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Richmond, Virginia

Hiring Bonus Intensive In-home Counselor QMHP-C

CounselorFull-Time

Listed compensation

$25-$30/hr

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Job Description

  • Mental Health Counselor: Community Based (QMHP-C)
  • Intensive In-home
  • $350 Hiring Bonus After 30 Days of Seeing Clients

EMS of Virginia is seeking a Qualified Mental Health Professional (QMHP) to provide Intensive In-home Services on a Full-time basis in the greater Richmond area (city of Richmond, Henrico, Chesterfield, Petersburg, Hanover, and surrounding areas).

You must be registered with the Department of Health Professions as a QMHP-C or QMHP-T in order to be eligible for this position.

Please visit this website for more information about the QMHP process: dhp.virginia.gov.

EMS of Virginia has been in business since 2005 serving the mental health needs of the Tri-Cities area. We pride ourselves in being a "boutique" style agency. We have a solid foundation and are continually looking for ways to offer quality in the services we offer.

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 of Virginia!

We invest in our staff so that you can progress in your career. We can offer licensure supervision toward LPC or LCSW, in addition to offering leadership opportunities within the organization.

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
  • Working with family systems
  • 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
  • Maintaining ongoing communication with your Clinical Supervisor

EMS of Virginia has been in business since 2005. We strive to hire invested individuals who are willing to help the company reach our goals so that we can help you reach your goals.

In addition to a competitive hourly wage, we offer: health insurance to full-time team members (30+ billable hours per week), accrued PTO, flexible schedules, CEUs, paid supervision time, paid team meeting time, bonus incentives, retirement planning with company match, and training toward QMHP licensure.

We pride ourselves in being able to provide good clinical work to clients and seek to hire individuals who are licensed or licensed-eligible as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) or Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC).

If you are on this path, we will work with you to provide your supervision experience toward licensure

This is a great opportunity for a recent or upcoming graduate who has enough experience to qualify as a QMHP.

If you are a QMHP with experience with children, 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

Provide intensive in-home mental health counseling to children and adolescents while managing family systems and individual service plans. Conduct case management to ensure basic needs are met and maintain accurate clinical documentation and progress notes.

Requirements

Must be registered with the Department of Health Professions as a QMHP-C or QMHP-T. Candidates should have experience working with children and be eligible for or pursuing licensure as an LCSW or LPC.

Qualifications

Education
Professional certificate or licensure
Experience
2+ years of experience

Key Skills

Family systems therapyCrisis interventionQuarterly reportingClient assessmentTreatment planningCollaboration

Counselor Career Context

The cost-of-living index for Virginia is 101.1 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$57k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $57k in an average-cost state. 61.1% of Virginia clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Of the 50 active Mental Health Counseling listings this role was benchmarked against, 48% are remote, 34% have no call, 66% require no weekends.

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Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks31 jobs · 29 employers

401k / retirement match
94% this job
CME allowance
52% this job
Loan repayment
19%
Sign-on bonus
10% this job
PSLF eligible
10%

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Work-life snapshot

median 6.0this job 4.8
Better work-life than 40% of Mental Health Counseling listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 717 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

Living in Richmond

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$342k
Typical market rent
$1,648/mo
Residents’ average commute
22 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
97.9
State income tax
Up to 5.8%
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · Richmond, VA metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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

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About EMS

Mental Health Care
Richmond, Virginia
11-50 employees

Benefits & Perks

Health insurance
Accrued PTO
Flexible schedules
CEUs
Paid supervision time
Paid team meeting time
Bonus incentives
Retirement planning with company match