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GuideStar Eldercare
Franklin, Indiana

Clinical Therapist (LMHC or LCSW)

Social WorkerFull-Time

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Job Description

$10,000 Sign On / Retention Bonus included!

Job Description

As a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) or Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) 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 facility staff, primary care providers, and family members.

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 within an interdisciplinary team and navigate electronic medical record systems.

Qualifications

Education
Professional certificate or licensure
Experience
2+ years of experience

Key Skills

Care plan coordinationInpatient careDementia careClinical documentation

Social Worker Career Context

Of the 50 active Social Work listings this role was benchmarked against, 48% are remote, 36% have no call, 64% require no weekends.

The cost-of-living index for Indiana is 93.3 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 60.4% of Indiana clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Social Work by the numbers
MeasureThis jobMarket
Cost of livingIndiana index 93.3US average = 100BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Social Work listings in Indiana95 active6,509 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Oct 2026
Work settingon-sitepeers: 48% remote · 36% no call · 64% 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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Work-life snapshot

median 6.0this job 3.0
Better work-life than 20% of Social Work listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 6,518 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

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About GuideStar Eldercare

Medical Practices
Crown Point, Indiana
51-200 employees

Benefits & Perks

Medical, dental, vision insurance (100% company-paid premiums)
401K
CME/CEU reimbursement up to $1,500
4 weeks paid time off
7 paid holidays
State licensing reimbursement
Company-provided malpractice insurance
$10,000 sign-on/retention bonus

Living in Franklin

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$271k
Typical market rent
$1,737/mo
Residents’ average commute
25 min
State income tax
Up to 3.1%
Sources & methodology

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

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