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Chicago, Illinois

Outpatient Therapist - FULL CLINICAL LICENSE

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Listed compensation

Salary Range: $46.00/hr

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Posted 3mo ago

Job Description

  • Job Location: Chicago Main - Chicago, IL 60639
  • Education Level: Graduate Degree
  • Salary Range: $46.00 - $46.00 Hourly
  • Job Shift: AnyMake a Difference in Your Community CTS Health is seeking compassionate and dedicated Outpatient Therapists to provide community-based mental health services to children, adolescents, adults, and older adults. This role offers the opportunity to work directly with underserved populations, helping individuals navigate mental health challenges, life transitions, and recovery while promoting stability, independence, and overall well-being. As an Outpatient Therapist, you will provide individual and group therapy services, conduct clinical assessments, develop treatment plans, and collaborate with a multidisciplinary team to ensure clients receive comprehensive, high-quality care
  • Job Type: Hourly

Contract

Key Responsibilities

Provide individual, family, and group therapy to clients experiencing mental health, behavioral health, substance use, and life-transition concerns. Conduct clinical assessments, behavioral screenings, risk evaluations, and diagnostic reviews.

Develop, implement, and update individualized treatment plans based on client needs and clinical goals. Maintain an agreed-upon caseload of approximately 15–25 billable clinical hours per week, based on client demand and contractor availability.

Use evidence-based interventions to help clients build coping skills, improve insight, strengthen relationships, and achieve treatment goals. Monitor client progress and adjust treatment approaches as clinically appropriate.

Provide crisis intervention, safety planning, advocacy, care coordination, and referrals to community resources. Collaborate with families, healthcare providers, community agencies, and multidisciplinary treatment teams as authorized and appropriate.

Complete timely and accurate assessments, progress notes, treatment plans, discharge summaries, and other required clinical documentation. Protect client confidentiality and comply with HIPAA, Illinois Medicaid, professional ethics, and applicable regulatory standards.

Participate in clinical staffing, mental health education, workshops, or prevention activities as mutually agreed. What you get: Flexible hours Growth opportunities Encouragement of creativity Holistic and supportive culture and environment What You NeedRequired

Qualifications

The ideal Outpatient Therapist candidate will have: Possession and maintenance of full Licensure Status of any ONE of the following licenses, active and in good standing in Illinois: Licensed Clinical Social Work (LCSW) with A master's or doctoral degree in social work, and At least 2 years of supervised post-master's clinical social work practice providing mental health services such as evaluation, treatment and prevention of mental and emotional disorders.

Clinical psychologist with A doctoral degree and at least 2 years of supervised experience in health (1 year postdoctoral and 1 year in an organized health service program); OR A graduate degree in psychology and at least 6 years of experience as a psychologist with at least 2 years of supervised experience in health services.

Psychiatrist: Medical degree, and Successfully completed a residency program in psychiatry, accredited by either the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education or the American Osteopathic Association. Behavioral Screening Certification in possession Additional

Requirements

Complete all required agency orientation and state-mandated training. Hold a valid driver’s license and have reliable transportation. Complete the required Illinois Medicaid IM+CANS training and certification exam.

Key Responsibilities

Provide individual, family, and group therapy to diverse populations while conducting clinical assessments and developing individualized treatment plans. Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams and maintain clinical documentation to ensure high-quality community-based mental health care.

Requirements

Requires a graduate or doctoral degree and full licensure as an LCSW, Clinical Psychologist, or Psychiatrist in Illinois. Candidates must possess Behavioral Screening Certification and complete Illinois Medicaid IM+CANS training.

Qualifications

Education
Doctoral or professional degree (postgraduate degree)
Experience
2+ years of experience

Key Skills

Individual TherapyTreatment PlanningCase ManagementRisk EvaluationHIPAA Compliance

Counselor Career Context

Of the 50 active Mental Health Therapy listings this role was benchmarked against, 46% are remote, 26% 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)), so the posted ~$96k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $96k in an average-cost state. 62.6% of Illinois clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

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Benefits & Perks46 jobs · 39 employers

401k / retirement match
87%
CME allowance
39%
Sign-on bonus
30%
Loan repayment
22%
PSLF eligible
17%

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Work-life snapshot

median 6.0this job 4.8
Better work-life than 40% of Mental Health Therapy (Counseling) listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 7,956 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

Living in Chicago

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$356k
Typical market rent
$2,342/mo
Residents’ average commute
33 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.

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About CTSHealth

Mental Health Care
Gastonia, North Carolina
51-200 employees

Benefits & Perks

Flexible hours
Growth opportunities
Encouragement of creativity
Holistic and supportive culture and environment