Job Information
Illinois Department of Human Services Clinical Psychologist in Chicago, Illinois
This job was posted by https://illinoisjoblink.illinois.gov : For more information, please see: https://illinoisjoblink.illinois.gov/jobs/12422719
Position Overview
The Division of Developmental Disabilities is seeking to hire a Clinical Psychologist for the Choate Mental Health and Developmental Center located in Anna, Illinois to diagnose individuals mental illness and provide professional psychological assessment and treatment services for a broad range of intellectually and developmentally disabled adults throughout the facility. Prepares and signs certificates for admission. Provides testimony as an expert witness in court proceedings. Serves as working supervisor to lower-level staff.
Job Responsibilities
- Serves as Clinical Psychologist for the Choate Mental Health and Developmental Center.
- Serves as working supervisor.
- Prepares and signs certificates for admission.
- Diagnoses individual\'s mental illness and provides professional psychological assessment and treatment services for a broad range of intellectually and developmentally disabled adults throughout the facility.
- Provides psychotherapy for individuals in individual, group, or family contexts to resolve psychological and interpersonal problems, develop coping and planning skills, and improves personal, social and occupational functioning.
- Performs other duties as required or assigned which are reasonably within the scope of the duties enumerated above.
