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Children's Wisconsin
Black River Falls, Wisconsin

Mental Health Therapist OR Therapist in Training - Black River Falls

CounselorNo weekendsFull-Time

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Job Description

At Children’s Wisconsin, we believe kids deserve the best.

Every child deserves a safe and loving home. When parents are unable to provide this on their own, intervention is needed to ensure these children are free of abuse and neglect.

We provide child well-being services to help children live in a safe and nurturing environment. We provide services to parents needing education and guidance to improve their parenting skills so their children can remain with them. We also provide services to children who are placed with foster families until they can return home or become part of an adoptive family.

Our experienced professionals provide the following services to families in Milwaukee County and at locations throughout Wisconsin.

  • Foster Care
  • Treatment Foster Care
  • Adoption
  • Respite Care
  • Child Advocacy Centers
  • Family Case Management

Family Finding

We offer a wide variety of rewarding career opportunities and are seeking individuals dedicated to helping us achieve our vision of the healthiest kids in the country. If you want to work for an organization that makes a difference for children and families, and encourages you to be at your best every day, please apply today.

Please follow this link for a closer look at what it’s like to work at Children’s Wisconsin: instagram.com

This position is located in Black River Falls and will consider fully licensed therapists as well as Therapists in Training.

Job Summary

Is critical to the success of the Children's Wisconsin's Mental and Behavioral Health strategy by increasing Access, reducing Stigma, engaging in Early Detection, Prevention and Education.

Provides individual, group, and family therapy to children and their families in an outpatient clinic setting, using evidence based/informed, trauma informed, and inclusive practices. Actively engages the child, their family, and caregivers in treatment and recovery planning.

Provides consultation, education, and outreach to colleagues, trainees, and community. Participates in activities and initiatives related to the MBH strategy.

Essential Functions

  • Assesses, diagnoses and treats children, adults and families with mental health/emotional challenges.
  • Develops and facilitates active, timely treatment plans with appropriate SMART goal setting and parent/child engagement, aimed at improving the client’s psychosocial, psychological and emotional functioning.
  • Maintains case files with complete, accurate, and timely documentation.

Develops and nurtures partnerships and collaborative working relationships with referral sources, hospital system staff, and community organizations.

Communicates and closely partners with each client’s established care team including parents/caregivers, school personnel, health care providers, and other identified individuals/teams.

  • Provides case consultation/review, and professional development with colleagues.
  • Collects and provides data for reports, donors, and funding sources and participates in other program specific projects and activities as requested.
  • Attends staff meetings and other organizational, committee, and community meetings as required.

Participates in community engagement and other activities that support Children’s mission and MBH strategy such as media events or interviews, trainings or conference presentations, United Way or other funder functions, committees, workgroups/ coalitions, quality improvement work, Inclusivity, Diversity, and Equity engagement, and/or other approved activities.

May supervise training of graduate students/Interns.

Education

  • Master's Degree in Social Work or related field, plus 3000 hours post Master’s experience required or
  • Terminal Degree (PhD, MD, etc.) PsyD from an APA accredited program required

Experience

Experience working with children and families, diverse ethnic, cultural and socioeconomic backgrounds, and trauma preferred

Experience working with Electronic Health Record preferred

Licenses and Certifications Required for Mental Health Therapists:

  • + one of the following: - N/A

License Social Worker Clinical (123) - State of Wisconsin

License MFT-Marriage Family Therapy (124) - State of Wisconsin

License LPC-Professional Counselor (125) - State of Wisconsin

License Psychologist (57) - State of Wisconsin

Licenses and Certifications Required for Mental Health Therapists in Training:

  • + one of the following: - N/A

License Social Worker Advance Practice (121) - State of Wisconsin Required Upon Hire

Professional Counselor Training Certificate (126) - State of Wisconsin Required Upon Hire

Professional Counselor Training License (226) - State of Wisconsin Required Upon Hire

Marriage and Family Therapist Training License (228) - State of Wisconsin Required Upon Hire

Licensed Professional Counselor (Temporary-875) - State of Wisconsin Required Upon Hire

This is a full time position with the hours of 8-5pm, Monday-Friday.

Children's Wisconsin is an equal opportunity / affirmative action employer. We are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment for all employees. We treat everyone with dignity, respect, and fairness. We do not discriminate against any person on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity and/or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other status or condition protected by the law.

Key Responsibilities

Provides individual, group, and family therapy to children and their families in an outpatient clinic setting using evidence-based practices. Develops and facilitates active treatment plans while maintaining accurate case files and collaborating with care teams.

Requirements

Requires a Master's degree in Social Work or a related field with 3000 hours of post-master's experience, or a terminal degree such as a PhD or PsyD. Candidates must hold or be eligible for a relevant Wisconsin state license or training certificate.

Qualifications

Education
Doctoral or professional degree (postgraduate degree)
Experience
5+ years of experience

Key Skills

Mental health assessmentDiagnosisIndividual therapyGroup therapyTreatment planningTrauma-informed careEvidence-based practiceCrisis interventionCollaborationCommunity outreachPatient advocacyPsychosocial assessment

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Mental Health Therapist OR Therapist in Training - Black River Falls at Children's Wisconsin a 6.4 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the Above average in Mental Health Therapy (Counseling) — ranked against 8,058 active Mental Health Therapy (Counseling) listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no weekend requirements.

Counselor Career Context

Of the 50 active Mental Health Therapy listings this role was benchmarked against, 42% are remote, 22% have no call, 64% require no weekends.

The cost-of-living index for Wisconsin is 94.1 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 60.7% of Wisconsin clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

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CME allowance
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Loan repayment
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PSLF eligible
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Work-life snapshot

median 6.2this job 6.4
Better work-life than 60% of Mental Health Therapy (Counseling) listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 8,058 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • No weekends

Living in Black River Falls

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$254k
Median resident rent
$543/mo
Residents’ average commute
19 min
State income tax
Up to 7.7%
Sources & methodology

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

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

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About Children's Wisconsin

Hospitals and Health Care
Milwaukee, WI
1,001-5,000 employees

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Health Insurance
Dental
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Retirement Plan
PTO
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