Outpatient Mental Health Therapist - Substance Abuse Specialist (LCAS)
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Job Description
Benefits
- 401(k)
- Company parties
- Competitive salary
- Dental insurance
- Flexible schedule
- Health insurance
- Training & development
Vision Insurance
As an Outpatient Therapist - Substance Abuse Specialist, you'll share our vision for improving and expanding access to quality mental health care and thrive in an environment driven by our core values of authenticity, humor, compassion, creativity, acceptance, and determination.
Responsibilities Include
Provide diagnostic and therapy services to children, adolescent, adult clients and families, including diagnostic evaluation, treatment planning and individual and family therapy
Provide excellent customer service for clients and collaborate with a dynamic team to further the mission of filling gaps in our community
- Utilize creativity in interventions to help clients achieve and exceed goals
- Prepare and submit individual documentation for each session per company guidelines and protocol
- Coordinate services with case managers, families, work personnel, medical personnel, other staff, and school staff as needed
- Attend and participate in all clinical staff meetings and trainings
- Actively involved in the Outreach efforts and building relationship with our referral partners
Required Qualifications and Skills
- Active and unrestricted license issued by a North Carolina Professional board, (LCAS).
- Clinical speciality preferred (EMDR, IFS, TF-CBT, etc).
- Experience completing diagnostic assessments, treatment plans and clinical case notes
- Minimum of two years post degree experience providing mental health support services to children, adolescents, and adults
- Effective written and verbal communication skills
- Experience with court ordered assessments is a huge plus
- Ability to demonstrate and model stable, appropriate boundaries with clients
- Ability to complete and submit documentation of services and other documents in a timely manner
- Comfort and familiarity working with a diverse client base
- Flexible with providing therapy in office and via telehealth
- Proficient in the use of Office 365 and Electronic Health Record systems (Valant experience a plus!)
- Ability to pass a background check.
Salary
Competitive pay (clinical/non-clinical)
Performance Based
Benefits (Vacation, PTOs, Health/dental/vision, 401K contributions and reimbursement for CEUs and many more)
Flexible work from home options available.
Key Responsibilities
Provide diagnostic and therapy services to children, adolescents, adults, and families while collaborating with a multidisciplinary team. Coordinate care with external partners and actively participate in outreach efforts to build referral relationships.
Requirements
Requires an active and unrestricted LCAS license in North Carolina and at least two years of post-degree experience. Candidates must be proficient in clinical documentation and comfortable working with a diverse client base.
Qualifications
- Experience
- 2+ years of experience
Key Skills
Addiction Medicine — Counselor Career Context
The cost-of-living index for North Carolina is 94.3 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 59.2% of North Carolina clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
Ellie Mental Health - 101 holds gold-tier status on WeekdayDoc's Top Employers work-life index, composite score 91/100, 4 active listings.
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WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Outpatient Mental Health Therapist - Substance Abuse Specialist (LCAS) at Ellie Mental Health - 101 a 8.3 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as excellent. This places the position in the top 5% in Substance Use / Addiction Counselor — ranked against 1,008 active Substance Use / Addiction Counselor listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include remote work flexibility, flexible scheduling.
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