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VitalCore Health Strategies
Wilmington, Delaware

Mental Health Clinician - LCSW, LPCMH, PsyD

LCSWIncludes weekendsPer Diem

Listed compensation

$56/hr

The week · per this posting

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Posted 3mo ago

Job Description

Join the VitalCore Team in Delaware! We’re people fueled by passion, not by profit!

VitalCore Health Strategies (VCHS), an industry leader in Correctional Health Care, has an opening for a Mental Health Clinician at Howard R. Young Correctional Institution in Wilmington, DE for Multiple Shifts!!! (This position will be filled by an LCSW, LPCMH, PsyD or equivalent).

PRN Weekend Coverage

  • 8 hour shifts available either Saturday or Sunday - $56 / hr. (can work 1 or both days).
  • Not eligible for benefits
  • * Full-Time
  • Benefits eligible

Mental Health Clinician (Lcswe, Lpcmh, Pbenefits Package

  • Holiday Pay: New Year’s Day, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Memorial Day, Juneteenth, Independence Day, Labor Day, Veteran’s Day, Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas Day
  • Medical
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • Health Savings Account
  • Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account
  • Life Insurance
  • Short-Term/Long-Term Disability
  • Identity Theft Protection
  • Pet Insurance
  • Employee Assistance Program and Discount Center
  • 401K & Plan Matching
  • PTO
  • Annual Incentive Bonus
  • Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account

MENTAL HEALTH CLINICIAN (LCSW, LPCMH, PsyD) POSITION SUMMARY:

The Mental Health Clinician provides professional mental health assessment, counseling, crisis intervention, and treatment planning services to individuals in a correctional environment. Working as part of a multidisciplinary team, the Mental Health Clinician supports rehabilitation and recovery by addressing behavioral health needs in a secure correctional facility.

MENTAL HEALTH CLINICIAN (LCSW, LPCMH, PsyD) ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

  • Performs individual and group therapeutic interventions as appropriate
  • Assists in planning and implementing the goals and objectives of programs and projects
  • May direct special projects as requested
  • Participates in and conducts in-service trainings/education, as well as assists in the orientation of new staff
  • Documents appropriately in the Electronic Health Record
  • Attends training and meetings as required

MENTAL HEALTH CLINICIAN (LCSW, LPCMH, PsyD) MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:

  • Must have a graduate degree in psychology, social work, counseling, or a related field.
  • MUST be licensed (i. e., LCSW, LPCMH, PsyD). - LMSW does not count as a clinical license.

VitalCore Health Strategies is an equal opportunity employer and committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive workplace in which all employees have an opportunity to participate and contribute to the success of the business and are valued for their skills, experience, and unique perspectives.

Multiple Shifts Available

Key Responsibilities

The Mental Health Clinician provides professional mental health assessment, counseling, crisis intervention, and treatment planning services within a correctional environment. They work as part of a multidisciplinary team to support rehabilitation and recovery by addressing behavioral health needs.

Requirements

Candidates must hold a graduate degree in psychology, social work, counseling, or a related field. A valid clinical license such as LCSW, LPCMH, or PsyD is strictly required for this position.

Qualifications

Education
Doctoral or professional degree (postgraduate degree)
Experience
2+ years of experience

Key Skills

Individual TherapyGroup TherapyElectronic Health Record DocumentationClinical SupervisionIn-service Training

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Mental Health Clinician - LCSW, LPCMH, PsyD at VitalCore Health Strategies a 6.4 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the Above average in Mental Health Therapy (Counseling) — ranked against 7,558 active Mental Health Therapy (Counseling) listings on WeekdayDoc.

Counselor Career Context

Of the 44 active Mental Health Therapy listings this role was benchmarked against, 50% are remote, 18% have no call, 61% require no weekends.

Mental Health Therapy pay on WeekdayDoc is down 1.8% vs. the prior quarter (through Oct 2026).

Mental Health Therapy by the numbers
MeasureThis jobMarket
Work-life score6.4 / 10 · above average in mental health therapy (counseling)ranked against 7,558 Mental Health Therapy (Counseling) listingslisting-based score, 0–10
Listed paynot listedMental Health Therapy median $75k (middle half $49k–$90k)10 comparable listings, Nov 2026
Cost of livingDelaware index 99.8US average = 100BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Mental Health Therapy listings in Delaware40 active7,579 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Work settingon-sitepeers: 50% remote · 18% no call · 61% no weekends44 benchmarked listings
Sign-on & loan repaymentnot statedUS counselor listings (all specialties): 12% state a sign-on bonus (median $3k) · 13% offer loan repayment1,000 active listings, Nov 2026
New Mental Health Therapy listings2,476 in the last 30 days1,365 the 30 days before (+81%)U.S., first seen on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Mental Health Therapy pay trend−1.8% vs prior quarter—through Oct 2026
Sources: WeekdayDoc live listing index (7,558 Mental Health Therapy (Counseling) listings), BEA Regional Price Parities (2024); as of Nov 2026. Same values as the Weekday Verdict and Market Insights on this page.

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CME allowance
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Loan repayment
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PSLF eligible
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Sign-on bonus
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Work-life snapshot

median 6.0this job 6.4
Better work-life than 60% of Mental Health Therapy (Counseling) listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 7,558 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • Includes weekends
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About VitalCore Health Strategies

Hospitals and Health Care
Topeka, Kansas
1,001-5,000 employees

Benefits & Perks

Holiday Pay
Medical
Dental
Vision
Health Savings Account
Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account
Life Insurance
Short-Term/Long-Term Disability

Living in Wilmington

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$296k
Typical market rent
$1,757/mo
Residents’ average commute
24 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
102.6
State income tax
Up to 6.6%
Sources & methodology

Sources: Zillow home values (Sep 2026), Zillow market rents (Sep 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.