Outpatient Mental Health Therapist

Benefits :

• Opportunity for advancement
• Paid time off
• Training & development
• Vision insurance
• Company parties
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Flexible schedule
• 401(k)

Special Consideration to applicants that see children (ages 3-10), couples, and / or families!

Benefits :

Competitive flat rate compensation (not dependent on insurance reimbursement. Payment is based on the number of sessions you complete in the bi-monthly pay period.

You will be paid REGARDLESS of whether the practice is paid and you DO NOT need to wait on insurance claims to process)!!!

• Paid Holidays / Paid PTO
• Medical benefits available for FT - Insurance is BCBS PPO
• Free access to Ellie CEU Learning Management System
• Bi-annual licensure fee renewal reimbursement
• Ongoing consultation, support and supervision
• Flexibility in scheduling and hours
• The benefits of joining an amazing team who is eager to work with you
• Swag!

Clinic Description

Are you looking to find a place where you are both equally supported as a therapist and you are given the autonomy in your career to pursue growth opportunities?

As an Outpatient Therapist at Ellie Mental Health, we are seeking someone who aligns with our core values of authenticity, humor, compassion, creativity, acceptance, and determination .

Responsibilities include :

• Evaluate mental health diagnosis, create, and implement a treatment plan, 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
• For Full-Time status clinicians must maintain a session count of a minimum of 25 client visits per week
• Coordinate services with case managers, families, work personnel, medical personnel, other Ellie staff, and school staff as needed
• Attend and participate in all clinical staff meetings and trainings
• Other stuff we probably forgot to add but just as meaningful and important to your role ;)

Preferred Qualifications and Skills

• Preferred that candidates have a fully licensed mental health professional (LCSW, LMFT, LCPC) with a valid state of Illinois License.
• Preferred experience with children / adolescents
• Preferred experience with couples and families
• Ideal candidates will have a general knowledge of therapy services, community resources, insurance billing, and previous experience with mental health documentation
• Fully Licensed Clinicians will ideally be credentialed with insurance panels.
• sense of humor

Required Qualifications and Skills :

• Candidates are required to be licensed in the state of Illinois
• Required experience with completing DAs, treatment plans and clinical case notes
• Effective written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to demonstrate and model stable, appropriate boundaries with clients
• Ability to complete and submit documentation of services and other documents in a timely manner
• Comfort and familiarity working with a diverse client base
• Proficient in the use of Office 365 and Electronic Health Record systems (Valant experience a plus!)
• Ability to pass a background check

Seeking creative & collaborative humans with a passion for changing mental health care in fun and meaningful ways.

Don’t meet EVERY requirement?

Studies have shown that women and people of color are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification.

Ellie Mental Health is devoted to purposefully building an inclusive and diverse workplace where all of our humans can be their authentic selves! (Authenticity is one of our core values, after all ) If you’re excited about the chance to be a change-maker with us, but your past experience doesn’t perfectly align with every single qualification of the job description, we encourage you to apply anyways.

Our mental health jobs need dedicated individuals from every background who are willing to care for others. And who knows, you might just be the perfect candidate for another role!

Employee Experience

We take care of our people. It’s that simple. From investing in their financial future, to providing wages that shatter the ceiling in our industry to reasonable caseload expectations we ensure that our people are happy.

Happy employees do better work and provide better client care! No matter what it is that you do in your mental health career at Ellie, our clients depend on us cultivating an environment where our employees can thrive so that they can thrive too!

Y’all, jobs in mental health are tough jobs with a high risk of emotional fatigue and burnout. At Ellie, we use all of our core values of humor, creativity, authenticity, acceptance, determination, and compassion not just out in our communities, but we turn them inwards too! Our employees have clear growth paths for advancing their careers.

We have created a culture that reminds us that our employees are our leaders!

Company Structure

Ellie is a socially responsible for-profit business, which allows us to be flexible and responsive to our community’s needs.

Many mental health and wellness-focused companies are non-profits or government agencies, which rely on the general public, grants, or large donors for funding.

This model often results in little creativity and lower compensation for employees, promoting a work culture that just makes people feel blah.

Feeling blah doesn’t help employees stay motivated, engaged, or even in their jobs for a very long time! So we created a new model : one that puts flexibility, innovative decision-making, creativity, and our people first, while remaining a socially conscious and responsible for-profit business focused on changing how we treat mental health.

In short, we’re just people helping people. Wanna join the herd?