[Hiring] Licensed Therapist @Kooth

Role Description

As a Licensed Therapist, your primary objective is to empower individuals to establish achievable, measurable goals while monitoring progress and fostering sustainable behavioral change. You will deliver platform-based behavioral health care and wellness coaching support to youth and young adults (ages 13-25).

How You’ll Make an Impact:

• Screening and Assessment:
  • Mental Health & wellness screening, assessment, and progress monitoring.
  • Risk assessment and mitigation.
  • Identify individual users who are experiencing or are at risk of experiencing social, emotional, and/or behavioral difficulties.
  • Identify and support a person in crisis and know when to facilitate referrals.
• Providing Wellness Coaching and Therapy:
  • Prevention, wellness promotion, and psychoeducation through structured coaching chats or therapy sessions.
  • Care coordination & case management.
  • Offering Behavioral Health/ Wellness Coaching interventions.
  • Develop individualized care plans to effectively goal set and action plan for positive behavioral change.
  • Optimize positive mental health by addressing determinants of positive mental health.
  • Minimize mental health problems by addressing determinants of mental health problems.
  • Work with users to determine their problem areas, identify obstacles, and create a plan to achieve their wellness goals.
• Moderation of Submitted Content:
  • Moderation of service user-submitted content following policy and procedures.
  • Review and moderate user-generated content submitted through the Kooth platform in accordance with company policies and guidelines.
  • Ensure that all content meets ethical, legal, and regulatory standards, particularly those relevant to mental health therapy.
  • Provide timely and constructive feedback to users on their submissions when appropriate.
  • Collaborate with other team members to address any content-related issues or concerns.
• Quality of Care:
  • Engaging in an evidence-and data-informed approach to clinical care.
  • Participate in regular audits and commit to continuous improvement.
  • Maintain accurate and up-to-date clinical documentation in accordance with regulatory standards and company policies.
  • Liaise with other professionals around safeguarding issues and concerns.
  • Support operational aspects of Kooth to ensure consistent, reliable, and repeatable experiences.
  • Performing all duties in line with relevant compliance, legal requirements and internal policies with particular reference to children, young people, and adult safeguarding and protection, and data protection legislation.
  • Communicate with other healthcare providers as appropriate to provide a seamless care experience.
• Supervision, Training, and Meetings:
  • Attend and effectively contribute to clinical supervision.
  • Commit to our mandatory in-house training and continuing professional development opportunities.
  • Attend and effectively contribute to both performance management and team meetings.
  • Attend required individual/group supervision sessions and other required meetings as identified by your team supervisor.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Clinical Counseling, Social Work, or a related field required.
• Must currently hold an active New Jersey or Michigan license to practice therapy and will be subject to additional licensure on hire.
• Licenses in Michigan or New Jersey must be in good standing.
• Experience providing mental health therapy to individuals, preferably within a digital or online setting.
• Strong understanding of ethical and legal considerations relevant to the practice of Therapy.
• Bilingual in Spanish REQUIRED.

Requirements

• Starting pay for this role is $40 to $45 per hour.
• Final compensation will be based on a variety of factors, including your education, experience, skills, and overall alignment with the role.

Benefits

• Excellent Medical, Dental, and Vision Coverage.
• Long-Term Incentive Plan (LTIP).
• 401(K) Retirement Plan with company match.
• Generous Paid Time Off.
• Remote-first flexibility and work-from-home support.
• Paid parental leave.
• Learning & development opportunities.
• 8 Paid Holidays, plus two half-day holidays (Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve).