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Childrens Crisis Treatment Center
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Mobile Therapist

CounselorPart-Time

Compensation

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Job Description

Job DetailsJob Location: Philadelphia, PA 19125Position Type: Part TimePosition Summary: The Mobile Therapist, by definition, provides intensive therapeutic services to a child and family in settings other than a provider agency or office. Settings include the child’s home, in particular.

Other potential settings for mobile therapist’s services include the school, the church, the community center, a neighbor’s or extended family member’s home, and other community settings.

Subcontracted agreements will be developed with a pool of mental health professionals to provide mobile therapist consultation services. The nature of the agreement is outlined in a standard consultation agreement. This contract stipulates our expectation for service delivery and documentation.

Summary of Essential Functions: Provide intensive therapeutic services to child and family Provide child centered, family focused individual and family psychotherapy for assigned families as indicated in treatment plan Collaboration with child, family, and other professionals to provide unified services Design treatment plan, including crisis plan Identification of needed family support services Participation in treatment team meetings and CASSP meetings Completion of all paperwork and written reports on time Coordinate services with Case Manager Additional responsibilities as assigned Qualifications

Education and/or Experience: Licensed mental health professional; or Master’s level mental health professional. Minimum of one year experience in a CASSP system (employed by or under contract to Children and Youth Services, Juvenile Justice, Mental Health, Special Education, or Drug and Alcohol working with children.

Key Responsibilities

Provide intensive, child-centered and family-focused therapeutic services in community settings such as homes and schools. Design treatment and crisis plans while collaborating with case managers and other professionals to ensure unified service delivery.

Requirements

Must be a licensed or Master's level mental health professional. Requires at least one year of experience within a CASSP system working with children in social service or mental health sectors.

Qualifications

Education
Master's degree (postgraduate degree)
Experience
2+ years of experience

Key Skills

Treatment PlanningCrisis PlanningCase ManagementFamily TherapyChild TherapyClinical DocumentationInterdisciplinary Collaboration

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Mobile Therapist at CHILDRENS CRISIS TREATMENT CENTER 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.

Counselor Career Context

Of the 50 active Mental Health Therapy listings this role was benchmarked against, 56% are remote, 20% have no call, 60% require no weekends.

The cost-of-living index for Pennsylvania is 97.6 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 61.7% of Pennsylvania clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

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Annual compensation range

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401k / retirement match
93%
Sign-on bonus
40%
CME allowance
31%
Loan repayment
17%
PSLF eligible
14%

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Work-life snapshot

median 6.1this job 7.2
Better work-life than 80% of Mental Health Therapy (Counseling) listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 7,961 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

Living in Philadelphia

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$204k
Typical market rent
$1,768/mo
Residents’ average commute
32 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
102.6
State income tax
Up to 3.1%
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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