Making a Difference

Heritage Behavioral Health Center is a private not-for-profit organization dedicated to improving the mental and physical well-being of those we serve and advancing behavioral health in our community. As a growing organization, we are always looking for genuine, caring people to join our team! Working here at Heritage means dedication to being a positive force for change in our communities. In order to meet the needs of our clients and serve the community, we offer a wide range of open opportunities including various clinical, administrative, operations, and many more types of roles.

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Employee Benefits

In addition to the ability to make a real difference in the community, we also offer employee benefits above and beyond most other organizations. One of our top priorities as an organization is ensuring our employees experience wellness, stability, and growth in their personal and professional lives. If we are going to ‘talk the talk’ of promoting mental health and overall wellness in our communities, we also need to ‘walk the walk’ of enabling our employees to make their own mental health and overall wellness high priorities in their lives!

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Wellness

• Wellness Days All full-time employees at Heritage have every other Friday as a full day of paid time off. This means every other week is a 4-day week that is still paid as a 5-day week.

• Salaries and wages that are highly competitive in the behavioral healthcare industry, generous paid vacation, sick, holiday, and personal leave packages.

• All of these days off combined with wellness days can mean 56 days off in your first year of full-time work at Heritage!

• Wellness program, including annual flu shots, Hepatitis B vaccinations, Annual TB testing, Wellness component on health insurance plan, Preventive care component on dental insurance plan, Employee Assistance Program and partial reimbursement of health club memberships.

 

Stability

• Optional health, dental, and vision insurance for employees and their family members (with a substantial portion of the health cost being paid by the agency).

• 401(k) Retirement program plan and contributions after one year of employment.

• Employee Assistance Program – confidential assessment, counseling and referral service for all employees and their family members.

• Paid life and short term disability insurance policies as well as optional life, critical illness, and accident coverage during your time of employment.

 

Growth

• Tuition assistance opportunities

• Qualified employees can receive federal student loan forgiveness through the National Health Service Corp Approved Site

• Continuing education and training opportunities (both internal and external) to provide employees for growth in their career

• Additional compensation for professional State of Illinois certification or licensure

 

All Heritage positions require valid driver’s license, proof of auto insurance, and reliable means of transportation. In addition, criminal and DCFS background checks and a pre-employment drug test are required prior to employment.

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All applicants are required to complete an application and can attach a cover letter and resume to their application.

 

Heritage is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant because of race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, veteran status, or any other federal, state or local protected class.

 

Internships

We have excellent working relationships with many area colleges and universities and offer real life work experiences for interns in counseling, social work, addiction services, and nursing. 

Heritage Interns are held to the same standards as our employees and are required to submit a valid driver’s license, proof of automobile insurance, and have reliable means of transportation. In addition, criminal and DCFS background checks and a pre-employment drug test are required prior to commencement of an internship.  

Internship applications are accepted and reviewed 3-4 months prior to each semester. There are a limited number of internship opportunities available, and preference is given to the universities with which we have working agreements.

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