Program Therapist 1 - School
Listed compensation
$54k-$69k
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- Employment & setting
- Full-Time
- Call expectations
- Not specified
- Weekends
- Not specified
Job description
Join Yellowstone Boys and Girls Ranch as a Program Therapist – School-Based Youth Mental Health in Anaconda, Montana, United States.
Benefits & Compensation
- Salary: $54K - $69K
Work Schedule
- Full-Time position.
- No explicit call, weekend, or night shift information provided.
Apply to join Yellowstone Boys and Girls Ranch as a Program Therapist – School-Based Youth Mental Health.
Key Responsibilities
The Program Therapist provides individual, group, and family therapy to youth in various settings while maintaining clinical documentation and treatment plans. They also collaborate with treatment teams, schools, and community agencies to advocate for youth and ensure effective service delivery.
Requirements
Candidates must hold a Master's degree in Psychology, Social Work, Counseling, or a related field and possess a current Montana professional license (SWLC, PCLC, MFLC, LCSW, LCPC, or MLFT). Additionally, applicants must pass a criminal record and child abuse registry background check.
Qualifications
- Education
- Master's degree (postgraduate degree)
Key Skills
Counselor Career Context
In Montana, the Mental Health Therapy weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$100k (43 salary observations; 75 listings), vs ~$75k nationally (9,269 salary observations; 18,605 listings). Monthly aggregates cover 2025-12-01 through 2026-09-01; these are not the modal's selected comparable-job medians.
Of the 50 active Mental Health Therapy listings this role was benchmarked against, 54% are remote, 38% have no call, 72% require no weekends.
Mental Health Therapy pay on WeekdayDoc is up 3.4% vs. the prior quarter (through Aug 2026).
The cost-of-living index for Montana is 94.6 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$62k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $65k in an average-cost state. 59.2% of Montana clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
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