Outpatient Mental Health Youth Therapist LCSW
Are you an early career fully licensed Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) passionate about working with children and adolescents, but seeking a different practice experience? One where you see the types of clients you want to see and work when you want to work? All while igniting your creativity and reducing the barriers that come with traditional therapy practices? Apply now and let's explore this opportunity together!
Ellie Mental Health in Greenwood Village is a clinician led and veteran owned practice that is structured to remove many of the daily obstacles of a provider. We believe taking great care of our providers is a critical to therapist wellness and better clinical outcomes in mental health.
Who Are We Looking For?
The perfect candidate is driven, accountable, and a problem solver that shares our passion for improving and expanding access to quality outpatient mental health care. They relish working with autonomy and flexibility, while being accountable owners of their own success. They also thrive in a culture that emphasizes our values of creativity, authenticity, humor, compassion, acceptance, and determination.
Opportunities are available for in-person individual, couples, family, and group therapy services, both in-person and via telehealth. This allows for a hybrid clinician schedule to collaborate with the team in the clinic some days and work from home on others!
We want our DTC clinic to reflect the diversity that exists in our community. Bilingual, Veteran, BIPOC, and LGBTQIA+ candidates are encouraged to apply. We also value diversity of age, ability, national origin, and religion/spirituality.
What You Can Expect From Us:
Highly competitive target compensation between $70,000-$85,000 depending on your licensing, experience, language proficiency, and the volume of mental health services you provide
Flexible scheduling - set your own schedule! (including telehealth where clinically indicated)
Choosing the clients and presenting concerns you want to see!
Centralized support! Inquiries, intake scheduling, insurance credentialing, insurance billing, technology, and more
Access for your clients! We accept all major commercial insurance as well as Medicare, Medicaid and TRICARE
Referrals! A large and growing network of community partners that collaborate on client care
Leads! We invest heavily in advertising to bring in new clients
Full benefits, and then some:
Health, Dental & Vision Insurance options + Nice Healthcare for your everyday care needs (www.nice.healthcare)
401K
Life and Disability Insurance
Paid Time-Off
Paid Holidays (including your birthday!)
Professional Development - Free CEUs, paid training time and an annual training budget
Paid weekly clinical consult time
Snacks, coffee, tea and drinks!
A great, fun team culture and a beautiful space to practice
True work/life balance (because that’s what you deserve)
What We Will Expect From You:
For full-time status, clinicians must provide a minimum of 25 billable clinical hours per week (typically meaning scheduling a few over that each week to account for cancellations)
Evaluate client’s needs and mental health diagnoses, create and implement a treatment plan, and complete ongoing documentation including further diagnosis, treatment plan reviews, and case notes according to company policy
Provide excellent customer service for clients and collaborate with a dynamic team to further the mission of filling gaps in our community
Utilize creativity in interventions to help clients achieve and exceed goals
Prepare and submit individual documentation for each session per company guidelines and protocol
Coordinate services with case managers, families, work personnel, medical personnel, school staff as needed, and other Ellie staff
Communicate and coordinate with clients on their payment responsibilities, including collecting co-pays and client balances (our fantastic Billers cover the insurance claims!)
Attend and participate in all clinical staff meetings and trainings (don't worry, it's not a lot)
Conduct limited outreach activities in support of the clinic and your owncaseload (don’t worry, just talk about what you love doing!)
Contribute to a thriving team culture
Required Qualifications and Skills:
Able to work with children and adolescents
Respectful, inclusive, professional, flexible, collaborative, and team-before-me mentality
Candidates are required to have at least a master’s degree in one of the behavioral sciences or related fields from an accredited college or university
Candidates must have full/unrestricted clinical licensure (LMFT, LPC, or LCSW) with a valid license to practice in the state of Colorado. We are also interested in candidates who have their LAC as a secondary clinical licensure.
Experience with completing psychosocial assessments, treatment plans and clinical case notes
Comfort and familiarity working with a diverse client base
Ability to demonstrate and model stable, appropriate boundaries with clients
Ability to complete and submit clinical documentation of services and other documents in a timely manner
Proficient in using technology, app-based phone software, and Microsoft Office, Outlook and Teams, and/or able to quickly learn new workplace software and systems
Adept at learning and navigating Electronic Health Record (EHR) systems
If planning to engage in tele-health from home, having a home office that is professional, private, and HIPAA-compliant
Willing to undergo a background check, reference checks, and U.S. work authorization check
Preferred Experience, Skills and Abilities:
Able to work at the clinic in-person on Fridays, most other days and times flexible for remote or in-person; weekends also available (in-person Saturday mornings or remote Sat/Sun)
Ideal candidates will have a general knowledge of therapy services, community resources, insurance billing, and previous experience with mental health documentation
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Exceptional interpersonal and customer service skills
Already credentialed with insurance panels
A great sense of humor won't hurt - we love to laugh!
NOTE: This opening is at our Full-Time Pay Level 3, defined as a fully independently licensed clinician with less than 3 years of post-licensure clinical experience. If you are not yet fully licensed, please do not apply unless you will have full/unrestricted clinical licensure by April 2025, with a valid license to practice in the state of Colorado.