Mental Health Therapist (Licensed Preferred) Emerson St. for Teens and Young Adults

 

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: 

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

Team Specific Information: This position works with teens and young adults ages 15-26 and will work with individuals experiencing first episode psychosis.

Compensation & Benefits:

• Mental Health Therapist II (Master's Level) - $31.25/hr
• LPC/LMFT/LCSW: $37.59/hr
• Language Differential - $2.50/hr for bilingual proficiency in Spanish & ASL
• CAS/LAC - $1/hr

For complete overview of our robust Benefits: https://wellpower.org/workplace-of-choice/ 

The posted range represents the full hiring range. Offers will not exceed this range, the majority of candidates are placed near the midpoint based on experience and qualifications. 

 

Job Duties & Functions: 

• Provide diagnostic mental health assessments as well as individual, couple, and/or group psychotherapy.
• Develop treatment plans; monitor treatment progress and follow-up as clinically indicated.
• Facilitate the individual's growth and development with an emphasis on strengths, culture, resiliency, and wellbeing.
• Collaborate with internal and external partners to support the growth and development of those we serve.
• Facilitate the coordination of services for individuals with supplemental needs in psychiatric, case management, and medical domains.
• Maintain accurate and timely clinical documentation consistent with WellPower standards.
• Participate in team/department meetings, trainings, and supervisory sessions as required.
• Maintain a trauma informed environment of wellbeing.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

 

Requirements & Qualifications: 

Education: 

• Master's Degree in social work, psychology, or similar field.
• Current license as a LCSW/LPC/LMFT in the State of Colorado or ability to obtain within 24 months of employment preferred. 

Experience: 

• Minimum of one year experience working with severe and persistently mentally ill population. 

 

Work Location: 4141 E Dickenson Pl. Denver, CO 80222

Shift/Hours: This is a Monday-Friday opportunity, observing standard business hours. 

Physical Requirements: Requires sitting, standing, bending and reaching. May require lifting up to 30 pounds. Requires manual dexterity sufficient to operate standard office machines such as computers, fax machines, the telephone and other office and/or clinical equipment.

Applications will be reviewed on an ongoing basis

 

Learn more about WellPower:

WellPower is committed to fair and equitable hiring with salaries based on relevant factors, such as work experience, education, and certification/licensure (rather than wage history). Toward the principle of equal pay for equal work, we post and hire within defined hiring salary ranges. We ask all applicants to carefully review the hiring salary range for each posted job opportunity, as we will not hire outside the predetermined range. 

WellPower is proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment, transfer, or promotion opportunities without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status. 

For a complete overview of our robust benefits, visit: https://wellpower.org/workplace-of-choice