Community Based Mental Health Counselor (QMHP)
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Job Description
Community Based Counselor
EMS of Virginia is seeking a Qualified Mental Health Professional (QMHP) to provide Intensive In-home and Mental Health Skill Building Services in the greater Richmond area (city of Richmond, Henrico, Chesterfield, Petersburg, Hanover, and surrounding areas).
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. While you may find other agencies that provide IIH and MHSS, we consider ourselves to be more than "just another one of those agencies".
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!
Please Note
You MUST be registered with the Board of Counseling as a QMHP. Click here to learn more: Virginia Board of Counseling - Qualified Mental Health Professionals
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
- Providing skill building to adults with serious mental illness
- Taking adult clients to appointments
- Taking adult clients to link with resources in the community
- 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
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 (medical, dental, vision, optional cancer, critical illness, and life insurance), retirement planning with up to 3% company match, accrued PTO, flexible schedules, incentives for client referrals, and incentives for referring skilled team members.
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. If you are QMHP with experience with children and/or adults, we also 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
The counselor will provide intensive in-home and mental health skill-building services to clients in the community, including individual and family counseling. Responsibilities also include case management, completing service plans, and maintaining accurate progress notes for all sessions.
Requirements
Candidates must be registered with the Virginia Board of Counseling as a Qualified Mental Health Professional (QMHP). Experience working with children or adults in a mental health setting is required.
Key Skills
Mental Health — Counselor Career Context
EMS ranks #19 of 28 employers hiring Counselor on WeekdayDoc by average advertised pay.
Of the 50 active Counselor listings this role was benchmarked against, 48% are remote, 24% have no call, 60% require no weekends.
Counselor pay on WeekdayDoc is up 2.5% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).
The cost-of-living index for Virginia is 101.1 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 61.1% of Virginia clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
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