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Excelsior Wellness Center, a subsidiary of Excelsior Wellness, serves a broad and diverse base of individuals and families with the primary aim of identifying goals and making positive steps toward accomplishing them. In our community, we are advocates and hold fast to the belief that children and families have the potential to be safer, stronger, and more satisfied in the lives they lead.

We are looking for a Licensed Mental Health Therapist to join our Excelsior Wellness Center team. Our practice offers an innovative and collaborative approach to mental health services. We are passionate about creating an environment of compassion, understanding, and support for our clients. The ideal candidate for this role possesses excellent communication skills, is highly organized, and is passionate about helping clients.

REASONABLE CASELOADS:

Excelsior Wellness Center recognizes that mental health counselors are essential for providing quality treatment for our clients. With that in mind we are committed to ensuring that our clinicians are not overburdened with an unreasonably high caseload so that they can focus on providing the highest quality of care to each and every client. We believe that having a manageable caseload allows clinicians to be more effective and efficient in their treatments, while still having time to dedicate to each client.

FREE SUPERVISION HOURS:

At Excelsior Wellness Center, we are committed to helping our Associate Therapists reach their goals and realize their professional dreams. We know that becoming a licensed counselor requires hard work, dedication, and time, and that's why we offer direct supervision toward licensure hours as part of our employment package. Our experienced supervisors will provide you with the guidance and support you need to gain the necessary skills and experience needed to become a licensed counselor.

How to Qualify:

• A Master’s Degree in Counseling
• Licensed and certified through the Washington State Department of Health to provide direct client care as an LMHC, LICSW, or LMFT.
• An ability to effectively communicate to a wide range of constituents.
• Great organizational and time management skills.
• Energetic personality. Exceptional written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to meet strict deadlines.
• Ability to work independently and efficiently.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and make ethical and safe decisions.
• Ability to manage individual stress and perform essential job functions in a safe and professional manner.
• Ability to pass criminal background check, per organizational standards.
• Valid driver's license and acceptable driving record, per organizational standards.
  1. New employees with out-of-state licenses must obtain a Washington State Driver’s License within 30 days of employment*

Core Responsibilities:

• Maintains clients as an outpatient therapeutic model of intervention lasting 3-6 months.
• Provides crisis stabilization and ongoing weekly or bi-weekly counseling.
• Addresses symptom management, interpersonal processes, psychotherapeutic recreation, self-concept, and social role so individuals function at their highest potential and avoid acute care situations.
• Knows and complies with all applicable contract requirements; insurance requirements and seeks out clarification if needed.
• Ensures services provided are properly documented in accordance with program, agency, and regulatory requirements.
• Is responsible for the completion of mental health assessments as needed.
• Makes referrals to outside agencies for acute mental health, SUD (substance use disorder), SAY (sexually aggressive youth) and neuropsychological services as needed.
• Communicates regularly with the treatment team and provides team with all pertinent information.

What We Offer:

At Excelsior Wellness we provide an excellent medical (Providence Cigna), dental (Lincoln) and vision (VSP) package

The medical plan has the following monthly premium and responsible deductible. Dental and vision premiums are covered in this.

• Employee only: $o monthly premium/ $250 deductible.
• Employee & child(ren): $0 monthly premium/ $500 deductible.
• Employee & Spouse: $50 monthly premium/ $500 deductible.
• Employee & Family: $50 monthly premium/ $500 deductible.

On average, Excelsior Wellness employees can save $1200 to $8700 annually on premiums and an impressive $1250 to $6000 on deductible expenses compared to other businesses in our area.

But our commitment to your well-being doesn't stop there. We provide a range of additional benefits, including retirement with employer match, employer-paid life insurance, generous PTO, 11 paid holidays, free access to learning platforms, employer-paid licensing fees applicable to your role, professional development courses, and more.

At Excelsior Wellness, we believe in giving our employees the best resources to succeed both in and out of the workplace. Our employee benefits package is just one piece of that puzzle.

“Being in the insurance industry for over 30 years, I can tell you the Excelsior Wellness Employee Benefit Plan is one of the best out there. The leadership team’s thoughtful approach to crafting a plan with little to no cost for employees and their families is remarkable and very rare. Each year they look at new ways to achieve a higher goal for the benefit of their team which speaks volumes of the culture there. They truly care about the individual and strive to remove as many barriers as possible to support and achieve a better health and well-being model. We are very proud to partner with such a great organization for their benefit plan.”

Joshua Peterson, RHU

Sales Executive, Employee Health & Benefits

PayneWest Insurance, MMA Northwest Region

 Visit our website at www.excelsiorwellness.org to learn more about our organization.

We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.