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Salt Lake City, Utah

Program Therapist

CounselorNo weekendsFull-Time

Listed compensation

$32.30-$42.80/hr

The week · per this posting · Monday – Friday

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Posted 1mo ago

Job Description

Responsibilities

Salt Lake Behavioral Health is seeking a Full-Time Program Therapist (Social Worker/(A)CMHC) for various units.

Schedule: Full-Time, Monday-Friday

Job Description

As part of the social services team, this is a position that will complete bio-psychosocial assessments, develop treatment plans, provide individual/group therapy and assist in discharge planning. This position will work collaboratively with the treatment team, families, community resources, and other healthcare providers.

Job Essentials

Prioritize daily tasks including new admissions and discharging patients along with seeing patients on given case load.

  • Participate daily in a multi-disciplinary treatment team meeting.
  • Conducts psychosocial assessments, ASAM’s and health disparities form for new admissions.
  • Educate, communicate and coordinate discharge plans with patient’s families and support systems.
  • Provide daily individual therapy along with psycho-educational groups.
  • Complete discharge planning including crisis safety plans, family meetings and discharge summaries.
  • Complete documentation in a timely manner according to the given standards of the hospital.

Compensation

  • Pay Range CSW/ACMHC (Exempt): $32.30-$42.80/hr
  • Pay Range LCSW/CMHC (Exempt): $36.30-$46.80/hr
  • Benefits of joining the Salt Lake Behavioral Health team include:
  • CEU Reimbursement
  • Free CEU’s
  • Discounted Meals
  • Employee recognition rewards
  • Generous Paid Time Off

Wide Range of Medical & Non-Medical Benefits

For more information about Salt Lake behavioral Health, please visit our website saltlakebehavioralhealth.com or watch our video on why staff love to work here youtube.com

Qualifications

Education

Master's Degree from an accredited college or university, in Social Work or a clinical related mental health field required.

License: CSW, LCSW, ACMHC, CMHC, AMFT, LMFT with the state of Utah

Additional Requirements

CPR certification is required. You will need to successfully complete our current training for restraints and seclusions. This training will need to be done prior to assisting in any patient restraints or seclusions and within 90 days of employment.

EEO Statement

All UHS subsidiaries are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and teammates. UHS subsidiaries are equal opportunity employers and as such, openly support and fully commit to recruitment, selection, placement, promotion and compensation of individuals without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), genetic information, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

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Qualifications

Education
Master's degree (postgraduate degree)

Key Skills

Treatment PlanningCrisis Safety PlanningASAM AssessmentPatient CareCollaboration

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Program Therapist at UHS 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 counselor listings evaluated on our platform. Contributing factors include no weekend requirements.

Counselor Career Context

UHS ranks #2 of 15 employers hiring Counselor on WeekdayDoc by average advertised pay.

Of the 50 active Mental Health Therapy listings this role was benchmarked against, 56% are remote, 28% have no call, 76% require no weekends.

Mental Health Therapy by the numbers
MeasureThis jobMarket
Listed pay$67k–$97kMental Health Therapy median $65k (middle half $53k–$81k)257 comparable listings, Oct 2026
Cost-of-living adjusted pay~$83k in purchasing powerUtah index 98.9 (US = 100)BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Mental Health Therapy listings in Utah82 active7,903 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Oct 2026
Work settingon-sitepeers: 56% remote · 28% no call · 76% no weekends50 benchmarked listings
UHS#2 of 15 for payTop Employers work-life index
Sources: WeekdayDoc live listing index, Top Employers work-life index, BEA Regional Price Parities (2024); as of Oct 2026. Same values as the Weekday Verdict and Market Insights on this page.

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  • No weekends
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About UHS

Hospitals and Health Care
Aiken, South Carolina
501-1,000 employees

Benefits & Perks

CEU Reimbursement
Free CEU's
Discounted Meals
Employee recognition rewards
Generous Paid Time Off
Medical & Non-Medical Benefits

Living in Salt Lake City

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$590k
Typical market rent
$1,603/mo
State income tax
Up to 4.8%
Sources & methodology

Sources: Zillow home values (Aug 2026), Zillow market rents (Aug 2026).

City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.