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El Dorado Springs, Missouri

Lead Therapist

CounselorFull-Time

Compensation

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Posted 7mo ago

Job Description

Facility: El Dorado Springs

Job Type: Full-Time

Your Experience Matters

At El Dorado Springs, we are driven by a profound commitment to prioritize your well-being so you can provide exceptional care to others. Here, you’re not just valued as an employee, but as a person. As a Lead Therapist joining our team, you’re embracing a vital mission dedicated to making communities healthier. Join us on this meaningful journey where your skills, compassion, and dedication will make a remarkable difference in the lives of those we serve.

Connect with Our Recruiter

Not ready to complete an application, or have questions? Please contact Lindsay Simboli by email Lindsay.simboli1@lifepointhealth.net, text 737-268-9063 or via phone 737-268-9063

How You’ll Contribute

  • Therapist performs social services functions to include assisting patients in meeting their bio-psychosocial needs while enabling them access to therapeutic treatment skills to achieve their optimal level of emotional health.
  • Therapist counsels patients individually or through group education regarding psychological, emotional, or substance abuse problems using evaluative techniques and develops and implements therapeutic treatment.
  • Therapist provides education, social work services, basic consultation, and crisis intervention. Therapist provides referrals to patients for aftercare.
  • Lead Therapist supervises individual and group counseling and oversees responsibility for training new staff to ensure clinical documentation is current and accurate and meets all regulatory and other standards.
  • Lead Therapist will assist with monitoring and coaching relating to accurate and timely completion of documentation and assists with coordinating coverage of shifts.
  • Lead Therapist will help to disseminate information from the DCS and/or other management to therapists when assigned as needed.

What We Offer

Fundamental to providing great care is supporting and rewarding our team. In addition to your base compensation, this position also offers:

  • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans, plus flexible-spending and health- savings accounts
  • Competitive paid time off and extended illness bank package for full-time employees
  • Income-protection programs, such as life, accident, critical-injury insurance, short- and long-term disability, and identity theft coverage
  • Tuition reimbursement, loan assistance, and 401(k) matching
  • Employee assistance program including mental, physical, and financial wellness
  • Professional development and growth opportunities

Qualifications and Requirements

  • Master’s Degree from an accredited college or university, in Social Work or Rehabilitation Counseling or relevant independent licensure (LCSW, LPC) in state of practice.
  • Previous experience in a chemical dependency out patient care, with direct experience working with chemical dependency and dual diagnosis patients preferred.
  • Must have strong clinical skills.
  • Current unencumbered clinical licensure in the state applicable to the facility.
  • CPR certification and Crisis Prevention Training (CPI) within 30 days.

EEOC Statement

El Dorado Springs is an Equal Opportunity Employer. El Dorado Springs is committed to Equal Employment Opportunity for all applicants and employees and complies with all applicable laws prohibiting discrimination and harassment in employment.”

Lifepoint Health is a leader in community-based care and driven by a mission of Making Communities Healthier.

Our diversified healthcare delivery network spans 29 states and includes 63 community hospital campuses, 32 rehabilitation and behavioral health hospitals, and more than 170 additional sites of care across the healthcare continuum, such as acute rehabilitation units, outpatient centers and post-acute care facilities.

We believe that success is achieved through talented people. We want to create places where employees want to work, with opportunities to pursue meaningful and satisfying careers that truly make a difference in communities across the country.

We employ and provide care to people from all walks of life. We are committed to promoting healing, providing hope, preserving dignity and producing value with an inclusive workforce in which diversity is leveraged, respected, and reflective of the patients, family members, customers and team members we serve.

Key Responsibilities

The Lead Therapist performs social services functions to assist patients with bio-psychosocial needs and implements therapeutic treatments, while also supervising individual and group counseling sessions for staff development and documentation accuracy.

Requirements

Candidates must possess a Master's Degree in Social Work or Rehabilitation Counseling, or hold relevant independent licensure (LCSW, LPC) in the state of practice, along with current unencumbered clinical licensure.

Qualifications

Education
Master's degree (postgraduate degree)
Experience
2+ years of experience

Key Skills

Bio-psychosocial Needs AssessmentIndividual CounselingSubstance Abuse CounselingStaff SupervisionRegulatory ComplianceShift CoordinationChemical Dependency TreatmentDual Diagnosis Treatment

Counselor Career Context

Of the 50 active Mental Health Therapy listings this role was benchmarked against, 42% are remote, 26% have no call, 70% require no weekends.

The cost-of-living index for Missouri is 90.8 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 60.1% of Missouri clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Top Counselor Jobs

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Salary Distribution31 jobs · 30 employers

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<$75k
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$75k-95k
5
$95k-115k
4
$115k-135k

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks29 jobs

401k / retirement match
83% this job
CME allowance
38%
Sign-on bonus
34%
Loan repayment
21% this job
PSLF eligible
17%

Share of similar jobs offering each benefit

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Licensed Clinical Mental Health Therapist - LICSW/LPCC/LMFT

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#4

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Work-life snapshot

median 6.1this job 1.5
Below most Mental Health Therapy (Counseling) listings for work-life

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

Living in El Dorado Springs

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$191k
Median resident rent
$775/mo
Residents’ average commute
18 min
State income tax
Up to 5.3%
Sources & methodology

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

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

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Benefits & Perks

Comprehensive medical, dental, vision
Flexible-spending and health-savings accounts
Competitive paid time off
Extended illness bank
Life, accident, critical-injury insurance
Short- and long-term disability
Identity theft coverage
Tuition reimbursement