Outpatient Child & Adolescent Therapist

Ellie Mental Health; Oak Brook (IL); On-site; USD 63,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Paid time off

Training & development

Vision insurance

401(k)

Competitive salary

Dental insurance

Flexible schedule

Job summary

Ellie Mental Health in the Chicago Western Suburbs is hiring licensed or license-eligible therapists for full-time roles. You will evaluate diagnoses, develop treatment plans, and maintain documentation while coordinating with care teams, families, and schools. Our culture values creativity, humor, acceptance, and authenticity.

We offer flexible scheduling, a warm, inviting office, and a strong work-life balance with competitive compensation and full benefits.

Qualifications

• Master's degree in a behavioral sciences field; pursuing licensure acceptable.
• Pursuing clinical licensure (LMFT, LCPC, LCSW, etc.).
• Experience with DAs, treatment plans, and clinical case notes.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to maintain professional boundaries with clients.
• Experience with diverse client base.
• Familiar with EHR systems; Valant experience is a plus.
• Ability to pass a background check.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate mental health diagnoses and implement treatment plans with ongoing documentation.
• Full-time clinicians to maintain a minimum caseload of 27 visits per week.
• Utilize creativity in interventions to help clients achieve goals.
• Prepare and submit individual documentation per company guidelines.
• Coordinate services with case managers, families, work personnel, medical staff, and schools.
• Attend and participate in clinical staff meetings and trainings.

Skills

Master's degree

Clinical licensure track

Documentation & treatment plans

Communication skills

Boundary setting

EHR experience

Background check ready

Education

Master's degree in Behavioral Sciences

Tools

Valant EHR

Job description

Responsive recruiter

Benefits:

• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Training & development
• Vision insurance
• 401(k)
• Competitive salary
• Dental insurance
• Flexible schedule

Do you want to be a driving force to help destigmatize mental health? Are you looking for a private practice with an established team that is driven by its core values? Then come join our multi-location clinic for Ellie Mental Health in the Chicago Western Suburbs (Downers Grove, Oak Brook & Itasca).

We are looking for therapists who are aligned with our values of Creativity, Humor, Acceptance, Determination, Compassion & Authenticity. We offer incredible work-life balance, flexibility to set your schedule, a warm and inviting office, and more of the good stuff while removing the \"busy\" stuff from a traditional private practice setting.

New clients will schedule direct through our online scheduling system or client phone calls will be routed, answered, matched, and scheduled by our dedicated client care team. Another dedicated team manages billing and collections to ensure all insurance claims get processed and paid promptly.

Ellie was proudly founded on the principle of destigmatizing mental health. The mental health industry is full of barriers, and we’ve made it our goal to fill the gap and find innovative ways to break down these barriers for the communities we serve.

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…)

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!

Responsibilities And Duties

• 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
• For Full-Time status clinicians should be able to maintain a minimum caseload of 27 client visits per week (monthly target is 110 sessions)
• 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, other Ellie staff, and school staff as needed
• Attend and participate in all clinical staff meetings and trainings

Required Qualifications And Skills

• Candidates are required to have a master’s degree in one of the behavioral sciences or related fields from an accredited college or university and on track to obtain licensure in their designated field
• Candidates should have or be pursuing clinical licensure (LMFT, LCPC, LCSW, etc)
• 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 typical office technology (computers, e-mail, etc.) and Electronic Health Record systems (Valant experience a plus!)
• Ability to pass a background check

Preferred Qualifications And Skills

• Preferred that candidates have a fully licensed mental health professional (LCSW, LMFT, LCPC) with a valid state of Illinois License. (Supervision available for LSW, LPC and other professionals).
• Preferred experience with children, adolescents, adults, 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.

Benefits

• Full-time W-2 based compensation
• Paid PTO & Holidays
• Medical, Dental & Vision benefits (Blue Cross Blue Shield & SunLife)
• Company paid Short-term and Long-term disability insurance
• 401(k) plan
• CEU fee reimbursement
• Bi-annual licensure fee renewal reimbursement
• Tons of consultation, support, supervision, and flexibility in scheduling and hours
• Quarterly team building activities

Compensation: $62,500.00 - $85,000.00 per year

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

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?