Behavioral Health Clinician - Children's Intensive Services
Compensation
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Job Description
Join Our Team at Easterseals MORC – Behavioral Health Clinician - Children's Intensive Services
Community-Based Opportunity: This role provides services directly in the community and requires travel throughout Oakland County. Candidates should be comfortable working in various community-based settings and traveling between locations.
Make a difference, grow your career, and become part of something bigger than yourself!
We’re Looking for Game Changers—
People who wake up excited to help others, the superheroes in their field who genuinely care about the individuals they serve. If that sounds like you, we want you on our team.
Benefits
- Low-cost Dental/Health/Vision insurance
- Dependent care reimbursement and up to 5 days paid FMLA for maternity, paternity, foster care, or adoption
- Generous 401K retirement plan
- Paid leave options available
- Up to $125 bonus for taking 5 days off in a row
- 10 paid holidays and 3 floating holidays
- Wellness Programs
- PSLF (Public Service Loan Forgiveness) Employer
- Bonuses and incentives to reward dedication and hard work
- Mileage reimbursement in accordance with IRS rate
- Free financial planning through LoVasco Consulting Group and SoFi
- Student loan repayment options
- Pet Insurance
Minimum Qualifications: Master's degree in Psychology, Social Work, or Counseling required. Must possess current Michigan licensure or limited licensure (LLPC/LPC, LLMSW/LMSW, or TLLP/LLP/LP), a valid driver's license, current auto insurance, and at least one year of experience working with children and families in a behavioral health or human services setting.
What You'll Do
As a Behavioral Health Clinician, You Will
- Provide individual, family, and group therapy to children and families.
- Complete comprehensive behavioral health and clinical assessments.
- Assess for mental health, substance use, psychiatric symptoms, and acute safety needs.
- Provide intensive stabilization and crisis intervention services.
- Develop individualized treatment plans and monitor client progress.
- Help individuals identify behavioral and emotional triggers and develop crisis and relapse prevention plans.
- Collaborate with psychiatrists, case managers, schools, community providers, and other professionals to coordinate care.
- Support individuals with medication-related needs and provide education as appropriate.
- Participate in team huddles and multidisciplinary consultation.
- Provide trauma-informed care to children and families impacted by trauma.
- Maintain timely and accurate clinical documentation in accordance with funding and organizational requirements.
- Travel throughout Oakland County and surrounding areas to provide services.
Key Responsibilities
The Behavioral Health Clinician provides individual, family, and group therapy while conducting comprehensive clinical assessments for children and families. They also develop individualized treatment plans, provide crisis intervention, and collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to coordinate care.
Requirements
Candidates must hold a Master's degree in Psychology, Social Work, or Counseling along with a valid Michigan licensure. At least one year of experience working with children and families in a behavioral health setting is required.
Qualifications
- Education
- Master's degree (postgraduate degree)
Key Skills
Work-Life Balance Analysis
WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Behavioral Health Clinician - Children's Intensive Services at Easterseals MORC a 7.2 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as very good. This places the position in the top 25% in Mental Health Therapy (Counseling) — ranked against 7,933 active Mental Health Therapy (Counseling) listings on WeekdayDoc.
Counselor Career Context
Of the 50 active Mental Health Therapy listings this role was benchmarked against, 24% are remote, 32% have no call, 80% require no weekends.
Mental Health Therapy pay on WeekdayDoc is up 2.2% vs. the prior quarter (through Aug 2026).
The cost-of-living index for Michigan is 96.2 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 61.8% of Michigan clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
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Living in Auburn Hills
- Typical 3-bedroom home value
- $296k
- Typical market rent
- $1,855/mo
- Residents’ average commute
- 22 min
- Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
- 100.3
- State income tax
- Up to 4.3%
Sources & methodology
Sources: Zillow home values (Aug 2026), Zillow market rents (Aug 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.
BEA 2024 · Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.
City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.