MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS CLINICIAN

MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS CLINICIAN

Job Number : 409660

Description

BID / JOB ANNOUNCEMENT

MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS CLINICIAN

DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH

Bureau of Behavioral Health

Number of Positions : 3

(Additional vacancies possible pending budget approval)

Starting Annual Salary : $87,516.00

This position is open to the public and all current City employees covered under the City's collective bargaining agreement with AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE, COUNTY, AND MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES (AFSCME) - BARGAINING UNIT 1, 3, 4 & 5. Only employees in City job titles in this bargaining unit are eligible to bid.

BID INSTRUCTIONS : Apply on the bid site : / 103 / jobsearch.ftl?lang=en AND

1. Check the box on your profile titled "Currently employed by the City of Chicago"

2. Enter your employee ID (located on your pay stub labeled 'payee / employee number')

3. Select your correct bargaining unit

FAILURE TO FOLLOW THESE INSTRUCTIONS WILL RESULT IN A REJECTED BID APPLICATION

Applications for this position will be accepted until 11 : 59pm CDT on 11 / 04 / 2025

Mission : To work with communities and partners to create an equitable, safe, resilient and Healthy Chicago.

Under general supervision, the class works on cross-agency Alternate Response Teams that may consist of Community Paramedics from the Chicago Fire Department (CFD), Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) Police Officers from the Chicago Police Department (CPD), and other behavioral health or social service professionals to respond to 911 and 311 calls for service that include a behavioral health component. These Alternate Response Teams support an overall effort to deliver specialized and compassionate services tailored to meet the needs of people with : mental health conditions, substance use disorders, co-occurring disorders, and unmet social needs (homelessness) who interface with the City's emergency response system; and performs related duties as required.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES

• Respond, in collaboration with other team members, to 911, 311 and incidents through other city-managed referral pathways with an identified behavioral health component and provide crisis assessment, crisis intervention, de-escalation, safety planning, case management, therapy, referrals, and linkage to care services for residents.
• Provide immediate and ongoing case management services to patients as needed or assigned as part of response to behavioral health related incidents. This may include telehealth or telephonic follow-up with the patient after the crisis event to ensure linkage to appropriate community support
• Develop and implement crisis related safety plans; work with patients, families, and other members of the Crisis Response Team to determine if the patient requires a higher level of care requiring transport to a hospital or alternate transport destination
• Collaborate with other crisis clinicians and / or licensed clinical personnel, including but not limited to clinicians of the CDPH Mental Health Centers, to improve crisis intervention, care coordination and community-based mental health service provisions
• Provide psychological consultation while responding to behavioral health-related incidents
• Conduct proactive outreach to individuals experiencing homelessness, serious mental illness, substance use disorders, and co-occurring disorders who may have unaddressed behavioral health or social service needs.
• Deliver services that are compassionate, trauma-informed, and attentive to the particular needs and values of each patient.
• Maintain accurate and timely clinical medical records consistent with CDPH and City of Chicago standards
• Participate in team / department meetings, in-services, and supervisory sessions as required
• Perform all duties as assigned in accordance with agency policies and procedures.

Additional duties may be required for this position.

Location : 1920 S Western Ave Chicago, IL 60608

Days : Monday-Friday

Hours : 9 : 30AM - 5 : 30PM

THIS POSITION IS IN THE CAREER SERVICE

Qualifications

NOTE : You must provide your transcripts or diploma at the time of processing

SELECTION REQUIREMENTS

This position requires applicants to complete an interview which will include a writing exercise as part of the interview. The interviewed candidate(s) possessing the qualifications best suited to fulfill the responsibilities of the position, based on the oral and written parts of the interview will be selected.

Preference will be given to candidates possessing the following :

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APPLICATION EVALUATION : Initial evaluation will be based on information provided on the application and the documents submitted. Department of Human Resource staff will review applications after the final posting date. Staff will follow any and 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 to 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.

ALL REFERENCES TO POLITICAL SPONSORSHIP OR RECOMMENDATION MUST BE OMITTED FROM ALL APPLICATION MATERIALS SUBMITTED FOR CITY EMPLOYMENT.

The City of Chicago is an Equal Employment Opportunity, Military Friendly, and Fair Chance Employer.

City of Chicago

Brandon Johnson, Mayor

Job Posting

: Oct 21, 2025, 9 : 20 : 47 PM |

Closing Date (Period for Applying) - External

: Nov 5, 2025, 5 : 59 : 00 AM

BU : 04 | Salary : $87,516.00

Pay Basis

: Yearly