Licensed Clinical Social Worker

Essential Skills and Experience

• Strong crisis de-escalation and suicide risk assessment skills. Ability to build rapport quickly in high-acuity, high-variability environments. Comfort working in transit stations, platforms, and other mobile outreach settings. Knowledge of Chicago behavioral health systems, crisis response pathways, and housing resources. Ability to balance independent clinical judgment with collaborative team-based care. Strong documentation, time management, and data entry skills. Commitment to harm reduction, equity-centered practice, and client autonomy. Ability to deliver structured, evidence-based mental health interventions in nontraditional environments while maintaining professional clinical standards. Collaborative team mindset with flexibility to adapt to changing outreach schedules, transit environments, and evolving client needs.
• Non-Essential
• Preferred
• Skills and
• Experience: Experience in street medicine, outreach psychiatry, crisis stabilization, or community behavioral health. Experience working in multidisciplinary medical-behavioral health teams. Spanish language proficiency.
• Reporting to this position: No Direct Reports.

Physical Demands, Work Environment, & Reasonable Accommodation

• The physical demands and work environment characteristics described below are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. The Night Ministry is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. If you require accommodation to perform the essential functions of the job or to participate in the application or hiring process, please contact the People & Culture team.
• Physical
• Demands: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle or feel objects, tools or controls; climb stairs; crouch, or crawl; talk or hear; taste or smell. The employee must occasionally drive an automobile; and lift and/or move 20 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
• Work environment: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is exposed to weather conditions prevalent at the time. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate but may vary at the different locations required in this job. This role may require additional hours, sometimes weekends, during certain busy seasons. Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Statement The Night Ministry is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, or any other protected status under applicable laws. We encourage individuals from all backgrounds to apply. At-Will Employment Disclaimer This job description is not intended to be an employment contract. Employment with The Night Ministry is at will and may be terminated by the employee or the organization at any time, with or without cause or notice.