The Child and Adolescent Therapist Intern will provide individual, family, and group psychotherapy and case management to referred clients ages 6 to 25 years old; and provide consultation to other Trilogy programs. They will provide person-centered, strengths-based, and trauma-informed services to clients with mental illness and co-occurring substance abuse/addiction disorders utilizing a harm reduction approach.    

• Provide comprehensive bio-psychosocial assessment services to youth, young adults, and their families
• Develop individualized treatment plans with the input of the client and their team, which includes providers and natural supports. Collaborate with members of the client’s team to ensure quality of treatment and coordination of care
• Provide strengths-based, client-centered, and trauma-informed clinical services to youth, young adults, and families diagnosed with mental health and substance use disorders within the outpatient clinic and within partner schools in Chicago and surrounding suburbs
• Co-facilitate group therapy sessions with program therapist
• Serve as an advocate for clients, linking them to needed community services; assess client’s personal, medical, social, emotional, and environmental situation to plan for linkage and treatment course
• Maintain documentation and chart in compliance with Medicaid, Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Services (CARF), and agency standards
• Attend regular individual supervision and group consultations
• Perform other related duties and/or projects as assigned

• Bachelor’s Degree in Social Work, Psychology, or Counseling required.
• Experience working with youth, young adults, and their families.
• Experience working with or in schools preferred, not required
• Availability to begin late Summer 2024 until the end of May 2025
• Availability to work evenings.
• Availability to attend weekly team meetings/consultation on Tuesday mornings
• Must pass IM+CANS exam within one month of start date.
• Bilingual in Spanish preferred, not required.