Child and Family Therapist

La Rabida Children’s Hospital provides specialized, family-centered health care to children with medically complex conditions, disabilities, and chronic illness. Through expertise, compassion, and advocacy we help children and their families reach their fullest potential, regardless of their ability to pay.

Our not-for-profit hospital, licensed for 49 beds, helps transition children from neonatal or pediatric intensive care to home, by providing medical, rehabilitative and developmental care, and by training families to continue treatments and manage the necessary equipment in the home. La Rabida also provides extensive rehabilitation for those recovering from wounds or burns and treatment for exacerbations of chronic conditions.

The hospital’s enhanced pediatric patient-centered medical home provides primary care to children with complex medical conditions and their siblings. Children with medical homes elsewhere come to La Rabida for specialty services. La Rabida offers a wide range of specialty services provided to children with sickle cell disease, diabetes, and many others. Children are supported in their emotional and developmental growth, particularly in cases where such growth has been interrupted by accident or disease.

Finally, La Rabida provides forensic and treatment services for children exposed to abuse and neglect, comprehensive assessments for youth in care, early intervention for children between 0 and 3 years of age. Care coordination services for medically complex children are also provided for those who are covered by a health plan and receive care from providers in Cook County

Functions in an independent and professional manner to provide high-quality, trauma informed behavioral health services to outpatient clients and their families

Clinical Responsibilities:

• Provides short-term and long-term evidence-based behavioral health services to patients and their families, including individual, family, and group therapy
• Provides behavioral health consultation services in clinics within an integrated health model for a minimum of 8 hours per week
• Provides care for patients with presenting symptoms such as behavioral problems, trauma exposure and symptomology, school and learning problems, attention problems, anxiety, depression, as well as others
• Has training in and can implement behavioral health interventions, such as individual psychotherapy, behavior modification techniques, trauma therapy, family therapy, group therapy, and crisis intervention. Expectations are 45% of time spent in therapy with a minimum of 20 patients (short- and long-term) scheduled per week
• Conducts clinical intake assessments and appropriately diagnoses. Issues scores, scales, and measures to evaluate functioning and for diagnostic clarification
• Provides case management and advocacy
• Consults and collaborates with the multidisciplinary health care team to ensure services are integrated into patient’s treatment

Additional Functions:

• May be involved in education and training programs for other students and staff members, both inside and outside of the Division of Behavioral Health
• Conducts in-service training and educational seminars for hospital staff, parents, and/or community agencies as required
• Provides supervision to interns, externs, and post-doctoral fellows (when licensed in Illinois)
• Plays an active role in the recruitment of trainees (interns, externs, and post-doctoral fellows)
• Serves as a member of the Pediatric Psychology training committee
• Documents sessions and clinical activities within 24 hours of contact
• Attends department meetings and presents cases for review
• Collaborates with internal and external providers to promote comprehensive care
• Works with diverse client base
• Interfaces and collaborates with hospital multidisciplinary team
• Performs other duties as assigned

• MS required, LCSW/Psy.D/Ph.D. in IL preferred
• Professional experience in delivering behavioral health care to children and adolescents
• Experience working with children on a multidisciplinary team, experience with trauma informed care and chronically ill children highly desirable
• Active LCSW or Psy.D/Ph.D psychology license in good standing with the State of Illinois
• CPR required. Only certifications issued by the American Heart Association or the American Red Cross will be accepted
• Covid 19 and Flu vaccination required

La Rabida Children’s Hospital is very proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer

La Rabida is a place unlike any other. We understand the needs of families with children dealing with the most serious or complicated of conditions. With teams of the best healthcare providers in Chicago, we give continuous, comprehensive care, education, and support, helping families face their unique obstacles head-on.   

La Rabida Children’s Hospital is very proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer.