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Oak Park, Illinois

Outpatient Program Therapist - Full Time

CounselorIncludes weekendsNo callNo nightsFull-Time

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Job Description

Responsibilities

Shape the future of behavioral health care throughout the Forest Park community by joining our extraordinary team at Riveredge Hospital. Bring your compassion, expertise, enthusiasm, and passion for quality to a place that cultivates wellness and inspires hope. We are currently seeking an Outpatient Program Therapist for Riveredge Hospital. Simply apply to the posting and discuss your interests with the hiring managers if you are selected to come in for an interview.

The Outpatient Program Therapist works Under the direction of the Director of Outpatient Services, the Outpatient Program Therapist provides for the delivery and documentation of age / population specific psychotherapy and social services.

Qualifications

  • Master’s degree in social work, counseling, psychology or rehabilitation counseling.
  • Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC) or Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) required.
  • Bilingual and outpatient experience preferred.

Qualifications

Education
Professional certificate or licensure
Experience
2+ years of experience

Key Skills

Clinical counselingPatient assessmentCrisis intervention

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Outpatient Program Therapist - Full Time at UHS a 6.9 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the Above average in Mental Health Therapy (Counseling) — ranked against 8,084 active Mental Health Therapy (Counseling) listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no on-call duties, no night shifts.

Counselor Career Context

Of the 50 active Mental Health Therapy listings this role was benchmarked against, 40% are remote, 28% have no call, 62% require no weekends.

The cost-of-living index for Illinois is 100.0 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 62.6% of Illinois clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

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Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks41 jobs · 37 employers

401k / retirement match
90%
CME allowance
41%
Loan repayment
34%
Sign-on bonus
29%
PSLF eligible
27%

Share of similar jobs offering each benefit

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$45-$65/hr
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Work-life snapshot

median 6.1this job 6.9
Better work-life than 70% of Mental Health Therapy (Counseling) listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 8,084 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • No call
  • No nights
  • Includes weekends

Living in Oak Park

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$529k
Typical market rent
$2,025/mo
Residents’ average commute
32 min
State income tax
Up to 5%
Sources & methodology

Sources: Zillow home values (Aug 2026), Zillow market rents (Aug 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.

City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.