tier 3

Deliver Tier 2 skill groups and Tier 3 targeted interventions in Chicago Public Schools, provide brief individual sessions when authorized,
Coordinate with MTSS teams, counselors, and guardians, align services with IEP/504 and crisis protocols, document under FERPA/HIPAA interface rules, obtain appropriate consents.

Outreach, Marketing, and Partnerships

Conduct outreach to new and existing facilities, schools, and community programs, present program value, close scopes of work, and coordinate start-up timelines,
Maintain partner calendars, referral pathways, and simple outcomes dashboards, attend community meetings and health fairs as a clinical representative.

Team Leadership and Documentation Quality

Lead a Community Support Team that facilitates groups across sites, set weekly priorities, assign coverage, coach facilitators on clinical fidelity,
Review and verify team notes for completeness, accuracy, medical necessity, and timeliness, ensure coding and billing elements are present, provide corrective feedback,
Complete your own documentation same day or within policy timelines, maintain problem lists, diagnoses, treatment plans, safety plans, and discharge summaries.

Compliance and Ethics

Follow HIPAA, Illinois MHDDCA, and, when applicable, 42 CFR Part 2, use minimum-necessary standards for any disclosure, avoid confirming or denying client status to unauthorized parties,
Adhere to mandated reporting requirements, boundaries, and scope of practice, participate in incident review, QI projects, and peer case conferences.

Operations and Reporting

Use the EHR for scheduling, progress notes, and outcome tracking, support utilization management, author concise clinical summaries for partners and grants,
Contribute to program refinement, recommend workflow changes that improve access, quality, or partner satisfaction.

Minimum Qualifications

Active, unencumbered Illinois license, one of, LMFT, LCSW, LCPC, Licensed Clinical Psychologist, or other LPHA-eligible credential,
Master’s or Doctoral degree in a mental health discipline from an accredited program,
Experience providing evidence-based therapy, group facilitation, and community-based services,
Familiarity with Illinois Medicaid LPHA functions, treatment plan standards, and documentation requirements,
Strong risk assessment skills, crisis response competency, and comfort coordinating care across disciplines,
Valid driver’s license, ability to travel within Chicagoland for school and facility partners.

Preferred Qualifications

Prior work in independent-living facilities, school-based programs, or integrated primary care-behavioral health settings,
Training in CBT, DBT skills, ACT, MI, TF-CBT, or grief/trauma-focused modalities,
Experience supervising or coaching facilitators, auditing notes, and improving documentation quality,
Bilingual English/Spanish.

Required Skills

Concise diagnostic formulation and treatment planning, strong group management and psychoeducation skills,
Clear written documentation, disciplined follow-through on timelines, comfort with EHR and basic dashboards,
Professional communication, cultural humility, trauma-informed care, and collaborative problem-solving,
Relationship building with community partners, confident public speaking for outreach and trainings.

Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)

Documentation timeliness ≥ 95% within policy timelines,
Group delivery volume and attendance targets met per site agreements,
Reduction in symptom scores across defined cohorts,
Partner satisfaction and renewal rate targets achieved,
Completion and approval rate of treatment plans within payer rules.

Work Conditions

Outpatient clinic, schools, and community/mobile settings, routine local travel, occasional early evening or limited weekend groups aligned to partner schedules.

GLC Wellness Center is an equal opportunity employer.

Job Types: Full-time, Part-time, Contract, Per diem, Temporary

Pay: $45.00 - $55.00 per hour

Expected hours: 20 – 40 per week

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