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Youth Therapist - (LSW, LPC, LISW, LPCC) - Hiring Incentive $1200

CounselorFull-Time

Listed compensation

$60k-$78k

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Job Description

Our Intensive Home-Based Treatment Team is expanding! Positions available for East and West sides of Cuyahoga County. Please indicate preference when applying.

The Intensive Home-Based Treatment Therapist will provide intensive services to a small caseload of 5-6 youth, that are diagnosed with emotional and/or behavioral problems, and their families, with the goal of either preventing out-of-home placement or facilitating a successful transition back to the home.

The IHBT Therapist is responsible for assessment, diagnosis, individual and family counseling, therapeutic behavioral support/care coordination, and crisis intervention and stabilization. Services are provided within the community and home.

Smaller caseloads allow for more personal attention to individual clients to promote improved outcomes.

Salary Range - $60,380-$78,185 with IHBT premium.

Job Qualifications

Master’s degree in Social Work, or Counseling with a minimum of LSW/LPC. Will consider a Bachelor’s degree in Social Work with a LSW AND 3+ years of clinical experience including diagnostic assessments.

Must have a valid driver’s license in the State of Ohio with reliable transportation and be able to travel to families.

Experience working with youth, families, and systems preferred.

Job Responsibilities

Provide mental and behavioral health treatment to clients and family members with availability for crisis intervention and stabilization by phone outside of sessions for IHBT clients.

Participate in IHBT trainings, weekly supervision, and professional consultations to ensure adherence to the fidelity of the IHBT model.

Co-create safety plans with the family as indicated by the safety assessment.

Utilize the IHBT continuing care planning criteria to determine level of involvement and/or linkages to formal supports and resources.

Consult with Probation Officers, Children Service Workers, school staff and other treatment providers to optimize care.

Integrate behavioral health with the client’s health needs and refer for appropriate medical, dental, psychiatric, and other psychosocial service needs.

Responsible for the timely completion of clinical documentation in accordance with applicable licensing and accreditation regulations and standards.

Maintain frequency of contact with clients per IHBT fidelity.

Core Competencies

Interpersonal Skills & Communication: demonstrated emotional intelligence with an ability to balance an empathy forward response with families and throughout the organization. Enjoys working closely with other people to understand their concerns and seeks out the ways our workplace might address them. Able to use storytelling to advance a concept or idea.

Professionalism: Confidence, articulation, ability to receive criticism and feedback well, ability to resolve conflicts.

Organization & Time Management: Organizes work, effectively prioritizes, and sets short- or long-term goals and strategies to achieve them. Aligns communication, people, processes, and resources to drive success. Organizes information and data to identify/explain trends, problems, and their causes.

Teamwork & Collaboration: Contributes to common goal, maintains open communication with team members, asks for help, when necessary, encourages involvement.

Diversity & Inclusion: Self-aware, attentive listener, people-oriented, cognizant of bias, cultural intelligence; demonstrating a respect for divergent viewpoints; an awareness of and sensitivity to the cultural diversity of the population served, thereby contributing to an environment that is equitable, inclusive, and cooperative.

Flexibility: Adapts effectively to change by accepting changes in processes readily and with an optimistic perspective of the resulting benefits; readily accepts new technology as part of his/her job and uses it to continually improve efficiency or the quality of his/her work products.

Physical Demands/Work Environment

This job operates primarily in a community/home. This role routinely uses standard office equipment. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to speak and hear.

The employee is frequently required to sit for extended periods of time, stand, walk, use hands and fingers, and reach with hands and arms. It requires the ability to lift files, open filing cabinets and bend or stand as necessary.

Travel and work outside of normal hours may be required for client care, meetings, presentations, trainings, and other events.

About The Centers

The Centers provide health, family, and workforce services at 11 locations throughout Greater Cleveland, creating life-changing solutions for people to lead healthier and more successful lives. We strive to be a service-oriented workplace that pioneers and co-creates solutions while fostering belonging in a community where our team members thrive.

Wellbeing and Benefits

Providing quality benefits to our staff is important to us. Just as important is our staff’s well-being. That’s why we offer a number of choices to meet the different needs of our staff.

  • Choice of medical and dental plans
  • Health Savings Account
  • Flexible Spending Account for Health and Dependent Care
  • Vision
  • Support for continuing education and credential renewal
  • Life Insurance
  • Retirement Savings (401k) with a company contribution
  • Mental Health Support
  • Employee Assistance Program
  • Calm Subscription

Short and Longterm Disability

We are a National Health Service Corps site. You may be eligible to receive substantial assistance towards paying off your student loan debt. To learn more visit bhw.hrsa.gov

The Centers is an Equal Opportunity Employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Key Responsibilities

The therapist provides intensive home-based mental and behavioral health services to a small caseload of youth and their families. Responsibilities include conducting assessments, crisis intervention, safety planning, and coordinating care with other professionals.

Requirements

A Master’s degree in Social Work or Counseling with an LSW/LPC license is required, though a Bachelor’s degree with an LSW and 3+ years of clinical experience may be considered. Candidates must have a valid driver’s license and reliable transportation for community-based travel.

Qualifications

Experience
2+ years of experience

Key Skills

Individual counselingConflict resolution

Social Work — Counselor Career Context

Of the 50 active Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) listings this role was benchmarked against, 40% are remote, 20% have no call, 74% require no weekends.

The cost-of-living index for Ohio is 92.8 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$69k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $75k in an average-cost state. 61.3% of Ohio clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

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Work-life snapshot

median 6.7this job 1.5
Below most Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) listings for work-life

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 503 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

Living in Cleveland

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$128k≈ 2.1× annual pay
Typical market rent
$1,391/mo≈ 28% of gross pay
Residents’ average commute
23 min
State income tax
Up to 4%
Sources & methodology

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

Ratios use this listing’s gross annual pay. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.

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Cleveland, OH
501-1,000 employees

Benefits & Perks

Choice of medical and dental plans
Health Savings Account
Flexible Spending Account
Vision
Support for continuing education and credential renewal
Life Insurance
Retirement Savings (401k) with company contribution
Mental Health Support