Mental Health Crisis Clinician

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

Graduation from an accredited college or university with a Master's or Doctoral degree in Social Work, Counseling, Psychology or similar field, PLUS two years of experience in delivering direct clinical services in any of the following areas:

• Working with patients living with serious and persistent mental illness.
• Working on an Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) or Community Support Team (CST)
• Working on a mobile crisis, alternate response, or co-responder team.
• Working in a psychiatric stabilization setting such as a psychiatric emergency room or crisis stabilization unit.
• Working with patients experiencing co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders.
• Working in an inpatient psychiatric hospital setting.

Licensure, Certification, or Other Qualifications

• A valid State of Illinois driver's license is required within three (3) months of employment
• Current license as a licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW), licensed clinical professional

counselor (LCPC), licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT), or Doctor of Psychology (Ph.

D, Psy. D) in the State of Illinois. If you hold a terminal clinical license in another state, this

meets the requirement, but you must demonstrate the ability to establish the clinical license in

the state of Illinois within 6 months of hire.

SELECTION REQUIREMENTS

This position requires applicants to complete an interview which will include an assessment as part of the interview. The interviewed candidate(s) possessing the qualifications best suited to fulfill the responsibilities of the position, based on the interview process will be selected

For Information on our employees benefits please visit our benefits website at:

https://www.chicago.gov/city/en/depts/fin/benefits-office.html

For Information on our salary and title structure visit our classifications website at:

https://www.chicago.gov/content/dam/city/depts/dhr/supp_info/JobClassification/2025_Classification_and_Pay_Plan.pdf

APPLICATION EVALUATION: Initial evaluation will be based on information provided on the application and the documents submitted. The Department of Human Resource staff will review applications after the final posting date. Staff will follow all required Employment/Hiring Plan provisions, federal, state and local laws, and Collective Bargaining Agreements when applicable. Staff will apply hiring preferences as required by the municipal code. Placement on an eligibility list is not an offer or guarantee of an interview nor employment with the City of Chicago.

COMMITMENT TO DIVERSITY: To further our commitment to hiring applicants with diverse experience, the City of Chicago has adopted the following ordinances 2-74-020 and 2-74-075. The ordinances provide a preference for applicants who meet minimum qualifications and who are veterans of the Armed Forces, and/or residents of Socio-Economically Disadvantaged Areas (SEDA), and/or Chicago Public School (CPS) high school graduates, to be referred to departments for consideration. These hiring preferences do not apply to bidders, as Collective Bargaining Agreements define the hiring process for bidders. For positions covered by a collective bargaining agreement, bidders will be considered before external candidates. To learn more about our hiring practices, click here.

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The City of Chicago in an Equal Employment Opportunity and Military Friendly Employer.

City of Chicago

Brandon Johnson, Mayor

Sep 22, 2026, 10:01:00 PM