Ellie Mental Health has an opening for a new Community Based Mental Health Practitioner to serve our Winona and Olmsted county community – come and join the herd!

If you’re not just a practitioner, but also a unicorn (either actually or just in your ability to stand out from all the rest in this field), read on and click that “Apply” button!

Who the heck is Ellie? Ellie Mental Health is a bad @ss, rapidly growing mental health and wellness agency based out of the Twin Cities and serving multiple communities throughout Minnesota. We take a fresh, no bullsh!t approach to helping others through individual, family, and group therapy services, assessments, med management, ARMHS, CTSS, and other unique therapy modalities through our Rule 29 clinics. Ellie Staff pride themselves on being an innovative and creative team that works collaboratively with clients and community providers to deliver the most comprehensive and personalized treatment to all clients. We’re proud to be one of the businesses granted the title of “Top Workplace” by Star Tribune for two years in a row (2021 & 2022), an award that’s voted on by our own employees!

In short, we’re just people helping people! (And, technically, right now we’re also people hiring people…) Wonderful BIPOC & LGBTQ+ humans are encouraged to apply.

Here’s what we expect from our Practitioners:

Complete assessment and treatment planning to direct rehabilitative and skills-focused services in client's homes and in the community

Complete diagnostic evaluations with supervision and treat clients in-home once competencies and full-time hours have been observed and reached

Assist clients with developing their own creative rehabilitative goals, therapeutic goals, and objectives with each client

Prepare and submit individual documentation for each client per company and DHS guidelines

Coordinate services with case managers, families, work personnel, medical personnel, and school staff as needed

Maintain a minimum of 25 face-to-face client billable hours weekly, plus up to 10 hours of paid drive time

Attend and participate in four hours of paid Rule 29 clinical group consultations, weekly individual supervision, and quarterly team trainings

Provide shadowing opportunities to the newer practitioners going through training

What you should be able to bring to the table: Candidates are required to have one of the following:

4000 hours of working with individuals in the mental health field, i.e. ARMHS, CTSS, ABA, etc.

Has a bachelor's degree in a mental health related field and has 2000 hours of working with individuals in the mental health field

Working towards your master's degree in one of the behavioral sciences or related fields from an accredited college or university preferred

Working towards pursuing clinical licensure once master's degree has been completed

Preferred experience with completing DAs, Treatment Plans, and Clinical Case Notes

Preferred experience with individuals, children, adolescents and teens, as well as with couples and families

Preferred experience with trauma and substance abuse

Preferred experience working in schools and in the community

Effective communication skills

Ability to complete and submit documentation of services and other documents in a timely manner

Comfort and familiarity working with a diverse client base

Proficient in the use of typical office technology (computers, e-mail, etc.) and Electronic Health Record systems (Valant use is a plus)

Possession of a valid driver's license and auto insurance

Ability to pass a background check

Ideal candidates will have a general knowledge of ARMHS, CTSS, therapy services, and previous experience with mental health documentation

Qualified to be a Mental Health Practitioner

What we have to offer you:

Comprehensive and affordable Medical, Dental, and Vision for full-time employees

401(k) matching

Long Term Disability, Short Term Disability, and Life Insurance

Paid time off (including Juneteenth and 1 day the week of your birthday)

Awesome team building activities (like parties, not like trust falls…) and sweet Ellie swag

Incredible learning & development opportunities, including free licensing supervision hours* & paid month CEUs

Tons of consultation and support from peers, supervisors, and Ellie leadership

Paid Peer Support (Dynamic Duo)

Promotional opportunities and career development (if you go with us, you grow with us!)

The ability to do meaningful, challenging work on a fun and collaborative team

*Supervision is provided for people seeking licensure as a LICSW, LPCC, and LMFT. This is based on staff availability and typically equal to 4 hours per month or half of the required supervision needed for licensure. We offer individual licensure supervision at a cost and free licensure group supervision. We encourage license seeking clinicians to have at least one supervisor at Ellie and one outside of Ellie to help enhance their learning experience, have additional perspective, and utilize the full range of cultural variables only provided by multiple supervisors.

Ellie Mental Health is committed to a policy of Equal Employment Opportunity and will not discriminate against an applicant or employee on the basis of race, color, sex, religion, national origin, citizenship status, age, disability, veteran or military status, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, genetic information, or any other legally-recognized protected basis under federal, state or local laws, regulations or ordinances. Applicants with disabilities may be entitled to reasonable accommodation under the terms of the Americans with Disabilities Act and certain state or local laws. A reasonable accommodation is a change or adjustment to a job or work environment that will ensure an equal employment opportunity without imposing an undue hardship on the operation of the business.