Mental Health Therapist II - Enhanced Outpatient Therapist (EOP)- Team 227

About the role

WellPower envisions a community where every person's mental health is fostered through strength, resilience and hope. We empower people to overcome barriers and achieve lasting well-being through collaborative behavioral health care and comprehensive support. Our Guiding Principles: Person Centered – we honor people's identities, lived experience and journeys and treat every person with the dignity we all deserve. Exceptional Care – we offer compassionate, innovative services that meet people where they are, from immediate support to long-term recovery. Integrity – we operate from a deep foundation of ethical, accountable practices in all we do. Organizational Resilience – we meet the moment and adapt to changing contexts with collaborative creativity, agile business processes, and financial stewardship.

Position Summary: The Mental Health Therapist‑EOP provides comprehensive psychological and behavioral case management services within a continuum of high to low intensity services designed to improve or maintain each mental health client's abilities to function in the community. Assesses, monitors, and follows up with client's ability to meet basic needs in moving toward recovery. Responsible for all clinical documentation of client interaction.

Work Location: 4455 E 12th Ave, Denver, CO 80220

Responsibilities

• Help clients meet basic needs for food, clothing, shelter, personal safety, and general medical and dental care; assist with applications for income, medical, housing, or other benefits.
• Identify clients needing a protective payee‑ship and arrange this assistance.
• Ensure clients access needed services and community resources by arranging transportation or, if necessary, transporting clients in a personal vehicle (business insurance reimbursed).
• Provide comprehensive psychosocial services that include a continuum of high and low intensity services to improve or maintain clients' abilities to function in normal social roles, including:
  • Helping clients evaluate strengths and symptoms, set goals, and plan appropriate services.
  • Guiding and instructing clients in daily living skills (medication use, diet, exercise, personal hygiene, shopping, cooking, budgeting, housekeeping, transportation use, and other community services).
  • Helping clients develop social skills, interests, and leisure activities for a sense of participation and personal worth, including age‑ and culturally appropriate daytime and evening activities.
  • Assisting clients in finding and using appropriate employment opportunities, vocational rehabilitation services, or supported work environments.
  • Assisting clients needing special living arrangements in locating rehabilitative or supportive housing, offering a broad range of support levels while encouraging increasing responsibility.
  • Offering support, assistance, consultation, and education to families, friends, landlords, employers, community agencies, and others who come into contact with clients.
  • Identifying and working with potential natural support systems such as neighborhood networks, churches, and community organizations.
  • Reaching out to program‑eligible clients, informing and educating them about available services at WellPower and in the community.
  • Conducting initial assessments.
• Other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Master's degree in psychology, social work, or other related human services degree.
• One (1) year of experience in mental health or human services preferred.
• Valid Colorado Driver's license and a recent clean driving record.
• Ability to transport the people we serve in your vehicle.
• Ability to obtain and carry Business Use coverage on your auto policy (additional cost reimbursed).
• LCSW, LPC, or LAC license preferred.
• Physical requirements: standing, walking, stooping, bending, lifting up to 30 lbs, repetitive hand/finger motions, manual dexterity; requires visual and auditory acuity to observe patient behavior and respond to alarms and calls; requires capacity to handle emotionally charged situations and maintain professional boundaries; requires critical thinking and problem‑solving skills for diagnosis and treatment planning, and to prioritize multiple tasks and adapt to changing patient needs.

Pay

Mental Health Therapist II (Master's Level) – $31.25/hour – $65,000/year
LPC/LMFT/LCSW – $34.78/hour – $72,342.40/year
LAC Differential – $1.00/hour
Language Differential – $1‑$2.