Senior Therapist

Outreach is a Christian community service organization that provides counseling, case management, youth development, older adult services, and community development. For 50 years, Outreach has changed the lives of thousands of individuals, children, youth, and families in DuPage County, IL. We seek to hire a diverse staff of highly competent professional employees to pursue Outreach's mission to restore hope and provide opportunities for people to become all God intends them to be. 
 

Outreach is hiring a Full-time Senior Therapist at Outreach Wheaton to maintain a full caseload with a strong focus on clinical supervision. This role provides ongoing supervision to counseling interns and staff while maintaining a clinical caseload that includes individual, couple, family, and group therapy. The Senior Therapist also serves as a supervisory member of the CCBYS on-call rotation, providing clinical consultation and support to direct service staff responding to 24/7 crises. CCBYS is a grant-funded program focused on stabilization and family reunification, with the goal of reducing the need for hospitalization or law enforcement involvement. 
 

Benefits & Compensation: 

• $70,000-$80,000/annually – based on education, experience, and skills. Additional weekly stipend for on-call supervisory support to crisis team members.  
• Paid vacation, agency holidays, sick days, and wellness days. 
• Health, Dental, and Vision Insurance. Life insurance, short-term, and long-term disability insurance. 
• 403(b) retirement plan. 
• Employee Assistance Program and Employee Discount. 
• Eligibility for hybrid work model or flexible scheduling. 
• Mission-driven environment that fosters personal development. 

Responsibilities: 

• Provide high-quality clinical services within a diverse funding environment, supporting Outreach’s mission to ensure access to mental health care for all, regardless of financial barriers. Payers include Medicaid, Medicare, commercial insurance, scholarship support, and grant-funded programs 
• Maintain a clinical caseload providing individual, couple, family, and group therapy, including assessment, treatment planning, and linkage to community support (roughly 22-25 hours of combined direct clinical and/or supervision per week). 
• Provide clinical supervision to assigned interns and staff, including case consultation, documentation review, and professional development support. 
• Serve as a rotating on-call supervisor for the CCBYS program, providing after-hours clinical consultation, risk assessment guidance, and supervisory support to direct service staff responding to youth and family crises, with a focus on stabilization and family reunification. 
• Partner with internal teams and community systems—including schools, DCFS, courts, the legal system, and other service providers—to coordinate comprehensive, client-centered care as needed. 
• Ensure timely and accurate clinical documentation, fee collection, billing compliance, and adherence to Outreach Clinical Standards and Best Practices and Data Standards. 
• Model ethical practice and compliance with agency policies, licensing regulations, and confidentiality standards. 
• Participate in agency meetings, program improvement initiatives, and other organizational activities as assigned. 
• Reports to the Director of Counseling Programs - Warrenville and Wheaton to ensure clinical quality and team support.  
• Schedule: 40-50 hours per week, with 2 evenings per week (generally Tuesday and Thursday); Approximately 2 weeks per month of after-hours/weekend supervisory back up coverage to crisis team members.  

Requirements:

• Minimum of master's degree in counseling, social work, psychology, or Marriage and Family Therapy. 
• Licensure as an LCSW, LCPC or LMFT. Two or more years’ clinical experience after licensure. 
• Demonstrated success in at least three areas of behavioral health treatment which may include individual, couples, group, family, or crisis work with children, adolescents and/or adults. 
• Demonstrated leadership skills in at least one area such as supervision, training, program coordination, or community outreach. 
• A current, valid IL driver’s license is required, along with a safe driving record. 
• A commitment to Outreach’s Statement of Mission and Faith is required. 

Outreach complies with all applicable state and federal laws pertaining to nondiscrimination in employment, including nondiscrimination on the basis of race, color, sex, national origin, age, and disability. As a religious organization, Outreach reserves the right to make employment decisions based on its religious identity, as permitted by state and federal law.