Private Practice Clinical Supervisor - Gurnee-IL

Fully Licensed Clinical Supervisor (LCPC, LCSW, PsyD, LMFT, etc) Ellie Mental Health – Libertyville, Deerfield/Bannockburn, & Expanding to Gurnee, IL (2026)

As a clinician, are you tired of leadership roles that feel disconnected from actual clinical work? Burned out by weak support systems or environments where therapists' well-being comes second? At Ellie Mental Health, we believe strong clinical leadership changes everything, for clients, clinicians, and culture alike. We're looking for a Clinical Supervisor to join our growing Lake County leadership team as we continue expanding across Lake County, including the opening of our third location in Gurnee later this year. This is not a purely administrative role. We're looking for an experienced clinician who enjoys mentoring therapists, strengthening clinical quality, supporting team culture, and helping build a sustainable, high-performing practice that clinicians actually want to stay in long term.

About Ellie Mental Health:

Ellie Mental Health was founded in 2015 by licensed clinicians in Minneapolis with the mission of improving access to quality mental health care while creating healthier workplaces for therapists themselves. Since then, Ellie has grown into a nationwide network (+200) of locally owned and operated clinics driven by authenticity, humor, compassion, creativity, acceptance, and determination. Our Illinois team currently operates locations in Libertyville & Bannockburn/Deerfield, with continued expansion planned throughout the Lake County region. At Ellie, we've reimagined the clinician experience from intake to ongoing support so therapists can focus on meaningful work instead of burnout, isolation, and unnecessary bureaucracy.

A Leadership Opportunity With Real Impact:

You've likely already:

• Supported struggling clinicians behind the scenes
• Helped newer therapists build confidence
• Balanced ethical care with productivity demands
• Managed difficult cases and team dynamics
• Seen what poor leadership does to therapist morale

This role gives you the opportunity to help shape the kind of practice clinicians genuinely thrive in. You'll work directly with ownership and leadership to support therapist development, strengthen clinical excellence, and help scale a connected, collaborative culture as we grow into new markets.

What We Handle So You Can Focus on Leadership & Clinical Care:

• Billing & insurance claims
• Credentialing
• Marketing & SEO
• Referral development
• Administrative support
• Office space & utilities
• EHR systems
• Compliance support
• Online Scheduling infrastructure
• Intake coordination

What We Offer:

• Competitive compensation
• Paid time off
• BCBS medical, dental, and vision benefits
• 401(k) options
• Flexible scheduling
• In-person & telehealth flexibility
• Free CEU library access (Ellie Mental Health CEUs & TPN Health)
• Ongoing professional development support
• Leadership growth opportunities
• Collaborative, consultation-rich culture
• Direct access to the ownership and leadership team
• Opportunity to support expansion into our upcoming Gurnee location

Who This Role Is Perfect For:

• Experienced clinicians who enjoy mentoring and supporting therapists
• Clinicians wanting to leave high-burnout environments
• Approved supervisors looking for a collaborative, growth-oriented environment
• Clinicians passionate about therapist development and ethical care
• Supervisors who value both accountability and compassion
• Experienced providers excited about growth and expansion

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide clinical supervision and consultation to licensed and pre-licensed clinicians
• Support & Participate in therapist onboarding, development, and retention success
• Maintain high standards of ethical, evidence-based care
• Assist clinicians with treatment planning, documentation, and case consultation
• Maintain a clinical caseload (approximately 20-25 sessions/week)
• Foster a supportive, collaborative, and inclusive clinical environment
• Support expansion efforts related to our upcoming Gurnee location

Required Qualifications:

• Master's degree or higher in Counseling, Social Work, Marriage & Family Therapy, Psychology, or related field
• Active Illinois license (LCPC, LCSW, LMFT, PsyD)
• Experience with assessment, treatment planning, and clinical documentation
• Strong leadership, mentoring, and communication skills

Preferred Qualifications:

• Existing or transferable client caseload
• Experience supervising or leading clinical teams
• Outpatient, group, or private practice experience
• Familiarity with insurance and community resources
• Expertise with children, couples, and/or neurodivergent populations

Join Us:

At Ellie, we believe happy therapists do better work, and better work changes lives. If you're looking for a supervision role where your leadership genuinely impacts clinicians, culture, and growth, we'd love to meet you.

Hiring Location: 1790 Nations Dr. Gurnee, IL. 60031 (serving Gurnee & surrounding areas)

Flexible work from home options available.

Compensation: $80,000.00 - $100,000.00 per year

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?