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Rockville, Maryland

Early Childhood Behavioral Health Therapist, Day Shift, Lourie Center Clinic

Counselor 8.0 Work-LifeNo weekendsNo nightsFull-Time

Listed compensation

$60,487 - $100,360

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Call expectations
Not specified
Weekends
No weekends
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Job Description

Lourie Center - Rockville

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Adventist Healthcare - Lourie Center Clinic seeks to hire an experienced Early Childhood Behavioral Health Therapist who will embrace our mission to extend God’s care through the ministry of physical, mental, and spiritual healing.

The Lourie Center for Children's Social & Emotional Wellness is a private, non-profit agency with a mission to improve the social and emotional health of young children and their families through prevention, early intervention, education, research and training.

As a Early Childhood Behavioral Health Therapist you will:

  • Initiates and implements complete, comprehensive psychosocial assessments
  • Provides individual, group, and family therapies to clients and their families
  • Participates in and interdisciplinary treatment team to propose and develop strategies and interventions that would promote excellent therapeutic outcomes
  • Assesses and intervenes in cases of suspected/disclosed child/adult neglect/abuse issues Documents services provided and disseminates information/reports to community referral sources and agencies, i. e., DJJ, DSS, HHS, APS, CPS, LCC, etc
  • Coordinates with the interdisciplinary team, referral sources, and community resources aftercare and supportive services to ensure a successful discharge planning process. Promotes positive patient-family-community relations

Demonstrates knowledge and skills necessary to diffuse psychotic and/or behavioral crises to ensure client, unit, and staff safety an stability

  • Other duties as assigned

Qualifications include

  • Master’s Degree in Social Work /Counseling or equivalent Master’s Degree in a recognized health field
  • 1 year experience preferred
  • LGSW/LMSW/LGPC/LGMFT in the State of Maryland
  • Senior Licensure preferred
  • Bilingual in Spanish strongly preferred
  • Early Childhood Mental Health strongly preferred
  • Play Therapy experience strongly preferred

Work Schedule

  • Employment Type: Full-time
  • Hours per Week: 40 hrs/week
  • Typical Daily Schedule: 8:00 AM–4:30 PM Monday through Friday (One evening until 8pm)
  • Shift Type: Day
  • Weekend Requirements: None
  • Holiday Requirements: Follow company holiday calendar

Pay Range

$60,486.56 - $100,360.00

If the salary range is listed as $0 or if the position is Per Diem (with a fixed rate), salary discussions will take place during the screening process.

  • Under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), this position is classified as:
  • United States of America (Exempt)
  • At Adventist HealthCare our job is to care for you.

We do this by offering

  • Work life balance through nonrotating shifts
  • Recognition and rewards for professional expertise
  • Free Employee parking

Medical, Prescription, Dental, and Vision coverage for employees and their eligible dependents effective on your date of hire

Employer-paid Short & Long-Term Disability, Basic Life Insurance and AD&D, (short-term disability buy-up available)

  • Paid Time Off
  • Employer retirement contribution and match after 1-year of eligible employment with a 3-year vesting period

Voluntary benefits include flexible spending accounts, legal plans, and life, pet, auto, home, long term care, and critical illness & accident insurance

  • Subsidized childcare at participating childcare centers
  • Tuition Reimbursement
  • Employee Assistance Program (EAP) support

As a faith-based organization, with over a century of caring for the communities in the Maryland area, Adventist HealthCare has earned a reputation for high-quality, compassionate care. Adventist HealthCare was the first and is the largest healthcare provider in Montgomery County.

If you want to make a difference in someone’s life every day, consider a position with a team of professionals who are doing just that, making a difference.

Join the Adventist HealthCare team today, apply now to be considered!

COVID-19 Vaccination

Adventist HealthCare strongly recommends all applicants to be fully vaccinated for COVID-19 before commencing employment. Applicants may be required to furnish proof of vaccination.

