Mental Health Therapist - License/Permit - Russian Speaking
Listed compensation
$65K–$85K /yr
The week · per this posting · weekdays assumed
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Job Description
Benefits
- Competitive salary
- Health insurance
- Opportunity for advancement
- Paid time off
- Parental leave
- Training & development
About Us
Hands On Health Associates, LLC is a community focused outpatient behavioral health clinic serving the diverse and resilient residents of New York.
We provide culturally responsive care to individuals and families navigating mental health challenges, trauma, drug dependence, housing instability, and other complex social stressors.
We offer supervision toward LMHC, LMSW and LCSW licensure, a flexible schedule with minimal weekend work, and a genuine commitment to work/life balance. If you’re passionate about community mental health and want to work and grow in a supportive, mission driven environment, we’d love to meet you.
Job Summary
We are looking for a full-time Mental Health Therapist (Licensed or Limited Permit) who will provide mental health and substance abuse services to clients to enhance their recovery.
In this role, you will diagnose and treat psychological disorders, teach communication skills, assist patients in addressing dysfunctional behaviors, and guide them through crises. If you are an experienced therapist passionate about providing high-quality care and mental health solutions, we want to hear from you!
Responsibilities
- Perform intake assessments
- Provide mental health therapy for individuals, couples, families, and children
- Create individualized treatment plans for each client
- Use evidence-based treatment methods to facilitate group and individual treatments
- Maintain detailed and accurate documentation of patient information and treatment plan
- Perform regular patient outreach
- Adhere to all facility and licensing standards
Qualifications
- LMHC, LMSW, LCSW, MHC-LP or MSW-LP (Required)
- 1+ years experience in OMH/OASAS environment (Required)
- Familiarity with both Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Treatment (Strongly Preferred)
- EHR documentation skills
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Highly organized
- Russian Fluent
- Flexible work from home options available.
Qualifications
- Education
- Master's degree (postgraduate degree)
Key Skills
Work-Life Balance Analysis
WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Mental Health Therapist - License/Permit - Russian Speaking at Hands on Health Associates a 8.3 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as excellent. This places the position in the top 10% in Mental Health Therapy (Counseling) — ranked against 7,964 active Mental Health Therapy (Counseling) listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no weekend requirements, remote work flexibility.
Counselor Career Context
Of the 50 active Mental Health Therapy listings this role was benchmarked against, 34% are remote, 28% have no call, 68% require no weekends — this position is remote.
Mental Health Therapy pay on WeekdayDoc is up 2.3% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).
The cost-of-living index for New York is 107.9 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$75k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $70k in an average-cost state. 64.6% of New York clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
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