Child/Adolescent Outpatient Mental Health Therapist - Louisville, CO

Job Description

Job Description

Be a part of a national movement to end the stigma, fill the gaps, and bring greater innovation to mental health! 

In Louisville, CO, as a Child/Adolescent Focused Therapist at Ellie Mental Health, you'll share our vision for improving and expanding access to quality mental health care to kids, adolescents, and families, and thrive in an environment driven by our core values of authenticity, humor, compassion, creativity, acceptance, and determination. 

Seeking clinicians who offer individual child/adolescent and family therapy using a broad range of modalities.  We are interested in finding clinicians who may offer Play Therapy, Art Therapy, Child-Parent Psychotherapy (CPP), Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT), Dance/Movement Therapy, or other specific modalities.  Overall, our priority is for our child/adolescent clinicians whose  practice includes play-based and interactive methods, regular caregiver involvement and/or family therapy, and tailored approaches that meet the developmental needs of children and adolescents. 

Ellie Mental Health makes the clinician's experience the best it can be by providing excellent compensation, benefits, training, and flexible schedules while also providing centralized administrative, technology, referral and inquiry support, client/therapist matching, initial scheduling, and ongoing billing and collections. Through these robust shared services, Ellie strives to lower the administrative aspects of providing care to the absolute minimum, so our practitioners have more time to focus on what they love – supporting clients!

What We Have to Offer (based on full-time status) 

• Competitive compensation (hourly base pay plus commission) depending on training, licensing, and years of experience
  • Pre-licensed starting range: $57,500 - $63,500
  • Licensed starting range: $69,500 - $75,500
• Flexible scheduling 
• 401K matching 
• Health Benefits
• Paid Time-Off, paid holidays (including your birthday!)
• Professional development support, including paid training time
• Paid supervision, case consultation, and documentation time
• Reimbursement for clinical license renewal
• Independence in a tight-knit, supportive, and transparent team environment
• Commitment to promoting work/life balance
• Credentialing completed by Ellie’s contract and credentialing team
• Community Engagement Opportunities
• Additional earning opportunities

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 
• Full-Time status clinicians maintain a caseload 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 
• Contribute to a thriving team culture 
• Other stuff we probably forgot to add but just as meaningful and important to your role ;) 

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 clinical licensure (LMFT, LPC, LCSW, etc.) with a valid license to practice in the state of Colorado
• Ideal candidates will have a general knowledge of therapy services, community resources, insurance billing, and previous experience with mental health documentation
• Required experience with completing 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!) 
• Pass a background check 
• Licensed Clinicians who are currently credentialed with insurance panels are a plus! 
• Bilingual clinicians a plus! 

What else you should know:

• This position is located in Louisville, Colorado
• This role serves clients primarily in-person, with option for telehealth where clinically appropriate
• This position will report to the location’s Clinic Director 
• Learn more about our amazing company at

At Ellie Mental Health, a therapist owned and operated company, we're passionate about providing access to high quality mental health therapy, eliminating the stigma associated with mental health and delivering a world class work experience for our therapists. We use all our core values of humor, creativity, authenticity, acceptance, determination, and compassion to serve our community and our therapists.  
 
Ellie Mental Health is committed to a policy of Equal Employment Opportunity and will not discriminate against an applicant or employee on the basis of race, color, sex, religion, national origin, citizenship status, age, disability, veteran or military status, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, genetic information, or any other legally-recognized protected basis under federal, state or local laws, regulations or ordinances. Applicants with disabilities may be entitled to reasonable accommodation under the terms of the Americans with Disabilities Act and certain state or local laws. A reasonable accommodation is a change or adjustment to a job or work environment that will ensure an equal employment opportunity without imposing an undue hardship on the operation of the business.