Outpatient Mental Health Therapist (LPC/LMFT/LCSW)

Ellie Mental Health - 025; Norwalk (CT); Hybrid; USD 50,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking an Outpatient Mental Health Therapist to join their dynamic team in Norwalk, CT. This role offers the flexibility of an independent contractor while providing the benefits of a W-2 employee. The ideal candidate will thrive in a culture that values autonomy, creativity, and compassion while improving access to quality mental health care. Responsibilities include evaluating diagnoses, implementing treatment plans, and maintaining client documentation. Join a fun and collaborative workplace where your contributions will make a meaningful impact on the community's mental health landscape.

Benefits

401(k)

Bonus based on performance

Company parties

Dental insurance

Flexible schedule

Free food & snacks

Health insurance

Paid time off

Training & development

Vision insurance

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in behavioral sciences required.
• Clinical licensure in Connecticut is mandatory.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate mental health diagnoses and implement treatment plans.
• Maintain documentation using company platforms and EHR.
• Provide excellent customer service and collaborate with the team.

Skills

Effective communication skills

Ability to demonstrate stable boundaries

Experience with intake assessments

Comfort with diverse client base

Education

Master’s degree in behavioral sciences

Tools

EHR software

Telehealth platforms

Apple products

Job description

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• Bonus based on performance
• Company parties
• Dental insurance
• Flexible schedule
• Free food & snacks
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Training & development
• Vision insurance

We are looking to hire an Outpatient Mental Health Therapist for our Ellie Mental Health Clinic in NORWALK, CT!This position can be in-office Mondays and Fridays with remote flexibility the rest of the week.

The perfect candidate will share our passion for improving and expanding access to quality mental health care and will thrive in a culture that emphasizes our values of autonomy, flexibility, creativity, authenticity, humor, compassion, respect for diversity, acceptance, and determination. All awesome therapists, including BIPOC and LGBTQ, are encouraged to apply!

Therapists with specific training and/or certification in EMDR, EFT, Play Therapy, etc. are also encouraged to apply!

What we have to offer you:

• All the flexibility of an independent contractor position with the advantages of a W-2 employee.
• Autonomy to create your own schedule to support a healthy work/life balance.
• Flexibility to see clients in person and via telehealth.
• Consultation and training to expand your clinical caseload.
• Clinical licensure supervision and Continuing Education Units (CEUs).
• Our exclusive Ellie Match tool which provides individualized caseload for providers.
• Competitive compensation packages (including commission).
• Benefits package including health insurance, PTO, 401k, and paid holidays.
• The ability to do meaningful, challenging work on a fun and collaborative team.
• A FUN AND ENJOYABLE PLACE TO WORK!

What your role entails:

• Evaluating mental health diagnoses and implementing treatment plans.
• Maintaining updated documentation using company platforms and EHR.
• A minimum of 25 client sessions per week to a diverse population of clients.
• 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.
• Care coordination for assigned clients to ensure continuity of care.
• Participation in clinical staff meetings, trainings, supervision, and community outreach.
• Community involvement and engagement.
• A sense of humor and desire to have fun in the workplace will certainly help as well!

Required Qualifications

• Candidates are required to have a master’s degree in one of the behavioral sciences or related fields from an accredited college or university.
• Candidates should have clinical licensure in the state of Connecticut (LCSW, LPC, LMFT, PsyD, PhD) in good standing.
• Experience with completing intake assessments, treatment plans, and clinical case notes.
• Effective communication skills.
• Ability to demonstrate and model stable, appropriate boundaries with clients.
• Ability to complete and submit documentation of services in a timely manner.
• Comfort and familiarity working with a diverse client base.
• Ideal candidates will have a general knowledge of community resources and insurance billing.
• General knowledge of Apple products, EHR, Telehealth, and other software platforms.
• 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?

Flexible work from home options available.