Mental Health Therapist (LPC, LCSW, LMFT) | 24/7 Crisis & Behavioral Health Clinic
Listed compensation
$31.25/hr
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- Employment & setting
- Full-Time · on-site
- Call expectations
- Not specified
- Weekends
- Includes weekends
Job Description
WellPower envisions a community where every person’s mental health is fostered through strength, resilience and hope. We empower people to overcome barriers and achieve lasting well-being through collaborative behavioral health care and comprehensive support.
Our Guiding Principles
Person Centered. We honor people’s identities, lived experience and journeys and treat every person with the dignity we all deserve.
Exceptional Care. We offer compassionate, innovative services that meet people where they are, from immediate support to long-term recovery.
Integrity. We operate from a deep foundation of ethical, accountable practices in all we do.
Organizational Resilience. We meet the moment and adapt to changing contexts with collaborative creativity, agile business processes, and financial stewardship.
Position Summary
Mental Health Therapist provide comprehensive psychological and behavioral case management services within a continuum of high to low intensity services designed to improve or maintain each mental health consumer’s abilities to function in the community. Assesses, monitors, and follows up with consumer’s ability to meet basic needs in moving toward recovery. Responsible for all clinical documentation of consumer interaction.
Compensation & Benefits
- Mental Health Therapist II (Master's Level) - $31.25/hr
- LPC/LMFT/LCSW: $37.59/hr
- Overnight Differential: $3.00/hr
- Language Differential - $2.50/hr for bilingual proficiency in Spanish & ASL
- CAS/LAC - $1/hr
- For complete overview of our robust Benefits: https://wellpower.org/workplace-of-choice/
The posted range represents the full hiring range. Offers will not exceed this range, the majority of candidates are placed near the midpoint based on experience and qualifications.
Job Duties & Functions
- Provide diagnostic mental health assessments as well as individual, couple, and/or group psychotherapy.
- Develop treatment plans; monitor treatment progress and follow-up as clinically indicated.
Facilitate the individual's growth and development with an emphasis on strengths, culture, resiliency, and wellbeing.
Collaborate with internal and external partners to support the growth and development of those we serve.
Facilitate the coordination of services for individuals with supplemental needs in psychiatric, case management, and medical domains.
- Maintain accurate and timely clinical documentation consistent with WellPower standards.
- Participate in team/department meetings, trainings, and supervisory sessions as required.
- Maintain a trauma informed environment of wellbeing.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Requirements & Qualifications
Education:
Master's Degree in social work, psychology, or similar field. Current license as a LCSW/LPC/LMFT in the State of Colorado or ability to obtain within 24 months of employment.
Experience
Minimum of one year experience working with severe and persistently mentally ill population.
Work Location: 4353 E. Colfax Ave. Denver, CO 80222
Shift/Hours: This position is part of our 24/7 behavioral health clinic and serves as an ongoing hiring opportunity. Various schedules may be available, including day, evening, overnight, and weekend shifts. Specific scheduling options will be discussed during the interview process. Candidates are encouraged to apply and connect with our recruitment team to explore current openings and shift availability.
Physical Requirements: Requires sitting, standing, bending and reaching. May require lifting up to 30 pounds. Requires manual dexterity sufficient to operate standard office machines such as computers, fax machines, the telephone and other office and/or clinical equipment.
Applications will be reviewed on an ongoing basis
Learn more about WellPower
WellPower is committed to fair and equitable hiring with salaries based on relevant factors, such as work experience, education, and certification/licensure (rather than wage history). Toward the principle of equal pay for equal work, we post and hire within defined hiring salary ranges. We ask all applicants to carefully review the hiring salary range for each posted job opportunity, as we will not hire outside the predetermined range.
WellPower is proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment, transfer, or promotion opportunities without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status.
For a complete overview of our robust benefits, visit: https://wellpower.org/workplace-of-choice
Key Responsibilities
Provide comprehensive diagnostic mental health assessments and psychotherapy services to individuals, couples, or groups. Develop and monitor treatment plans while coordinating care with internal and external partners to support patient recovery.
Requirements
Requires a Master's degree in social work, psychology, or a related field and current licensure as an LCSW, LPC, or LMFT in Colorado. Candidates must have at least one year of experience working with populations suffering from severe and persistent mental illness.
Qualifications
- Education
- Master's degree (postgraduate degree)
Key Skills
Social Worker Career Context
In Colorado, the Social Work weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$86k (54 salary observations; 80 listings), vs ~$83k nationally (1,745 salary observations; 3,750 listings). Monthly aggregates cover 2026-01-01 through 2026-09-01; these are not the modal's selected comparable-job medians.
Of the 50 active Social Work listings this role was benchmarked against, 50% are remote, 34% have no call, 70% require no weekends.
Social Work pay on WeekdayDoc is up 2.5% vs. the prior quarter (through Aug 2026).
The cost-of-living index for Colorado is 103.1 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$72k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $69k in an average-cost state. 60.9% of Colorado clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
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