Play Therapist Outpatient Mental Health

Ellie Mental Health

Clinton Township, Michigan
21 days ago

Highlights

As a Play Therapist at our locally owned Ellie Mental Health clinic, you’ll use creativity, connection, and clinical skill to help children express themselves, build coping skills, and grow. So we created a new model: one that puts flexibility, innovative decision-making, creativity, and our people first, while remaining a socially conscious and responsible for-profit business focused on changing how we treat mental health.

Numbers & Facts

Location	Clinton Township, Michigan
Website	www.elliementalhealth.com

Description

Responsive recruiter

Benefits:

Health insurance
Opportunity for advancement
Paid time off
Training & development
Vision insurance
Wellness resources
401(k)
Company parties
Competitive salary
Dental insurance
Flexible schedule
Free food & snacks

Help children find their voice, support families through change, and grow with a team that supports you.

Children don’t always have the words to explain what they’re going through. As a Play Therapist at our locally owned Ellie Mental Health clinic, you’ll use creativity, connection, and clinical skill to help children express themselves, build coping skills, and grow.

You’ll work with children and families in a welcoming outpatient setting, alongside a team that shares ideas, supports one another, and cares about making therapy more accessible.

What you’ll find here

Flexible scheduling and a mix of in-person and telehealth sessions based on client needs
A supportive Clinic Director and collaborative clinical team
Health, dental, and vision insurance; a 401(k); PTO; paid holidays; and parental leave, based on eligibility
Continuing education and opportunities to grow
A clinic culture that values your ideas, your well-being, and a little fun along the way

What you’ll do

Provide outpatient therapy to children using developmentally appropriate play therapy techniques
Partner with parents and caregivers to support progress beyond the therapy room
Create individualized treatment plans and help clients work through emotional, behavioral, and developmental challenges
Maintain timely, accurate clinical documentation
Collaborate with colleagues and participate in team meetings and professional development

What we’re looking for

A master’s degree in a behavioral health field and a full clinical license in Michigan, such as an LMSW, LPC, or LMFT
Experience providing therapy to children and using play-based interventions
A strong understanding of child development and family dynamics
A warm, creative approach that helps children feel safe and engaged
Play therapy training or Registered Play Therapist (RPT) credentials are a plus
Comfort using an electronic health record; Valant experience is a plus

This full-time role includes a target of 25 recorded client sessions per week. Some evening or weekend availability is helpful for families.

Compensation: Estimated annual earnings of $70,000–$90,000+, depending on caseload and productivity, with potential bonuses and incentives.

If you love helping children grow and want to do that work with a team that has your back, we’d love to meet you.

Apply today to join Ellie Mental Health in Clinton Township.

Learn more about our clinic: https://www.elliementalhealth.com/locations/clinton-township-mi/

Compensation: $70,000.00 - $90,000.00 per year

Seeking creative & collaborative humans with a passion for changing mental health care in fun and meaningful ways.

Don’t meet EVERY requirement?

Studies have shown that women and people of color are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. Ellie Mental Health is devoted to purposefully building an inclusive and diverse workplace where all of our humans can be their authentic selves! (Authenticity is one of our core values, after all…) If you’re excited about the chance to be a change-maker with us, but your past experience doesn’t perfectly align with every single qualification of the job description, we encourage you to apply anyways. Our mental health jobs need dedicated individuals from every background who are willing to care for others. And who knows, you might just be the perfect candidate for another role!

Employee Experience

We take care of our people. It’s that simple. From investing in their financial future, to providing wages that shatter the ceiling in our industry to reasonable caseload expectations we ensure that our people are happy. Happy employees do better work and provide better client care! No matter what it is that you do in your mental health career at Ellie, our clients depend on us cultivating an environment where our employees can thrive so that they can thrive too!

Y’all, jobs in mental health are tough jobs with a high risk of emotional fatigue and burnout. At Ellie, we use all of our core values of humor, creativity, authenticity, acceptance, determination, and compassion not just out in our communities, but we turn them inwards too! Our employees have clear growth paths for advancing their careers.

We have created a culture that reminds us that our employees are our leaders!

Company Structure

Ellie is a socially responsible for-profit business, which allows us to be flexible and responsive to our community’s needs. Many mental health and wellness-focused companies are non-profits or government agencies, which rely on the general public, grants, or large donors for funding. This model often results in little creativity and lower compensation for employees, promoting a work culture that just makes people feel “blah.”

Feeling blah doesn’t help employees stay motivated, engaged, or even in their jobs for a very long time! So we created a new model: one that puts flexibility, innovative decision-making, creativity, and our people first, while remaining a socially conscious and responsible for-profit business focused on changing how we treat mental health.

In short, we’re just people helping people. Wanna join the herd?