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 within the outpatient clinic in-person (in the Chatham neighborhood of Chicago) and via telehealth. The intern will provide person-centered, strengths-based, and trauma-informed services to individuals diagnosed with mental health and substance use disorders utilizing a harm reduction approach.

Interns are eligible for $2, 000 total in stipends ($1, 000 per semester), allocated through grant funding by the Illinois Children's Healthcare Foundation and Trilogy's Chicago Youth Mental Wellness Project: Strengthening a Bilingual Spanish Workforce.

Essential Responsibilities

• 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
• 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

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Social Work, Psychology, or Counseling required.
• Experience working with youth, young adults, and their families.
• Availability to work evenings.
• Availability to attend weekly team meetings/consultation on Tuesday mornings
• Availability to begin August 2025 until the end of May 2026
• Must pass IM+CANS exam within one month of start date.
• Bilingual in Spanish, required.