City of Chicago
Director of Mental Health Center
Department of Public Health
Duties:
• Develops, implements and evaluates mental health programs and services aimed at meeting specialized needs in the community.
• Establishes goals and objectives for programs and services provided to clients;
• assigns cases to professional and paraprofessional staff engaged in providing psychotherapeutic treatment and counseling to clients.
• Reviews case assignments, clinical records and client diagnoses with staff, ensuring the completeness and appropriateness of assessments and treatment plans; monitors the delivery of services by staff to ensure compliance with departmental policies, procedures and quality standards; develops and implements staff in-service training programs.
• Develops and administers the center's budget; oversees the maintenance of clinic facilities and equipment.
• Prepares comprehensive reports on the center's program activities and clients served.
• Acts as a liaison with community organizations, schools and government agencies to coordinate services for clinic clients; attends meetings with local and city wide advisory boards regarding mental health issues.
Location: North Town Clinic, Auburn Gresham, Back of the Yards, Beverly Morgan, Greater Grand, and Roseland
NOTE: This position is funded through September 30, 2010.
Requirements:
Graduation from an accredited college or university with a Master's degree in Psychology, Social Work or a directly related field, supplemented by four years of progressively responsible mental health experience, including two years of supervisory experience, or an equivalent combination of training and experience.
Deadline to Apply: June 16, 2009
Apply: www.cityofchicago.org/CAREERS
Salary: $59,796.00
NOTE: Applicants fluently speaking a second language in Spanish are preferred.
NOTE: Copies of your official transcripts, licenses or training certificates will be required at time of interview/test, if applicable.
NOTE: This position requires candidates to complete a writing exercise. Test results will be made available upon written request to the Commissioner of the Department of Human Resources once all test scores have been compiled and review of process has been finalized
Evaluation
Your initial evaluation will be based on information provided on the application form and documents submitted with the application. Applications must be submitted by the individual applicant. No second party applications will be accepted.
Residency Requirement
An employee must be an actual resident of the City of Chicago. Proof of residency will be required at the time of employment.
City of Chicago is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer
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