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Cleveland, Ohio

School-Based Behavioral Health Therapists - Hiring Incentive $1200

CounselorFull-Time

Listed compensation

$55k-$73k

The week · per this posting · weekdays assumed

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Posted 1mo ago

Job Description

The Centers is seeking Full-time School-Based Behavioral Health Therapists to manage a diverse caseload and collaborate with persons served and other providers to assure that the mental, emotional, and psychosocial needs of clients are addressed. Services are primarily provided in the school/community/home with the availability of telehealth as clinically indicated.

Salary: From $55,180-$72,985 based upon years of licensing

Job Qualifications

Master’s degree in Social Work, or Counseling with an LSW/LISW or LPC/LPCC in good standing in the state of Ohio

A valid driver’s license in the State of Ohio with access to an insured vehicle for client transportation. Must not have a 6-point violations and ability to obtain and maintain bodily injury/property coverage of $100,000/$300,000

Work Location: Community-Based

Essential Job Duties & Responsibilities

Collaborate with school personnel to identify students needing behavioral health services and facilitate the referral process.

Contact and meet parents/caregivers of children who have been referred for behavioral health services for the purpose of intake, consent to treat, and psychiatric diagnostic evaluations.

Provide individual counseling, therapeutic behavioral support, parent guidance and family interventions.

Provide group counseling/therapeutic behavioral support/prevention groups as needed.

Integrate behavioral health with the client’s health needs and refer for appropriate medical, dental, psychiatric and other psychosocial service needs.

Responsible for the timely completion of clinical documentation in accordance with applicable licensing and accreditation regulations and standards.

  • Meet productivity expectations.
  • Opportunity to become trained in Early Child Mental Health screenings, assessment/diagnosis, and provision of community-based consultation and/or therapeutic services during summer months with youth (0-5) and their families.
  • Other Job Duties & Responsibilities
  • Other duties as assigned.

Core Competencies

Interpersonal Skills & Communication: demonstrated emotional intelligence with an ability to balance an empathy forward response with families and throughout the organization. Enjoys working closely with other people to understand their concerns and seeks out the ways our workplace might address them. Able to use storytelling to advance a concept or idea.

Professionalism: Confidence, articulation, ability to receive criticism and feedback well, ability to resolve conflicts.

Organization & Time Management: Organizes work, effectively prioritizes, and sets short- or long-term goals and strategies to achieve them. Aligns communication, people, processes and resources to drive success. Organizes information and data to identify/explain trends, problems, and their causes.

Teamwork & Collaboration: Contributes to common goal, maintains open communication with team members, asks for help when necessary, encourages involvement.

Diversity & Inclusion: Self-aware, attentive listener, people-oriented, cognizant of bias, cultural intelligence; demonstrating a respect for divergent viewpoints; an awareness of and sensitivity to the cultural diversity of the population served, thereby contributing to an environment that is equitable, inclusive, and cooperative.

Flexibility: Adapts effectively to change by accepting changes in processes readily and with an optimistic perspective of the resulting benefits; readily accepts new technology as part of his/her job and uses it to continually improve efficiency or the quality of his/her work products.

Physical Demands/Work Environment

This job operates in a professional office environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to speak and hear.

The employee is frequently required to sit for extended periods of time, stand, walk, use hands and fingers, and reach with hands and arms. It requires the ability to lift files, open filing cabinets and bend or stand as necessary.

Travel and work outside of normal hours may be required for meetings, presentations, trainings and other events.

About The Centers

The Centers provide health, family, and workforce services at 11 locations throughout Greater Cleveland, creating life-changing solutions for people to lead healthier and more successful lives. We strive to be a service-oriented workplace that pioneers and co-creates solutions while fostering belonging in a community where our team members thrive.

Wellbeing and Benefits

Providing quality benefits to our staff is important to us. Just as important is our staff’s well-being. That’s why we offer a number of choices to meet the different needs of our staff.

  • Choice of medical and dental plans
  • Health Savings Account
  • Flexible Spending Account for Health and Dependent Care
  • Vision
  • Support for continuing education and credential renewal
  • Life Insurance
  • Retirement Savings (401k) with a company contribution
  • 457(b) Savings
  • Mental Health Support
  • Employee Assistance Program
  • Calm Subscription

Short and Longterm Disability

We are a National Health Service Corps site. You may be eligible to receive substantial assistance towards paying off your student loan debt. To learn more visit bhw.hrsa.gov

The Centers is an Equal Opportunity Employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Key Responsibilities

The therapist will manage a diverse caseload, providing individual and group counseling, therapeutic support, and family interventions within school and community settings. They are responsible for conducting intake assessments, psychiatric diagnostic evaluations, and maintaining timely clinical documentation in accordance with regulatory standards.

Requirements

Candidates must hold a Master’s degree in Social Work or Counseling with an active LSW, LISW, LPC, or LPCC license in Ohio. A valid driver’s license, access to an insured vehicle, and the ability to meet specific insurance coverage requirements are mandatory.

Qualifications

Experience
2+ years of experience

Key Skills

Behavioral health therapyFamily interventionCase managementCrisis interventionTreatment planning

Counselor Career Context

Confidential Employer ranks #12 of 22 employers hiring Counselor on WeekdayDoc by average advertised pay.

Of the 50 active Mental Health Therapy listings this role was benchmarked against, 28% are remote, 18% have no call, 74% require no weekends.

Mental Health Therapy pay on WeekdayDoc is down 1.2% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).

The cost-of-living index for Ohio is 92.8 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$64k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $69k in an average-cost state. 61.3% of Ohio clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

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401k / retirement match
91% this job
CME allowance
45% this job
Loan repayment
33% this job
Sign-on bonus
24% this job
PSLF eligible
15%

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Work-life snapshot

median 6.2this job 1.5
Below most Mental Health Therapy (Counseling) listings for work-life

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 8,029 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

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Living in Cleveland

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$128k≈ 2.3× annual pay
Typical market rent
$1,391/mo≈ 30% of gross pay
Residents’ average commute
23 min
State income tax
Up to 4%
Sources & methodology

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

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

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Cleveland, OH
501-1,000 employees

Benefits & Perks

Medical Insurance
Dental
Vision
Health Savings Account
Flexible Spending Account
Life Insurance
Retirement Savings (401k)
457(b) Savings