LICENSURE CANDIDATE OR THERAPIST - SIBLEY EAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

CounselorNo weekendsFull-Time

Listed compensation

$73k-$74k

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Job Description

FULL-TIME SCHOOL AND FAMILY MENTAL HEALTH LICENSURE CANDIDATE OR THERAPIST - SIBLEY EAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

*Licensure Candidate $60-$62k (DOE)

*Licensed Therapist $73k-$74k or more with good experience

Professional Activities

Serving in a “Circle of Courage”© community with 4 core Values of Belonging, Mastery, Independence, and Generosity. The most important one is Belonging; where everyone feels that they are a significant part of their local team (they are listened to).

Reaching out with mental health services children who are at-risk and their families. Your services will be primarily in a school environment, an office will be provided, and some home based services for clinical care children and families.

Connecting with other agencies (‘customers’) who are working with the youth.

Scheduling. Your service will focus on helping the family and child, often during non-traditional hours when your clients are available – after school hours and evenings.

Documenting. Like all agencies, documenting of case notes and billable hours is required.

Billing. Full-time staff provide 110 client hours per month out of the 173 working hours available in a month (40 hours x 4.3 actual weeks per month). The average client hours are 26-28 hours per week.

Qualifications

Licensure Candidate:

Completed master's degree and working toward licensure (LICSW, LPCC, LMFT, or LP). We provide licensure supervision.

Licensed Therapist

Fully Licensed Mental Health Professional (LICSW, LPCC, LMFT, or LP).

Experience

Demonstrated ability to work with children and families experiencing mental health issues in a direct care role.

Familiar with a variety of counseling techniques with theories to aid in the care and treatment of individuals with mental health needs such as behavior modifications for children, child development education, communication, decision-making skills, anger management, social skills, leisure, self-esteem and basic home budgeting.

Benefits

Health Insurance— Very Good Coverage

"NICE Healthcare - provides you with direct in home or virtual medical visits to you along with 550+ prescriptions absolutely free.

  • Total Care Option - Save up to $8,000 on your family's healthcare costs
  • KiSxCard Program - Provides access to high-quality, low-cost surgery and imaging services.
  • Paid Time Leave which includes ‘Earned Sick and Safe Time’
  • 403b Retirement Plan with one-to-one match after one year
  • Wellness Program to reduce health insurance costs
  • Generous Employee Assistance Program

Minnesota Paid Family and Medical Leave

  • Clinical Supervision to become a Licensed Therapist (LICSW, LMFT, LPCC) with a board-certified clinical supervisor.
  • Public Service Loan Forgiveness in working with a Nonprofit organization.
  • Self-Income Based Forgiveness Programs are available for Bachelor level and Master level graduates in working with a Nonprofit organization.
  • Life Insurance
  • Short Term Disability
  • Long Term Disability
  • Vision Insurance
  • Dental Insurance
  • GMFS is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Key Responsibilities

Provide mental health services to at-risk children and their families, primarily in a school setting, with some home-based clinical care and scheduling that may include after-school hours and evenings. Coordinate with other agencies and document case notes and billable hours, meeting the stated monthly client-hour target.

Qualifications

Education
Master's degree (postgraduate degree)
Experience
2+ years of experience

Certifications

Board Certification

Key Skills

Child and Family Mental Health CareBehavior ModificationCommunication SkillsSocial Skills DevelopmentLeisure SkillsSelf-Esteem DevelopmentClinical DocumentationInteragency Collaboration

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates LICENSURE CANDIDATE OR THERAPIST - SIBLEY EAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at Greater Minnesota Family Services a 6.3 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the top 35% of all Mental Health Therapy counselor listings evaluated on our platform. Contributing factors include no weekend requirements.

Counselor Career Context

Of the 50 active Mental Health Therapy listings this role was benchmarked against, 32% are remote, 38% have no call, 72% require no weekends.

Mental Health Therapy pay on WeekdayDoc is up 9.1% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).

The cost-of-living index for Minnesota is 98.6 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$74k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $75k in an average-cost state. 63.4% of Minnesota clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

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401k / retirement match
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CME allowance
52%
Sign-on bonus
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Loan repayment
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PSLF eligible
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Work-life snapshot

median 6.3this job 6.3
Better work-life than 50% of Mental Health Therapy (Counseling) listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 7,978 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • No weekends

Living in Gaylord

Median resident rent
$860/mo≈ 14% of gross pay
Residents’ average commute
22 min
State income tax
Up to 9.8%
Sources & methodology

Sources: U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.

Ratios use this listing’s gross annual pay. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.