Outpatient Mental Health Therapist

Benefits:

• 401(k) matching
• Competitive salary
• Dental insurance
• Flexible schedule
• Health insurance
• Opportunity for advancement
• Paid time off
• Training & development
• Vision insurance

Licensed & Provisionally Licensed Therapist (LCSW, LCPC, LMFT, LPC, LSW)

Aurora, IL | Outpatient Mental Health Clinic
Spanish-Speaking / Bilingual Therapists Encouraged to Apply

Compensation: $76,000-$89,000 annually
Full-Time Positions Available

Job Overview

Ellie Mental Health St. Charles is hiring Licensed and Provisionally Licensed Mental Health Therapists to join our growing outpatient clinic. We are seeking LCSWs, LCPCs, LMFTs, LPCs, and LSWs, including Spanish-speaking / bilingual therapists , to provide individual, family, and trauma-informed therapy services to diverse populations.

This is an excellent opportunity for clinicians seeking a supportive, flexible, outpatient therapy position with strong compensation, benefits, licensure support, and minimal administrative burden.

About Ellie Mental Health

Ellie Mental Health is a multi-clinic organization focused on ending mental health stigma, increasing access to care, and supporting clinicians. Our outpatient mental health clinics are intentionally structured to reduce administrative tasks so therapists can focus on client care, clinical quality, and work-life balance.

We believe happy therapists provide better therapy

Who We're Looking For

We are seeking:

• Fully Licensed Therapists: LCSW, LCPC, LMFT
• Provisionally Licensed Therapists: LPC, LSW, LMFT-Associate (or equivalent)

Spanish-speaking / bilingual (Spanish-English) therapists are strongly encouraged to apply as we continue expanding services in the Aurora and greater Chicagoland area.

Why Work at Ellie Mental Health

• Competitive salary with base pay + commission structure
• Paid administrative time
• Flexible scheduling and manageable outpatient caseloads
• Support and supervision for provisionally licensed clinicians
• Opportunity to develop clinical specialties and programs
• Collaborative, clinician-first culture
• Minimal paperwork and strong administrative support

Required Qualifications

• Master's degree in Social Work, Counseling, Marriage & Family Therapy, or related behavioral health field
• Active Illinois license or provisional license (LCSW, LCPC, LMFT, LPC, LSW)
• Experience with treatment planning and clinical documentation
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to maintain professional boundaries
• Timely completion of documentation (24-48 hours)
• Comfortable working with diverse and multicultural populations
• Experience with EHR systems (Valant preferred)

Preferred Experience

• Spanish-speaking or bilingual therapist (Spanish/English)
• Experience with children, adolescents, teens, adults, couples, and families
• Trauma-informed care, anxiety, depression, and substance use
• Outpatient mental health or community mental health experience
• Insurance credentialing experience (or willingness to become credentialed)

Responsibilities

• Conduct mental health assessments and establish diagnoses
• Develop and implement individualized treatment plans
• Provide outpatient psychotherapy services
• Complete progress notes, treatment plan reviews, and documentation
• Full-time clinicians maintain 25 client sessions per week
• Collaborate with families, schools, medical providers, and care teams
• Attend clinical meetings, trainings, and supervision
• Provide culturally responsive, evidence-based therapy

Benefits

• Health insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Paid Time Off (PTO)
• Paid holidays (including your birthday)
• Paid CEU time + free access to Ellie CEU platform
• Training, supervision, and professional development
• Opportunity for advancement
• Team-building events and Ellie swag

Independent franchisees are Equal Opportunity employers committed to diverse and inclusive workforces. Franchisees are independent business people and not employed by Ellie Family Services, PLLP, d/b/a "Ellie Mental Health", Ellie MSO, LLC, or Ellie FAM LLC. Thus, each franchisee and each franchisee clinic is unique and the franchisee is alone responsible for all employment matters in their clinic, including the terms and conditions of employment for their employees, such as hiring, firing, discipline, supervision, staffing and scheduling. Depending on the clinic location you select, the job for which you apply may be in a clinic owned and operated by an independent franchisee, and not with the corporate-owned clinics, which are based in Minnesota. This means the franchisee, not Ellie Family Services, PLLP, is responsible for all employment matters at the clinic. If you are hired for the job, the franchisee will be your employer, not Ellie Family Services, PLLP or any of its affiliated entities. For franchisee clinic locations, please contact the franchisee organization directly to the extent you need assistance in completing forms or otherwise participating in that franchisee's application process.

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.

Flexible work from home options available.


Compensation: $76,000.00 - $89,000.00 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?