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Aurora Mental Health & Recovery
Aurora, CO, USA · Hybrid

Therapist - Early Childhood Family Center (63663)

Counselor 8.4 Work-LifeNo weekendsNo nightsFull-Time

Listed compensation

$61k-$127k

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Employment & setting
Full-Time · hybrid
Call expectations
Not specified
Weekends
No weekends
Posted 22m ago · Verified live

Job description

Join Aurora Mental Health & Recovery as a Early Childhood Therapist – Hybrid, No Weekends in Aurora, CO, USA.

Benefits & Compensation

  • Salary: $60K - $127K
  • 24 days PTO.
  • Student loan repayment assistance.
  • Health Insurance (Kaiser)
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • Flexible Spending Accounts
  • Company-paid Basic Life & AD&D
  • Long-term Disability

Work Schedule

  • Full-Time position.
  • Hybrid position - combination of remote and on-site.
  • No weekends required.
  • Day shift only - no nights.
  • Flexible scheduling available.

This position offers weekends off, day shifts only, hybrid flexibility. Work with Aurora Mental Health & Recovery in Aurora, CO, USA.

Key Responsibilities

Provide dyadic therapy and infant and early childhood mental health consultation services to children ages 0–6 and their caregivers. Collaborate with a multidisciplinary team to develop treatment plans, conduct diagnostic assessments, and offer crisis intervention.

Requirements

Requires a Master's or Doctoral degree in professional counseling and a valid mental health candidate permit or independent clinical license. Candidates must have experience in infant and early childhood mental health and be proficient in evidence-based practices.

Qualifications

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

Key Skills

Clinical therapyInfant mental healthCase managementDiagnostic assessmentTreatment planningChild-parent psychotherapyParent-child interaction therapyDocumentationMultidisciplinary collaboration

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Therapist - Early Childhood Family Center (63663) at Aurora Mental Health & Recovery a 8.4 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as excellent. This places the position in the top 10% in Mental Health Therapy (Counseling) — ranked against 7,677 active Mental Health Therapy (Counseling) listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no weekend requirements, no night shifts, remote work flexibility.

Counselor Career Context

Aurora Mental Health & Recovery ranks #8 of 19 employers hiring Counselor on WeekdayDoc by average advertised pay, and holds silver-tier status on the Top Employers work-life index, composite score 75/100, 22 active listings.

Of the 50 active Mental Health Therapy listings this role was benchmarked against, 62% are remote, 16% have no call, 48% require no weekends — this position is remote.

Mental Health Therapy pay on WeekdayDoc is up 5.3% 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 ~$94k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $91k 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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Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks35 jobs · 29 employers

401k / retirement match
97% this job
CME allowance
37% this job
Loan repayment
31% this job
PSLF eligible
20% this job
Sign-on bonus
17%

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Work-life snapshot

8.4/ 10
Listing-based score

Top 10% in Mental Health Therapy (Counseling)

A signal to investigate—not a guarantee about the workplace.

  • No weekends
  • No nights
  • Hybrid
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About Aurora Mental Health & Recovery

Mental Health Care
Aurora, Colorado
501-1,000 employees

Benefits & Perks

Health Insurance (Kaiser)
Dental
Vision
Flexible Spending Accounts
Company-paid Basic Life & AD&D
Long-term Disability
403(b) with 4% match after 1 year
24 days PTO (vacation + sick)