Texas Community Based Mental Health Clinician Counselor QMHP
Listed compensation
$19-$22/hr
The week · per this posting · weekdays assumed
Ask the employer about the work setting, call expectations, weekend coverage and time off.
Job Description
Community Based Clinician
EMS is seeking a Qualified Mental Health Professional (QMHP) to provide Skills Training & Development in the Dallas, Texas, area. EMS has been in business since 2005 and is expanding to Texas. Now is your opportunity to join us in this venture! We pride ourselves in being a "boutique" style agency.
While you may find other agencies that provide community baser services, we consider ourselves to be more than "just another one of those agencies".
We are constantly looking for ways to be different, to provide services to clients in a way that tailors to their specific needs, and to provide a positive, comfortable, and fun work environment for our team members. We expect hard work, but hard work pays off at EMS!
Duties Include (But Are Not Limited To)
- Seeing clients in the community such as the client's home
- Providing 1-1 mental health counseling related to goals
- Providing skill building to adults with serious mental illness
- Taking adult clients to appointments
- Taking adult clients to link with resources in the community
- Case Management to ensure client's basic needs are met
- Providing individual and family counseling to children and adolescents
- Completing individualized services plans
- Completing quarterly reports
- Completing progress notes for each session with a client
- Providing information for authorization of services
- Meeting regularly for supervision
Attendance at Team Meetings
In addition to a competitive hourly wage ($19-$22/hr), we offer health insurance to full-time team members, accrued PTO, flexible schedules, retirement planning with employer contribution, incentives for client referrals, and incentives for referring skilled team members.
If you are QMHP with experience with children and/or adults, we want to hear from you! Please visit our website: emsofvirginia.com, or follow us on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram to get a sense of who we are!
Key Responsibilities
The clinician will provide mental health counseling, skills training, and case management to adults and children within the community. Responsibilities include conducting home visits, managing client appointments, and maintaining detailed clinical documentation.
Requirements
Candidates must be a Qualified Mental Health Professional (QMHP) with experience working with children and/or adults. The role requires the ability to travel to client locations and manage administrative reporting tasks.
Qualifications
- Experience
- 2+ years of experience
Key Skills
Work-Life Balance Analysis
WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Texas Community Based Mental Health Clinician Counselor QMHP at EMS a 7.2 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as very good. This places the position in the top 25% in Mental Health Therapy (Counseling) — ranked against 7,961 active Mental Health Therapy (Counseling) listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include flexible scheduling.
Counselor Career Context
Of the 50 active Mental Health Therapy listings this role was benchmarked against, 48% are remote, 32% have no call, 58% require no weekends.
The cost-of-living index for Texas is 97.1 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$43k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $44k in an average-cost state. 57.7% of Texas clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
Location & Logistics
Texas has no state income tax, which can significantly increase take-home pay compared to high-tax states. At the posted ~$43k midpoint, that is roughly $2k–$3k a year versus a typical 4–7% state rate.
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