Clinical Therapist (LCSW or LPCC)
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Job Description
As a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) or Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) with GuideStar Eldercare you will provide neurobehavioral health services to residents in long-term care facilities. Using a multi-disciplinary approach, you will partner with specialty clinicians to provide holistic, continuity of care for elderly individuals who are afflicted with neurocognitive disorders and other neurologic and/or psychiatric conditions.
What You Will Do
- Provide evaluation
- Provide condition-specific support therapy, or when indicated, insight-based therapy
- Coordinate the patient’s care plan with the facility, PCP and GuideStar colleagues, and engage with the family as indicated.
Required Qualifications
- Ability to work as part of an interdisciplinary treatment team
- Good time management skills
- Able to function autonomously with regional Area Manager support
- Master’s degree in Mental Health Counseling or in Social Work
- Currently licensed as an LMHC or LCSW in the state in which you are applying
Preferred Skills
- Passion for geriatrics
- Experience in inpatient settings such as extended care facilities
- Experience with brief bedside assessment screens (cognitive, mood, etc.)
- Motivated by productivity-based positions
- Ability to navigate and document on an Electronic Medical Record (EMR) system
Benefits
- Industry competitive salary with additional income potential through productivity bonus
- Excellent benefits package, including medical, dental, vision, 401K
- Employee’s medical premiums are 100% company paid
- Annual CME/CEU reimbursement up to $1,500
- 60-day new-hire training program
- Four (4) weeks paid time off
- Seven (7) paid holidays
- State licensing reimbursement
- Company provided medical malpractice insurance
All GuideStar employees must be vaccinated against the Flu. GuideStar follows all applicable laws; contact humanresources@guidestareldercare.com for more information. Testing for illegal drugs will be administered to all final candidates for whom an offer of employment has been extended.
How to Apply
If you are interested in working with the geriatric population, have a passion for neurobehavioral science, and a desire to make a difference in a population struggling with dementia and other neurodegenerative and psychiatric disorders, click on the “apply now” button to forward your resume or contact us at careers@guidestareldercare.com for more information.
Key Responsibilities
Provide neurobehavioral health services and condition-specific support therapy to elderly residents in long-term care facilities. Coordinate patient care plans with interdisciplinary teams, families, and primary care providers.
Requirements
Requires a Master’s degree in Mental Health Counseling or Social Work and current licensure as an LMHC or LCSW. Candidates must be able to work autonomously within an interdisciplinary team and navigate electronic medical records.
Qualifications
- Education
- Professional certificate or licensure
- Experience
- 2+ years of experience
Key Skills
Geriatrics — Social Worker Career Context
Of the 40 active Social Worker listings this role was benchmarked against, 83% are remote, 30% have no call, 57% require no weekends.
Social Worker pay on WeekdayDoc is up 2.8% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).
| Measure | This job | Market |
|---|---|---|
| Listed pay | not listed | Social Worker median $73k (middle half $65k–$84k)285 comparable listings, Oct 2026 |
| Cost of living | Kentucky index 90.2 | US average = 100BEA Regional Price Parities (2024) |
| Social Worker listings in Kentucky | 93 active | 7,214 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Oct 2026 |
| Work setting | on-site | peers: 83% remote · 30% no call · 57% no weekends40 benchmarked listings |
| Sign-on & loan repayment | sign-on bonus | US Social Worker listings: 8% state a sign-on bonus (median $5k) · 7% offer loan repayment7,214 active listings, Oct 2026 |
| Social Worker pay trend | +2.8% vs prior quarter | —through Sep 2026 |
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