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Cleveland, Ohio

Therapist Center for Schizophrenia

CounselorFull-Time

Listed compensation

$55k-$73k

The week · per this posting · weekdays assumed

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Posted 7mo ago

Job Description

The Center for Schizophrenia Therapist (STARS) provides integrated clinical services to adults living with serious mental illness, with a focus on schizophrenia-spectrum disorders.

This role combines direct therapeutic care, case coordination, and recovery-oriented support to promote stability, wellness, and community integration. The Therapist works collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams to ensure holistic, person-centered treatment across clinical and housing environments.

Job Qualifications

  • An LSW or LPC license in the state of Ohio is required.
  • An LISW or LPCC license is preferred.
  • Master's Degree in Social Work, Counseling or Marriage and Family Therapy

Essential Job Duties & Responsibilities

Provide individual and group therapy using evidence-based practices tailored to individuals with schizophrenia and other serious mental illnesses.

Conduct comprehensive mental health assessments, develop individualized treatment plans in collaboration with the client, and care team.

Deliver services with a recovery-oriented, trauma-informed, and person-centered framework that emphasizes client autonomy and community integration.

Coordinate care across behavioral health, medical, and housing systems, acting as a liaison among providers, case managers, housing staff, and families when appropriate.

Support housing stability to addressing behavioral health needs to impact tenancy including crisis intervention, symptom management, and medication adherence.

Collaborate with housing staff and property management to ensure clients maintain housing and receive appropriate wraparound service.

  • Maintain accurate, timely documentation in compliance with agency, funding, and licensing standards.
  • Engage in regular interdisciplinary team meetings to ensure continuity of care and shared decision-making.

Provide crisis intervention and risk assessment, including suicide and violence risk, and coordinate higher levels of care as needed.

Participate in training and professional development to maintain licensure and stay current on best practices in behavioral health and supportive housing.

  • Meet productivity expectations.
  • Other Job Duties & Responsibilities Other related duties as assigned.

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 Long-term Disability

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 provides integrated clinical services focused on adults with schizophrenia-spectrum disorders through direct therapy, case coordination, and recovery support to enhance stability and community integration. Key duties include delivering evidence-based individual and group therapy, conducting assessments, developing treatment plans, and coordinating care across various systems like behavioral health, medical, and housing.

Requirements

A Master's Degree in Social Work, Counseling, or Marriage and Family Therapy is essential, along with an LSW or LPC license in Ohio; an LISW or LPCC license is preferred. The role requires providing person-centered, trauma-informed care while actively supporting client housing stability through crisis intervention and collaboration with housing staff.

Qualifications

Education
Master's degree (postgraduate degree)

Key Skills

Multidisciplinary Team CollaborationIndividual TherapyTreatment Planning

Counselor Career Context

Confidential Employer ranks #14 of 19 employers hiring Counselor on WeekdayDoc by average advertised pay.

Of the 50 active Mental Health Therapy listings this role was benchmarked against, 60% are remote, 30% have no call, 64% require no weekends.

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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Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks30 jobs · 25 employers

401k / retirement match
87% this job
CME allowance
47% this job
Sign-on bonus
43%
Loan repayment
33%
PSLF eligible
13%

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Work-life snapshot

median 6.1this job 3.0
Better work-life than 20% of Mental Health Therapy (Counseling) listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 8,033 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

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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Benefits & Perks

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