Licensed Behavioral Health Therapist

CounselorFull-Time

Compensation

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Posted 7mo ago

Job Description

  • Job Location: Marion Co School District - Lebanon, KY 40033
  • Position Type: Full Time
  • Job Category: Health CareLCSW / LPCC / LMFT Cumberland Family Medical Center (CFMC) operates a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) offering a wide range of health and mental health services at multiple sites throughout Kentucky. We seek employees who support our mission and who actively contribute to our service-driven environment by enhancing the patient experience and improve productivity. CFMC offers compassionate care, uncompromising service and clinical excellence. We offer a collaborative environment with excellent benefits, wage/salary commensurate with experience and relevant work experience
  • Location: Marion County Schools Healthy Kids Clinic The LCSW/LPCC/LMFT provides comprehensive psychosocial assessments and behavioral health care. Services are designed to support and maximize the client’s ability to better direct their own health care experiences using assessment, intervention, education, and linkage to health and community resources. The LCSW/LPCC/LMFT encourages respect for individuality, independence, patient choice and collaborates on policies and systems that respect the cultural, religions, and ethnic differences among patients and families. Mental health services contribute to the medical team's understanding of patient beliefs, behaviors, and barriers regarding the client's illness. Duties/Responsibilities: Uses age appropriate assessment and intervention skills. Able to use a range of interventions, depending upon the needs of the patient/family. Assists members in developing cost effective, appropriate health care plans through optimizing the member's personal resources as well as community resources and programs. Promotes multi-disciplinary care that is patient-centered and considers all aspects of members' personal, psychological, economic, and cultural needs. Maintains thorough knowledge of CFMC services/benefits, public/private community resources, as well as federal/state laws which effect health care planning. Completes required documentation of services and plan of care per policy. Participates in program development, orientation, and educational activities which further members' capacity to better direct their own health care experience. Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Qualifications

One (1) year of experience in mental health, hospital, medical outpatient clinic, FQHC, Home Health or long-term care setting. Three to five (3-5) years of experience in related environment. Master’s Degree/Licenses, Certifications, Registrations. Current unrestricted license in the state in which practicing is required upon hire. Basic Life Support (BLS) for Health Care Providers. National Provider Identifier (NPI) required prior to employment start date.

Key Skills

Three to five (3-5) years of professional experience in a hospital or medical outpatient clinic, FQHC, Home Health, or long-term care setting Expertise with brief counseling interventions. Demonstrated ability to provide leadership. Advanced knowledge of local and national resources related to behavioral health care.

Schedule Requirements

Full-time position, 5 days per week, 100% clinic-based, in person work required.

Work schedules are set at the discretion of CFMC and may be adjusted at any time based on the operational needs of the organization

  • Compensation: Negotiable based on experience

Benefits

Health, Vision, Dental, Life, STD, LTD, 401K, PTO, and Holidays Disclaimer: All information provided is subject to the specific terms and conditions outlined in the employee’s individual contract. In the event of any discrepancy, the contract shall take precedence.

Key Responsibilities

The Licensed Behavioral Health Therapist provides comprehensive psychosocial assessments and behavioral health care, maximizing the client's ability to direct their own health care experiences through assessment, intervention, education, and resource linkage. Duties include using age-appropriate skills, promoting multi-disciplinary, patient-centered care, and maintaining thorough knowledge of community resources and policies.

Requirements

Candidates must possess a Master's Degree and hold the required unrestricted license (LCSW/LPCC/LMFT) in the state of practice upon hire, along with Basic Life Support certification and an NPI number. Required experience includes one year in a mental health setting plus three to five years in a related environment such as an FQHC or medical outpatient clinic.

Qualifications

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

Key Skills

Cost Effective Health Care PlanningBehavioral Health Care Resources

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Licensed Behavioral Health Therapist at CUMBERLAND FAMILY MEDICAL CENTER IN 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 7,851 active Mental Health Therapy (Counseling) listings on WeekdayDoc.

Counselor Career Context

Of the 50 active Mental Health Therapy listings this role was benchmarked against, 48% are remote, 28% have no call, 64% require no weekends.

The cost-of-living index for Kentucky is 90.2 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 61.6% of Kentucky clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Mental Health Therapy by the numbers
MeasureThis jobMarket
Work-life score7.2 / 10 · top 25% in mental health therapy (counseling)ranked against 7,851 Mental Health Therapy (Counseling) listingslisting-based score, 0–10
Listed paynot listedMental Health Therapy median $72k (middle half $62k–$84k)292 comparable listings, Oct 2026
Cost of livingKentucky index 90.2US average = 100BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Mental Health Therapy listings in Kentucky127 active7,814 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Oct 2026
Work settingon-sitepeers: 48% remote · 28% no call · 64% no weekends50 benchmarked listings
Sources: WeekdayDoc live listing index (7,851 Mental Health Therapy (Counseling) listings), BEA Regional Price Parities (2024); as of Oct 2026. Same values as the Weekday Verdict and Market Insights on this page.

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Sign-on bonus
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Loan repayment
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Work-life snapshot

median 6.0this job 7.2
Better work-life than 80% of Mental Health Therapy (Counseling) listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 7,851 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

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About Cumberland Family Medical Center in

Hospitals and Health Care
Russell Springs, KY
51-200 employees

Benefits & Perks

Health Insurance
Vision
Dental
Life Insurance
STD
LTD
401K
PTO

Living in Lebanon

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$229k
Median resident rent
$701/mo
Residents’ average commute
18 min
State income tax
Up to 4.5%
Sources & methodology

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

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