Mental Health Therapist/Counselor (School-based) - Chattanooga, TN
1 month ago
Chattanooga, TennesseeStarting at $32ContractMental Health CounselingNot on LinkedIn
✓ No Call✓ No Weekends✓ No Nights
Job Description
About the Role
School-based therapist. $32/hr. Daytime hours only. No weekends. In-person role. Lead your site. Make an impact.
Work-Life Balance Factors
No night shifts No weekend work No call requirements
Key Responsibilities
- Provide individual/group therapy using trauma
- Lead brief staff consults, wellness groups, or debrief sessions as needed.
- We center clinicians who center kids. You’ll have the independence to lead your school
- Thrive is on a mission to revolutionize the care of children with disabilities and those facing barriers to care. We provide results
- driven services and intelligent tools to support children’s development, well
Requirements
- Master’s degree in Social Work, Counseling, or Marriage & Family Therapy.
- 1099: Starting at $32/hour, commensurate with experience.
Benefits & Compensation
- Site Therapist Changing How Schools Do Mental Health
- You became a therapist to make an impact—let’s make that impact where it matters most. At Thrive Therapies, we place licensed mental health professionals in K–12 schools across under
- Tennessee license or provisional (e. g., LCSW/LMSW, LPC
- MHSP/LPC temp, LMFT). Thrive provides required clinical supervision hours for eligible LMSW and provisional licensees toward independent licensure.
- based or community mental health experience preferred.
- Bonus: Fluency in a global language (e. g., Spanish, Somali, Arabic).
Work Schedule
- site clinical lead—own your schedule, referrals, and coordination loops—with access to consultation and case support.
- day hours: Align work with bell schedules; minimal evenings/weekends.
Benefits & Perks
Paid Clinical Supervision Hours
Trauma-Informed Training
Resource Library
Evidence-Based Protocols
6.0
Burnout Score
Top 50%
Protective Factors (3)
No on-call (β=6.95; p<0.001 for ↓ exhaustion)
No weekends (57% ↓ work-life conflict)
No nights (Independent predictor ↓ burnout)
Interpretation: Position demonstrates strong burnout protection with 3 validated protective factors.
Job Details
Employment Type
Contract
Posted
1mo ago
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