Do you want a rewarding job in mental health? Thresholds makes a difference for people who live with severe mental illness and Desk Clerks ensure that Thresholds locations are safe and welcoming to both staff and Thresholds clients.
You will greet, sign in, and provide excellent customer service to Thresholds clients, staff, and guests. As a central part of the location, you will build cordial relationships with the clients and contribute to a pleasant atmosphere in the building. Desk clerks also ensure safety by monitoring security cameras and making sure doors are locked and closed. You will contribute to client recovery by communicating with clinical teams verbally and through records. Additionally, you will support the program by answering and transferring phone calls, sorting mail, and completing other administrative tasks.
Opportunities for paid training and professional development, including learning more about clinical skills, will deepen your knowledge of the mental health field. Thresholds fosters opportunities for growth in administrative, leadership, or clinical skills.
We are seeking coverage for a variety of shifts and locations:
To succeed in this role, you need:
What sets Thresholds apart:
Thresholds is a mission-driven agency with a deep commitment to fostering an environment where all feel valued and respected, a place where every employee can be themselves, thrive, and support the agency’s mission. Click here to learn more.
One of the oldest and largest community mental health organizations in Illinois, we pride ourselves in being a Chicago Tribune Top Workplace and one of Chicago’s 101 Best & Brightest Companies to Work For, several years in a row.
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Thresholds provides healthcare, housing, and hope for thousands of persons with mental health and substance use conditions in Illinois each year. Through care, employment, advocacy, and housing, Thresholds assists and inspires people to reclaim their lives.
Thresholds is one of the oldest and largest providers of recovery services for persons with mental health and substance use conditions in Illinois. We offer 30 innovative programs at more than 75 locations throughout Chicago, the adjacent suburbs, and four surrounding counties. Services include assertive outreach, case management, housing, employment, education, psychiatry, primary care, substance use treatment, and research.
Thresholds’ staff meets people where they are – out in the community. Offering services in a community-based setting makes them more accessible and effective and lessens the social exclusion that is often present in the lives of persons living with mental illnesses and substance use conditions. This allows our staff and clients to work on skills, clinical interventions, and recovery that allows them to live independent lives in their own neighborhoods
Our clients are all unique – coming from vastly different backgrounds and arriving with different needs, talents, and hopes. Each client works with our staff to set their own specific short-term goals and objectives, based on their needs, desires, and level of self-sufficiency. Recovery from mental illnesses and substance use is possible. Recovery is a process of finding and living a satisfying and meaningful life, as one defines it for oneself. We assist our clients as they work to reclaim a positive sense of self, and discover their own potential, gifts, and skills.