Mental Health Therapist II ( Team 227)
Listed compensation
$65k
The week · per this posting · Monday – Friday
Ask the employer about nights and shift pattern and time off.
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/hour - $65,000/year
- LAC Differential - $1.00
- Language Differential - $1-$2.50/hour for bilingual proficiency in Spanish or ASL
- 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 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
- Master's degree in psychology, social work, counseling, or other human services field required.
- Licensed or within 6 months of licensure preferred
- 1 to 2 years of experience in mental health or human services preferred
Work Location
4455 E 12th Ave, Denver, CO 80220
Shift/Hours
8am – 5pm Mon – Fri, Hybrid
Physical Requirements
Requires sitting, standing, bending and reaching. May require lifting up to 40 pounds. Requires manual dexterity sufficient to operate standard office machines such as computers, fax machines, the telephone and other office and/or clinical equipment
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
The Mental Health Therapist provides comprehensive psychological and behavioral case management services to help consumers function in the community. Responsibilities include conducting diagnostic assessments, developing treatment plans, and maintaining accurate clinical documentation.
Requirements
A Master's degree in psychology, social work, counseling, or a related human services field is required. Candidates with 1 to 2 years of experience and professional licensure are preferred.
Qualifications
- Education
- Master's degree (postgraduate degree)
Key Skills
Work-Life Balance Analysis
WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Mental Health Therapist II ( Team 227) at WellPower - All Jobs a 8.0 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 7,853 active Mental Health Therapy (Counseling) listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no on-call duties, no weekend requirements.
Counselor Career Context
WellPower - All Jobs ranks #17 of 21 employers hiring Counselor on WeekdayDoc by average advertised pay.
Of the 50 active Mental Health Therapy listings this role was benchmarked against, 70% are remote, 22% have no call, 60% require no weekends.
Mental Health Therapy pay on WeekdayDoc is up 1.7% 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 ~$65k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $63k 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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