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Psychiatric Medical Care
Scott City, Kansas

Outpatient Mental Health Therapist

CounselorNo callNo weekendsFull-Time

Compensation

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Job Description

We’re hiring a master level Therapist / Social Worker / Counselor to join our new Intensive Outpatient Therapy Program, serving older adults in Scott City, KS - this is the newest program in the state of Kansas set to open January 2027 with staff starting in November / 2025!

  • Role: Outpatient Mental Health Therapist
  • Location: Scott City, Kansas
  • Setting: Intensive Outpatient Therapy Program (IOP)
  • Population: Older Adults, Ages 65+
  • Salaried + Benefit Eligible!
  • Schedule: Full Time (Monday to Friday, 8a-5p)

*PMC can provide supervision for provisionally licensed Therapists, Counselors, and Social Workers.

You’ll work alongside a collaborative care team providing compassionate mental health support to older adults!

Responsibilities

Collaborate with a small disciplinary team comprised of a psychiatric physician, RN Director, and medical office coordinator providing services to the senior population

  • Use evidenced based therapeutic approaches and develop, personalize, and update treatment plans with your team
  • Provide compliant documentation based on Medicare guidelines within a designated time-frame
  • Our main focus is utilizing group therapy but also include:
  • Individual sessions
  • Family therapy (as needed)
  • Assist with local community education
  • Other duties as assigned

Work-Life Balance

  • Monday-Friday
  • No Weekends
  • No On-Call
  • 7 Paid Holidays Off Per Year
  • PTO accrual

Competitive Benefits

  • Practically Free Vision & Dental
  • Practically Free Medical Starting As Low As $70/Month
  • Matching 401k - vested on day one
  • Furthering Education Assistance

Unmatched Clinical Support

  • We have online resources at your fingertips 24/7, including a group curriculum toolkit.
  • We connect you with our top therapists/social workers for peer-to-peer training and support.
  • Previous Senior Life Solution employees ready to train you.

About Us

Senior Life Solutions, an intensive outpatient therapy program designed to meet the unique needs of individuals, typically 65 and older, experiencing depression and/or anxiety related to life changes often associated with aging.

Requirements

Licensure: License in Social Work or Counseling as recognized by the state; may include LISW, LCSW, LPC, LMFT, etc. – required

Work with kindness and accountability to enhance the quality of life for our patients. required

Other

Upon an applicant’s request, the Company will consider a reasonable accommodation.

Successful completion of a full background check is required for employment. At times, this may include drug testing.

Qualifications

Education
Professional certificate or licensure

Key Skills

Mental Health TherapyIndividual TherapyTreatment PlanningClinical DocumentationMedicare ComplianceGeriatric CareCrisis InterventionPatient Assessment

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Outpatient Mental Health Therapist at Psychiatric Medical Care a 7.2 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as very good. This places the position in the top 25% in Mental Health Therapy (Counseling) — ranked against 8,062 active Mental Health Therapy (Counseling) listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no on-call duties, no weekend requirements.

Counselor Career Context

Psychiatric Medical Care ranks #6 of 25 employers hiring Counselor on WeekdayDoc by average advertised pay.

Of the 50 active Mental Health Therapy listings this role was benchmarked against, 40% are remote, 32% have no call, 76% require no weekends.

Mental Health Therapy pay on WeekdayDoc is up 2.3% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).

The cost-of-living index for Kansas is 90.1 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 61.0% of Kansas clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

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Annual compensation range

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401k / retirement match
85% this job
CME allowance
48%
Sign-on bonus
30%
Loan repayment
21%
PSLF eligible
3%

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Work-life snapshot

median 6.2this job 7.2
Better work-life than 80% of Mental Health Therapy (Counseling) listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 8,062 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • No call
  • No weekends

Living in Scott City

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$209k
State income tax
Up to 5.7%
Sources & methodology

Sources: Zillow home values (Aug 2026).

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

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About Psychiatric Medical Care

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Benefits & Perks

Practically Free Vision & Dental
Practically Free Medical Starting As Low As $70/Month
Matching 401k - vested on day one
Furthering Education Assistance
7 Paid Holidays Off Per Year
PTO accrual
Online resources 24/7
Peer-to-peer training and support