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Louisville, Kentucky

Mental Health Therapist Lead, Crossroads North

CounselorNo nightsFull-Time

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Job Description

Primary Location

Peace - Louisville

Address

2020 Newburg Rd. Louisville, KY 40205

Shift: First Shift (United States of America)

Job Description Summary

UofL Health is a fully integrated regional academic health system with five hospitals, four medical centers, nearly 200 physician practice locations, more than 700 providers, the Frazier Rehab Institute and Brown Cancer Center.

With more than 12,000 team members—physicians, surgeons, nurses, pharmacists and other highly skilled health care professionals—UofL Health is focused on one mission: delivering patient-centered care to each and every patient each and every day.

Job Description

Provides leadership in facilitating, organizing, and coordinating the functions of Inpatient or Outpatient Social Services. Involved in the direct provision of clinical/counseling behavioral health and/or substance use services to children, adolescents, adults, geriatric patients and families.

Services include group therapy, family therapy, individual therapy, psychoeducation, discharge planning, and coordinating with community, government and/or other behavioral health agencies for aftercare services.

The position is also responsible for training, orientation and education of clinicians and staff on proper department policies and procedures, and excellent customer service. To support effective management in collaboration with the manager and director.

Essential Functions

Trains and educates Clinicians/Team Members on proper department procedures, and excellent customer service

Assists manager and director by contributing information towards team member evaluations, program development, and ongoing preparedness for chart audits

Adhere to respective Board mandated professional development and CEU requirements needed to maintain active certification or licensure

Display proficiency in facilitating program treatment milieu to individuals, groups, and families served by the program

  • Demonstrate proficiency in clinical documentation to include development of care plan goals, objectives, and intervention strategies
  • Assists with screening and assessment of patients to support care and discharge plans
  • Monitors compliance with timely documentation and communication of information needed to collaborate with physicians and interdisciplinary treatment teams

Shift Requirements

Shift Length (In Hours)

8-10

Shifts/Week

5

Overtime Required

Infrequently Sometimes Often n/a (exempt position)

Other Functions

  • Participates in clinical meetings as designated by either the Manager or Director
  • Demonstrates knowledge of the principles of growth and development over the life span of the patient to include pediatric, adolescent, adult, and geriatric
  • Maintains compliance with all company policies, procedures and standards of conduct
  • Complies with HIPAA privacy and security requirements to maintain confidentiality at all times
  • Performs other duties as assigned

Additional Job Description

Education

Master’s degree in behavioral health or human services related field (required)

Experience

A minimum of three (3) years counseling/clinical experience providing substance use, mental health, or co-occurring treatment services in a behavioral health or related human services setting (required)

Licensure

Licensure and Certifications Current certification as a Clinical Social Worker (CSW), Licensed Professional Counselor Associate (LPCA), Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist Associate (LMFTA), Clinical Alcohol & Drug Counselor (CADC), in the state of KY required within 45 days of hire (required)

Current independent licensure as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW), Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor (LPCC), Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT), Licensed Clinical Alcohol & Drug Counselor (LCADC) in the state of Kentucky required within 45 days of hire (preferred)

Certification

  • Basic Life Support (BLS) accredited by the American Heart Association (AHA) (required)
  • Crisis Prevention Institute (CPI) training and perform CPI techniques (required)

Key Responsibilities

Provides leadership in coordinating social services and delivers direct clinical behavioral health and substance use treatment to diverse patient populations. Responsible for training staff on department policies, facilitating program treatment, and collaborating with interdisciplinary teams to ensure effective patient care.

Requirements

Requires a Master’s degree in a behavioral health or human services field and at least three years of clinical counseling experience. Candidates must hold or be eligible for Kentucky licensure as a CSW, LPCA, LMFTA, or CADC, and possess BLS and CPI certifications.

Qualifications

Education
Professional certificate or licensure
Experience
2+ years of experience

Key Skills

Care plan developmentPatient screeningStaff trainingHIPAA compliance

Counselor Career Context

Of the 50 active Mental Health Therapy listings this role was benchmarked against, 46% are remote, 36% have no call, 60% 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).

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Salary Distribution26 jobs

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$90k-105k
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$105k+

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks21 jobs

401k / retirement match
100%
CME allowance
33% this job
Loan repayment
24%
Sign-on bonus
19%
PSLF eligible
19% this job

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Work-life snapshot

median 6.1this job 5.1
Better work-life than 40% of Mental Health Therapy (Counseling) listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 7,961 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • No nights
  • On-site

Living in Louisville

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$277k
Typical market rent
$1,353/mo
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
93.1
State income tax
Up to 4.5%
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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