Behavioral Health Therapist (Adolescents) Th-Sun

Counselor / TherapistIncludes weekendsFull-Time

Compensation

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Job Description

  • Position Title
  • Behavioral Health Therapist (Adolescents) Th-Sun
  • Weekend Days - Full Time
  • Marillac Campus

Position Summary / Career Interest

The Behavioral Health Therapist provides professional therapy services, including individual, group, and family therapies. This position collects and evaluates a patient's biopsychosocial history and consults with the multidisciplinary team and patient/family throughout the hospitalization. The Behavioral Health Therapist develops treatment plans and monitors patient's progress toward treatment goals.

Responsibilities and Essential Job Functions

Assesses patient’s problems by collecting and evaluating a detailed biopsychosocial history and consulting with the multidisciplinary team and patient/family throughout the hospitalization.

Develops patient treatment plan by establishing treatment goals and objectives with the patent/family and through consultation with the multidisciplinary treatment team.

Facilitates the implementation of the treatment plan utilizing appropriate treatment methodologies.

Schedules and completes individual, group, and/or family therapy daily. Monitors the patient’s progress toward treatment goals.

Assures quality service for patients by enforcing rules, regulations, and legal requirements with patients including timely, confidential documentation of significant events and clinical interactions in the electronic health record.

Maintains health system credibility by establishing working relationships with sponsoring, advisory, and related service agencies.

Promotes the health system by ensuring an understanding of program services available for patients; publicizes activities and accomplishments.

Provides a clinical experience for interns by negotiating learning objectives; supervises practice and caseload management, teaching theory and its application; evaluates skills and personal and professional growth, ensuring identification with the profession.

  • Maintains current licensure and practices within the scope of licensure.
  • Acquires and maintains knowledge and competence related to the expectations of their position by participating in workshops, reviewing professional publications, and establishing personal networks.
  • Accepts responsibility and accountability for achievement of optimal outcomes within their scope of practice.

Follows policies, procedures and standards; adheres to a professional code of ethics. Assumes responsibility for the risk and safety issues associated with the position.

Must be able to perform the professional, clinical and or technical competencies of the assigned unit or department.

These statements are intended to describe the essential functions of the job and are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities. Skills and duties may vary dependent upon your department or unit. Other duties may be assigned as required.

Required Education and Experience

High School Graduate

  • Master's Degree Master's Degree from an accredited university in Social Work, Counseling, Psychology, or Marriage and Family Therapy
  • 1 or more years of related experience

Required Licensure and Certification

  • Licensed Psychologist (LP) - State Board of Behavioral Sciences
  • Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist(LMFT) - State Board of Behavioral Sciences
  • Licensed Masters Social Worker(LMSW) - State Board of Behavioral Sciences
  • Licensed Professional Counselor(LPC) - State Board of Behavioral Sciences

Master's level licensure with the Behavioral Sciences Regulatory Board as one of the following: Licensed Professional Counsel (LPC) Licensed Master Social Worker (LMSW) Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) Licensed Master's Level Psychologist (LMLP)

Preferred Licensure and Certification

Master's level Addiction licensure with the Behavioral Sciences Regulatory Board Licensed Master's Addiction Counselor or Licensed Clinical Addiction Counsel (LMAC or LCAC)

Clinical Licensure (LCPC, LSCSW, LCMFT, or LCP)

Required Language Skills

Fluent English - Read, write and speak.

  • Knowledge Requirements
  • Strong verbal and writing skills.
  • Computer literate and high knowledge of various computer software programs.
  • Ability to engage clients and families.

Time Type

Full time

Job Requisition ID

  • R-58561
  • Important information for you to know as you apply:

The health system is an equal employment opportunity employer. Qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), national origin, ancestry, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or any other legally-protected status. See also Diversity, Equity & Inclusion.

The health system provides reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities. If you need to request reasonable accommodations for your disability as you navigate the recruitment process, please let our recruiters know by requesting an Accommodation Request form using this link asktalentacquisition@kumc.edu.

Employment with the health system is contingent upon, among other things, agreeing to the health-system-dispute-resolution-program. pdf and signing the agreement to the DRP.

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Key Responsibilities

The Behavioral Health Therapist provides professional therapy services including individual, group, and family sessions for adolescents. They are responsible for assessing patient history, developing treatment plans, and monitoring progress in collaboration with a multidisciplinary team.

Requirements

Candidates must hold a Master's degree in Social Work, Counseling, Psychology, or Marriage and Family Therapy. A valid state licensure as an LPC, LMSW, LMFT, or LMLP is required along with at least one year of related experience.

Qualifications

Education
Master's degree (postgraduate degree)

Key Skills

Behavioral health therapyBiopsychosocial assessmentTreatment planningIndividual therapyGroup therapyClinical documentationElectronic health recordsMultidisciplinary team collaborationCrisis interventionCase managementAdolescent counselingProfessional ethicsClinical supervision

Counselor Career Context

Of the 50 active Mental Health Therapy listings this role was benchmarked against, 74% are remote, 22% have no call, 62% require no weekends.

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).

Mental Health Therapy by the numbers
MeasureThis jobMarket
Listed paynot listedMental Health Therapy median $74k (middle half $65k–$85k)328 comparable listings, Oct 2026
Cost of livingKansas index 90.1US average = 100BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Mental Health Therapy listings in Kansas77 active7,959 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Oct 2026
Work settingon-sitepeers: 74% remote · 22% no call · 62% no weekends50 benchmarked listings
Sources: WeekdayDoc live listing index, BEA Regional Price Parities (2024); as of Oct 2026. Same values as the Weekday Verdict and Market Insights on this page.

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401k / retirement match
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CME allowance
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Sign-on bonus
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Loan repayment
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PSLF eligible
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Work-life snapshot

median 6.0this job 3.0
Better work-life than 20% of Mental Health Therapy (Counseling) listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 7,891 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • Includes weekends
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About University of Kansas Health System

Hospitals and Health Care
Kansas City, KS
5,001-10,000 employees

Benefits & Perks

Full-time benefits (health system)
Clinical supervision/teaching opportunities

Living in Overland Park

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$360k
Typical market rent
$1,754/mo
Residents’ average commute
20 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
92.5
State income tax
Up to 5.7%
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · Kansas City, MO-KS metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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