[Hiring] Licensed Therapist @Here Now Health

Role Description

As a Virtual Licensed Therapist with Here Now Health, you will provide compassionate, trauma-informed mental health care to Medicaid-covered youth and families impacted by foster care and related systems. You will support clients navigating instability, system involvement, and complex trauma, often across multiple placements or life transitions.

Our care model centers relational continuity, caregiver support, and evidence-informed clinical practice. You will join a collaborative, mission-driven team focused on transforming how care is delivered to system-impacted youth.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide virtual one-on-one therapy to youth and caregivers using evidence-informed, trauma-focused modalities
• Conduct clinical assessments and develop collaborative, measurement-based care plans
• Build relational continuity across transitions, supporting clients through placement or life changes
• Collaborate with non-clinical Care Advocates to ensure clients can access needed services and supports
• Offer caregiver support sessions to improve family stability and outcomes
• Maintain thorough and timely clinical documentation aligned with Medicaid and telehealth standards
• Attend weekly supervision, team meetings, and required trainings
• Provide support during moments of escalation or crisis in alignment with trauma-informed care practices
• Engage in peer consultation and cross-functional collaboration with clinicians and care team members

Qualifications

• Active, unrestricted independent license in North Carolina as an LCSW (strongly preferred) or LCMHC/LPC. Additional licenses beneficial.
• Minimum 5+ years of post-independent licensure experience (Required to satisfy multi-state endorsement rules and streamline cross-licensing into VA, MO, and NM).
• Direct experience working within child welfare and foster care systems, pediatric mental health, and complex trauma. Comfortable working with youth ages 5 - 26 years old.
• Experience with telehealth platforms and Medicaid clinical documentation standards.
• Experience with or strong interest in foster care, adoption, family preservation, or juvenile justice systems.
• Ability to build trust and consistency with youth navigating instability or mistrust.
• Ability to complete background checks required by Medicaid and child welfare systems.
• Approval to provide Medicaid-covered services or prior Medicaid billing experience strongly preferred.
• Bilingual Spanish/English strongly preferred; additional languages a plus.

Requirements

• Willingness to obtain additional state licenses within Here Now Health’s service areas is an important part of this role. Here Now Health covers all associated licensing costs to support your professional growth and expand your impact.

Compensation & Schedule

• Full-time, salaried role based on a 35-hour workweek
• Salary range: $65,000–$80,000 annually, based on licensure, experience, and relevant expertise
• Salary includes 24 hours per week of required client-facing (billable) care, plus non-client clinical responsibilities to total 35 hours
• Therapists may have the opportunity to provide up to 5 additional client-facing hours per week beyond the required 24 hours, compensated at $70/hour
• Up to an additional $350 per week, and up to an additional approximately $17,000 per year, if consistently worked
• Availability requirement: 15 hours per week after 4:00 PM on weekdays and/or on Saturdays (8:00 AM–5:00 PM) to support youth and families during peak demand hours
• 100% remote; work hours follow the therapist’s local time zone

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Comprehensive 401(k) retirement plan
• Paid time off, including vacation, sick time, company holidays, floating holidays
• Technology and equipment necessary to perform the role

We’d Especially Love to Hear From You If

• You have lived experience in the foster system or as a system-impacted parent or caregiver
• You thrive in a mission-driven, startup-style environment
• You are passionate about building equitable systems of care for children and families who have been overlooked