Licensed Associate Counselor

About the Role

Join our growing team as we expand our Old Bridge location! This is a hybrid role, requiring at least 3 days in person (you can pick the location most convenient to you). We provide a flexible work schedule, but we expect our therapists to proactively balance client needs while maintaining a healthy work-life balance. Given the high demand for sessions between 3 PM – 8 PM on weekdays, success in this role requires availability during these peak hours at least 3 days a week.

Our therapists are highly compensated (base hourly pay, commission splits, performance bonuses and more). They also have the flexibility to manage their own caseload at a comfortable level, focus their efforts on specialties and work in a warm, inviting office.

Requirements & Qualifications

• LAC (pending final paperwork after passing the exam is acceptable)
• 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 designated field
• Preferred: fully licensed mental health professional with a valid State of New Jersey license
• Preferred: experience with children, adolescents, teens, and/or adults
• Preferred: experience with couples, families, trauma, substance abuse, and/or schools
• Preferred: general knowledge of therapy services, community resources, insurance billing, and previous experience with mental health documentation
• Fully licensed clinicians ideally have a history of being credentialed with insurance providers
• Availability during peak hours (3 PM – 8 PM weekdays) at least 3 days per week

Responsibilities

• Evaluate and diagnose behavioral health issues, create and implement a treatment plan, complete ongoing documentation including additional diagnoses, 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
• Coordinate services with case managers, families, work personnel, medical personnel, other Ellie staff, and school staff as needed
• Attend and participate in clinical staff meetings and trainings

Benefits & Perks

• Up to $2,500 signing bonus
• Clinical supervision for Master’s-level candidates provided for free
• Performance-based bonuses
• Free snacks
• Two weeks paid vacation
• Paid CEUs
• Health insurance
• 401(k) matching
• Paid time off
• Flexible work schedule

Compensation

$65,000 – $80,000 per year (base hourly pay, commission splits, performance bonuses and more).

Schedule

Hybrid — at least 3 days in person per week (location of your choice). Must be available for peak session hours (3 PM – 8 PM weekdays) at least 3 days a week.

Employee Experience & Culture

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.