Mental Health Therapist

2 months ago
Cocoa, FloridaFull TimeMental Health Therapy
✓ No Call✓ No Weekends✓ No Nights

Job Description

About the Role

Join Operation New Hope, Inc as a Mental Health Therapist in United States. Mental Health Therapist Operation New Hope is a nonprofit operating in Jacksonville, Orlando, St. Johns County, the Space Coast, Tampa, and St.

Key Responsibilities

  • Completes triage on prospective clients referred by Intake department.
  • Completes evidenced based Risk Assessment on assigned clients.
  • Conducts comprehensive Biopsychosocial Assessments on each new client, providing a mental health and/or substance abuse diagnosis.
  • Provides ongoing individual mental counseling; providing appropriate therapeutic interventions and methods to assist clients in reaching their goals.

Requirements

  • Licensed under FS chapter 491 as LMHC, LCSW, or LMFT with at least one year experience working with a marginalized or challenged population.
  • Three or more years of experience assessing, diagnosing, and treating substance use disorders.
  • Three or more years of experience performing Biopsychosocial assessments, treatment planning and maintaining progress notes.
  • Knowledge of the Trauma Informed Care model.

Work Schedule

  • Full-Time position.
  • Day shift only - no nights.

This position offers day shifts only. Work with Operation New Hope, Inc in United States.

Key Skills

Mental Health CounselingSubstance Abuse TreatmentCrisis InterventionBiopsychosocial AssessmentGroup TherapyIndividual TherapyCollaborationAdvocacyDocumentationTherapeutic ModalitiesTrauma Informed CareSocial JusticeCommunicationProfessional BoundariesComputer ProficiencyBilingual
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Position Insights

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Mental Health Therapist at Operation New Hope a 6.0 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the top 35% of all Mental Health Therapy psychologist listings evaluated on our platform. Contributing factors include no on-call duties, no weekend requirements, no night shifts.

This score reflects a generally positive work environment with some areas for improvement. Clinicians should evaluate scheduling and workload expectations carefully.

Mental Health Therapy — Psychologist Career Context

This Mental Health Therapy position at Operation New Hope is open to psychologist candidates.

Psychologists are seeing unprecedented demand driven by the mental health crisis, with telehealth dramatically expanding access and enabling fully remote practice.

Location & Logistics

This position is based in Cocoa, Florida.

Florida has no state income tax, which can significantly increase take-home pay compared to high-tax states. For a psychologist earning $300k, the absence of state income tax can represent $15k–$30k or more in annual savings.

Why This Position Stands Out

  • No on-call requirements — clinicians are completely off-duty after hours
  • No weekend shifts — preserving personal and family time
  • No night shifts — a daytime-only schedule

Skills, Responsibilities & Benefits

Key skills and qualifications: Mental Health Counseling, Substance Abuse Treatment, Crisis Intervention, Biopsychosocial Assessment, Group Therapy, Individual Therapy, Collaboration, Advocacy. Candidates with experience in these areas may be especially well-suited for this Mental Health Therapy role.

Core responsibilities: The Mental Health Therapist performs triage for new applicants and conducts comprehensive assessments to evaluate their mental health and substance abuse needs. They provide ongoing counseling and facilitate group therapy, collaborating with other team members to support clients' successful re-entry...

About WeekdayDoc

WeekdayDoc is the only healthcare job board that scores every position for burnout risk and work-life balance. Every listing includes a proprietary burnout score, transparent salary data when available, and lifestyle filters for no-call, no-weekends, and remote positions. Browse more Mental Health Therapy psychologist jobs on WeekdayDoc to compare work-life balance scores and compensation across employers.

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About Operation New Hope

Individual and Family Services
Jacksonville, Florida
5-10
6.0

Work-Life Balance Score

Top 50%

Protective Factors (3)

No on-call (β=6.95; p<0.001 for ↓ exhaustion)

No weekends (57% ↓ work-life conflict)

No nights (Independent predictor ↓ burnout)

Interpretation: Position demonstrates strong burnout protection with 3 validated protective factors.

Job Details

Employment Type

Full-time

Posted

2mo ago

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