Outpatient Therapist - Child & Adolescent

Job Description

Job Description

Benefits:

• Competitive salary
• Flexible schedule
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• 401(k) matching
• Bonus based on performance

Calling All After-School Therapy Superheroes!

Do you speak fluent kid, tween, and teen ? ????????????

If working with children, adolescents, and families is where you do your best work, Ellie Mental Health Ashburn wants to meet you!

We’re growing our herd and looking for a creative, compassionate, energetic therapist who is passionate about helping children and teens ages 6–17 feel heard, understood, supported, and empowered.

At Ellie, therapy doesn’t have to feel stiff or clinical. Bring your personality. Bring your creativity. Bring the interventions that help young clients connect.

If you enjoy an afternoon/evening schedule and want to build a strong child and adolescent caseload, we have families looking for you.

Bonus Points If You…

⭐ Understand that sometimes UNO is actually a therapeutic intervention
⭐ Can connect with teenagers without trying too hard to be “cool” ????
⭐ Enjoy collaborating with parents and caregivers
⭐ Like incorporating games, art, movement, music, or other creative interventions
⭐ Have after-school/evening availability
⭐ Believe therapy can be clinically excellent and fun

Why Ellie Ashburn?

Because therapists deserve a workplace where they can actually enjoy being therapists.

Our culture is rooted in Ellie's core values of Creativity, Humor, Compassion, Acceptance, Determination, and Authenticity.

What We Offer
✨ Competitive compensation
✨ Comfortable, furnished offices
✨ Credentialing with major insurance carriers
✨ Malpractice coverage
✨ Access to Continuing Education CEU Library
✨ Clinical support and collaboration
✨ Clinical supervision for eligible LPC/LMFT/LCSW residents or supervisees at no cost

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 
• 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 ;) 

What You'll Need

• Master's degree in counseling, social work, marriage and family therapy, psychology, or another qualifying behavioral health field
• Virginia clinical license or eligible provisional/resident/supervisee status, as applicable
• Experience or strong interest in working with children and adolescents ages 
• Comfort working with diverse children, adolescents, and families

And most importantly…

❤️ You Actually LIKE Working With Kids and Teens.

We're not simply looking for a therapist who is willing to see children.

We're looking for someone who WANTS children and teens to be an important part of their caseload.

Ready to Join the Herd?

If you're looking for a place where you can do meaningful clinical work, build a specialty, connect with children and families, grow professionally, and still bring your personality into the therapy room, we'd love to meet you.

Come help us make mental health care feel a little more human—and a lot more approachable—for the children and teens in our community.

 

Flexible work from home options available.