Clinical Therapist

CounselorPart-Time

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Part-Time
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Job Description

Description

Woodward Community Based Services (WCBS) is seeking a compassionate and skilled Mental Health Therapist to join our clinical team.

This position will begin part-time with the opportunity to transition to full-time once a caseload of 25 billable hours per week is established and consistently maintained. This is a great opportunity for a clinician seeking flexibility while gradually building a caseload in a supportive, trauma-responsive behavioral health environment.

What you'll do

  • Provide individual, family, and group therapy using evidence-based, trauma-responsive practices.
  • Complete comprehensive behavioral health assessments and develop individualized treatment plans.
  • Maintain timely, accurate, and clinically appropriate documentation.
  • Monitor member progress and adjust treatment interventions as clinically appropriate.
  • Conduct ongoing safety and risk assessments and respond appropriately to crisis situations.

Coordinate care with families, schools, medical providers, case managers, referral sources, and other professionals as appropriate.

Participate in clinical supervision, case consultation, team meetings, and professional development.

Maintain an assigned caseload while meeting established productivity expectations and providing ethical, member-centered services.

Maintain professional licensure and required continuing education.

What We Offer

  • From day one, therapists can benefit from:
  • Flexible scheduling
  • Clinical consultation and team support
  • Referral and administrative support
  • Continuing education and professional development opportunities
  • Supervision toward independent licensure, when applicable
  • Supportive, collaborative, and trauma-responsive work environment
  • Opportunity to gradually build a caseload with a pathway to full-time employment
  • Upon transition to full-time status and applicable eligibility requirements, WCBS offers:
  • Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance
  • Supplemental insurance options
  • Short- and long-term disability coverage options
  • Paid time off
  • Birthday as a paid day off
  • Parental leave
  • Employee Educational Assistance Program
  • Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
  • Wellness program
  • Daily Pay option

WCBS is committed to providing quality, person-centered behavioral health services while creating an environment where clinicians can grow professionally and make a meaningful impact in the lives of the individuals and families we serve.

Requirements

Master’s degree in counseling, social work, marriage and family therapy, psychology, or another qualifying behavioral health field.

  • Current Iowa license or license eligibility appropriate to the position.
  • Experience providing behavioral health services preferred.
  • Strong clinical documentation, communication, organization, and time-management skills.

Ability to work independently while collaborating effectively with members, families, interdisciplinary teams, and community partners.

Successful completion of required background checks.

Key Responsibilities

Provide evidence-based individual, family, and group therapy while maintaining accurate clinical documentation and treatment plans. Coordinate care with interdisciplinary teams and conduct ongoing safety and risk assessments for members.

Qualifications

Education
Master's degree (postgraduate degree)

Key Skills

Individual therapyTreatment planningRisk assessmentCrisis interventionCare coordinationInterdisciplinary collaboration

Counselor Career Context

Of the 50 active Mental Health Therapy listings this role was benchmarked against, 56% are remote, 24% have no call, 72% require no weekends.

Mental Health Therapy pay on WeekdayDoc is up 10.4% vs. the prior quarter (through Aug 2026).

The cost-of-living index for Iowa is 87.8 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 59.8% of Iowa clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

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About Woodward Community Based Services

Mental Health Care
Urbandale, Iowa
11-50 employees

Benefits & Perks

Flexible scheduling
Clinical consultation and team support
Referral and administrative support
Continuing education and professional development
Supervision toward independent licensure
Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance (upon full-time transition)
Supplemental insurance options
Short- and long-term disability coverage options