Mental Health Practitioner — Metropolitan Peace Academy

Job overview

The Mental Health Practitioner role is onsite in Chicago, IL, with required availability for the listed shifts, including 7:00 PM–2:30 AM. The anticipated starting salary is $60,000–$70,000 per year, with higher starting salaries potentially available for candidates with a master’s degree and applicable clinical license. The role supports Metropolitan Family Services’ Metropolitan Peace Academy and community violence-reduction work. The practitioner provides behavioral health and community-based support, including crisis de-escalation, assessment, counseling, case management, advocacy, and referrals. The work helps stabilize people in crisis, strengthen continuity of care, and support community safety through partnerships with transit, behavioral health, and community organizations.

What you'll do

• Identify, de-escalate, and mediate mental-health-related situations
• provide post-crisis follow-up
• engage community members and high-risk individuals using trauma-informed approaches
• document incidents and referrals
• conduct psychosocial assessments and intake
• provide case management, counseling, advocacy, and education
• coordinate behavioral health services
• develop stakeholder partnerships
• provide training and facilitation
• connect participants with community resources
• meet direct-service and record-keeping expectations.

What we're looking for

Skills & competencies

mental health practitioner

chicago il

metropolitan family services

metropolitan peace academy

community mental health

crisis response

trauma-informed care

case management

lsw

lpc

overnight availability

$60k–$70k/year

Work arrangement

• Weekend coverage required

Benefits & perks

• Health insurance options
• dental and vision
• 12 paid holidays
• paid time off
• flexible spending
• student loan forgiveness opportunities
• 401(k)
• training and professional development
• wellness program
• employee assistance network.

Why this role

Requires a master’s degree in social work or a similar field, two years of related post-master’s experience, and an LSW or LPC. The role requires riding trains and working on platforms and at transit stations; Spanish is preferred.

About the employer

Metropolitan Family Services is hiring for this role. Industry: Other Individual and Family Services. Sector: 62.