Job Description
Trilogy supports individuals transitioning from inpatient psychiatric settings by facilitating eligibility assessments and linkages to housing, enabling clients with severe mental illnesses to avoid nursing home placements. This role promotes community integration through client-centered, trauma-informed case management.
Trilogy delivers behavioral health programs, specializing in mental health and substance abuse services in areas like Chatham, Chicago, IL. The organization emphasizes harm-reduction approaches with integrated healthcare models.
Specialists assess situations via visits, screen referrals for Front Door Diversion, conduct intakes and treatment planning, and make referrals for care levels. They educate on coping skills, provide medication monitoring and education, assist with independent living like hygiene and shopping, and help with entitlements applications. Interactions occur with clients, multidisciplinary teams, and community providers; challenges include providing on-call intervention and psychoeducation while documenting thoroughly in a timely manner.
Compensation ranges from $22.89 to $26.32 per hour. Schedule is Monday to Friday, 8:00 am to 4:30 pm in Chatham, Chicago, IL 60619; requires a car. Benefits include free virtual primary care, urgent care, mental health counseling, paid maternity/paternity leave, medical, dental, vision, life insurance, disability, pet insurance, FSA, telemedicine, EAP, and 403(b) with employer match.
Responsibilities
- Assess client situation through home, community, office visits
- Screen Front Door referrals, determine eligibility
- Provide intake, assessments, treatment planning
- Recognize opportunities to move clients to appropriate care levels
- Provide care coordination for integrated health model, make referrals
- Assist identifying de-compensation signs, develop coping skills
- Provide medication monitoring services and education
- Assist with independent living skills like hygiene, housekeeping, nutrition, shopping
- Educate assist with entitlements like SSI, SSDI, Medicare, Medicaid, LINK
- Accompany transport clients to appointments, provide housing, substance, budgeting, medication support
- Advocate for clients, empower self-advocacy
- Provide on-call crisis intervention as needed
- Communicate effectively for consultation and information sharing
- Complete documentation in timely manner
- Perform other related duties as assigned
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in counseling, rehabilitation counseling, social work, education, vocational counseling, psychology, pastoral counseling, family therapy, or related human service field
- Bachelor's degree in any other field with two years of supervised clinical experience in mental health
- Licensed Practical Nurse under Nurse Practice Act 225 ILCS 65
- Certificate of Psychiatric Rehabilitation from DHS-approved program, high school diploma/GED, two years experience
- CRSS certification through IAODAPCA
- Family Partnership Professional certificate through IAODAPCA in good standing
- Occupational Therapy Assistant licensed under Occupational Therapy Practice Act 225 ILCS 75 with one year mental health experience
- High school diploma or GED with five years supervised clinical experience in mental health
- Master's degree in Social Work, Psychology, or Counseling highly preferred
- Minimum one year experience working with mental health or substance abuse diagnoses
- Licensed Social Worker or Licensed Professional Counselor preferred
- IM+CANS certification preferred
- Bilingual in Spanish preferred
- Valid Illinois driver's license with $100,000/$300,000 liability insurance