Mental Health Therapist

Seeking Creative & Collaborative Humans With A Passion For Changing Mental Health Care In Fun And Meaningful Ways.

Ellie Mental Health is looking for therapists (LPC, LCSW, and LMFT) who are seeking a different employment experience to ignite their creativity while minimizing the barriers that come with traditional therapy practices. We are a locally owned and operated private practice in Kansas City area that is structured to remove many of the daily obstacles of a provider. We currently have locations in Lee's Summit, Independence, North Oak and off of State Line Rd (Missouri side). By offering centralized support for inquiries, scheduling, client/therapist matching, insurance contracting, billing and collections, our therapists get to focus on what they love most – providing therapeutic healing to their clients. We believe providing a fantastic experience for our therapists is a critical link to better care and better outcomes in mental health. We prioritize our therapists as much as our clients. We offer flexible scheduling, competitive compensation, and excellent benefits. Benefits include PTO, paid holidays, medical & dental insurance, and a 401K w/ match. You will also be provided a beautiful, spacious office that is rent free. We seek a diverse community of therapists to collaborate and support one another. Certifications and/or training in CBT, DBT, EMDR, Play Therapy, and Sand Tray Therapy are a plus.

What we offer:

• Competitive compensation with uncapped earning potential
• Opportunity for health benefits including medical and dental
• Dedication to a team approach and atmosphere
• Paid Holidays & PTO (including your birthday)
• Flexible scheduling
• Paid Case Consultations
• Paid Continuing Education time
• Paid time for therapy note documentation
• In-house educational library with approved CEU credits
• Credentialing, office space, and technology all included with employment

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 must maintain a caseload of a of 25 client hours per week
• 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

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 a clinical license in the state of Missouri (LMFT, LPC, or LCSW)
• Required experience with completing diagnostic tools, treatment plans and clinical case notes
• Ideal candidates will have a general knowledge of therapy services, community resources, insurance billing, and previous experience with mental health documentation
• Ability to complete and submit documentation of services and other documents in a timely manner
• Ability to demonstrate and model stable, appropriate boundaries with clients
• 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.

About Ellie Mental Health:

Ellie Mental Health is a highly successful multi-clinic mental health organization. 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. The main way we do this? With humor! We believe that struggling with mental health issues is 100% normal. Some days are great, and some days make you wish you could dig yourself into a hole and hide from it all. Everyone has those days (even your therapist). Elliementalhealth.com

Flexible work from home options available.

Compensation: $55,000.00 - $85,000.00 per year

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!

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?