Tobacco and Drug Statement

Tobacco use is a well-recognized preventable cause of death in the United States and an important public health issue. In order to promote and maintain a healthy work environment, Adventist HealthCare will not hire applicants for employment who either state that they are nicotine users or who test positive for nicotine and drug use.

While some jurisdictions, including Maryland, permit the use of marijuana for medical purposes, marijuana continues to be classified as an illegal drug under the federal Controlled Substances Act. As a result, medical marijuana use will not be accepted as a valid explanation for a positive drug test result.

Adventist HealthCare will withdraw offers of employment to applicants who test positive for Cotinine (nicotine) and marijuana. Those testing positive are given the opportunity to re-apply in 90 days, if they can truthfully attest that they have not used any nicotine products in the past ninety (90) days and successfully pass follow-up testing. ("Nicotine products" include, but are not limited to: cigarettes, cigars, pipes, chewing tobacco, e-cigarettes, vaping products, hookah, and nicotine replacement products (e. g., nicotine gum, nicotine patches, nicotine lozenges, etc.).

Equal Employment Opportunity

Adventist HealthCare is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. We are committed to attracting, engaging, and developing the best people to cultivate our mission-centric culture. Our goal is to have a welcoming, equitable, and safe place to work and grow for all employees, no matter their background. AHC does not discriminate in employment opportunities or practices on the basis of race, ethnicity, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy and related medical conditions, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Adventist HealthCare will make reasonable accommodations for applicants with disabilities, in accordance with applicable law. Adventist HealthCare is a religious organization as defined under applicable law; however, it will endeavor to provide reasonable accommodations for applicants’ religious beliefs.

Applicants who wish to request accommodations for disabilities or religious belief should contact the Support Center HR Office.

Key Responsibilities

The therapist will conduct comprehensive psychosocial assessments and provide individual, group, and family therapy to young children and their families. They will also participate in interdisciplinary treatment teams to develop intervention strategies and coordinate aftercare services.

Requirements

Candidates must hold a Master's degree in Social Work, Counseling, or a related health field and possess a valid Maryland license (LGSW, LMSW, LGPC, or LGMFT). One year of experience is preferred, along with proficiency in Spanish and specialized training in early childhood mental health or play therapy.

Qualifications

Education
Master's degree (postgraduate degree)

Key Skills

Psychosocial assessmentIndividual therapyGroup therapyCrisis interventionCase documentationInterdisciplinary collaborationChild abuse assessmentSpanish language proficiency

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Early Childhood Behavioral Health Therapist, Day Shift, Lourie Center Clinic at Adventist HealthCare a 8.0 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as excellent. This places the position in the top 10% in Mental Health Therapy (Counseling) — ranked against 7,952 active Mental Health Therapy (Counseling) listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no weekend requirements, no night shifts.

Counselor Career Context

Of the 50 active Mental Health Therapy listings this role was benchmarked against, 42% are remote, 24% have no call, 62% require no weekends.

Mental Health Therapy pay on WeekdayDoc is up 1.4% vs. the prior quarter (through Aug 2026).

The cost-of-living index for Maryland is 105.0 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$80k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $77k in an average-cost state. 62.9% of Maryland clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

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8.0/ 10
Listing-based score

Top 10% in Mental Health Therapy (Counseling)

  • No weekends
  • No nights

Living in Rockville

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$624k
Typical market rent
$2,405/mo
Residents’ average commute
31 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
108.9
State income tax
Up to 5.8%
Sources & methodology

Sources: Zillow home values (Aug 2026), Zillow market rents (Aug 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.

BEA 2024 · Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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

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About Adventist HealthCare

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1,001-5,000 employees

Benefits & Perks

Work life balance through nonrotating shifts
Recognition and rewards
Free Employee parking
Medical, Prescription, Dental, and Vision coverage
Employer-paid Short & Long-Term Disability
Basic Life Insurance and AD&D
Paid Time Off
Employer retirement contribution and match