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Mental Health Therapist (Licensed/Unlicensed/Associate)

United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 26 Aug 2025

💰 $80,720/yr($63,480/yr – $80,720/yr)

About the role

Job Title: Mental Health Therapist (Licensed/Unlicensed/Associate)Department/Program: Outpatient Reports to: Clinical Supervisor/Manager FLSA status: Exempt Salary:

Unlicensed: $31.74/hr. - $34.93/hr. (66,000/yr. - $72,600/yr.)

Bilingual Spanish: $34.59/hr. - $38.07/hr. (71,900/yr. - 79,100/yr.)

Licensed: $33.64/hr. - $37.03/hr. ($69,900/yr. - $77,000/yr.)

Bilingual Spanish: $36.67/hr. - $40.36/hr. ($76,200/yr. - $83,900/yr.) Morrison Child and Family Services: We are a Joint Commission and Sanctuary accredited non-profit organization that provides a comprehensive array of services to children, adolescents, and their families. As an agency, Morrison, its team members, and clients commit to the following values of trauma-informed care:

Nonviolence - being safe and doing the right thing
Emotional Intelligence - managing our feelings so we don’t hurt ourselves or others 
Social Learning - respecting and sharing ideas of our teams
Democracy - shared decision making whenever possible
Open Communication - saying what we mean and not being mean when we say it
Social Responsibility - everyone makes a contribution to the organizational culture
Growth and Change - creating hope for our clients and ourselves

Job Summary: The Mental Health Therapist (MHT) provides outpatient mental health and/or substance use treatment services for children, adolescents, and their families, in a clinic setting. The responsibilities of the MHT include assessments, treatment planning, individual, family, and group therapy. Therapists work as part of a multi-disciplinary team and represent the organization and its values. In-house Licensure supervision toward LCSW, LPC and LMFT is provided! Position/Job Duties and Responsibilities:

Provides individual, group, and family therapy services. Completes all clinical documentation in accordance with state, federal and organizational requirements, with an emphasis on collaborative documentation.
Provides case management and coordinates referrals to community resources. Assists clients with completion of necessary paperwork to facilitate access to services and funding sources essential to completion of the established plan of care.
Recognizes personal strengths and limitations, feelings and needs.
Verbally and non-verbally de-escalates crisis situations in a manner that protects dignity and integrity.
Uses scheduled supervision constructively, seeks feedback to improve performance, and accepts and utilizes feedback to improve outcomes.
Models safe language and demonstrates appropriate boundaries with peers, clients, and families. Intervenes and provides support when staff, clients or families are unsafe with language or behaviors.
Is present and punctual for work and/or meetings. Works well within a team environment, sharing workload, credit, and opportunities.
Demonstrate a commitment to developing a thorough knowledge and application of the Sanctuary model and other organizational policies & practices.
Participate in staff development, in-services, and training related to workplace effectiveness; model professional behaviors and implement improvements to business practices with awareness of their impact in a trauma-informed behavioral healthcare organization.
Completes other duties as assigned to ensure successful operation of program/department.

Competencies:

Demonstrates clinical skills and knowledge appropriate to the mental health treatment of children birth to 18 (e.g., DSM 5, general counseling skills, therapeutic interventions etc.).
Implements intervention strategies consistent with client information and goals.
Behaves professionally (demeanor, dress, language, commitments, etc.).
Demonstrates the ability to recognize professional limitations and seeks supervision when appropriate.
Acknowledges and respects all individuals and demonstrate openness to providing trauma-informed responsive care and treatment to clients and their fa