Benefits: 401(k)
401(k) matching
Company parties
Competitive salary
Dental insurance
Flexible schedule
Health insurance
Opportunity for advancement
Paid time off
Training & development
Vision insurance
Bonus based on performance
Signing bonus
Child & Adolescent Therapist – LCSW, LCPC, LMFT, LPC or LSW
Bannockburn/Deerfield, IL | Full-Time | Hybrid Flexibility
Want the flexibility of private practice without having to build a practice by yourself?
At Ellie Mental Health–Bannockburn, we give therapists the clinical autonomy they want with the infrastructure, marketing support, benefits, and local team they need to build a rewarding career.
We are growing our child and adolescent services and are looking for a therapist who genuinely enjoys working with kids, teens, and families.
Our North Shore community has strong demand for clinicians who can help with anxiety, ADHD, emotional regulation, behavioral concerns, school challenges, family stress, and life transitions. We are particularly interested in therapists comfortable working with elementary-age children as well as adolescents.
You do not need to bring a full caseload with you. We actively invest in helping our clinicians grow through Google Ads, Meta advertising, SEO, community partnerships, school and provider outreach, sponsorships, and referral development.
Why Join Our Team? Competitive compensation with uncapped earning potential
Paid time off
BCBS medical, dental, and vision benefits
401(k) options
Flexible in-person and telehealth scheduling
Comfortable, fully furnished offices
Billing, credentialing, EHR, and administrative support
Individual and group supervision
Accessible local clinical leadership
Free CEUs through TPN Health
Professional development and leadership opportunities
Marketing and referral support to help build your caseload
Collaborative team culture without the isolation of solo practice
Who We're Looking For
You May Be a Great Fit If You
Enjoy working with children, adolescents, and families
Are comfortable seeing younger school-age children, including some children around age 5
Have experience with anxiety, ADHD, emotional regulation, behavioral concerns, or family dynamics
Are comfortable partnering with parents and caregivers when clinically appropriate
Have experience with play-based, CBT, behavioral, family, or other developmentally appropriate approaches
Want the flexibility of private practice with more support and stability
Are motivated to grow professionally and build a strong caseload
Independent licensure is preferred, but we will consider strong pre‑licensed clinicians with relevant experience and a marketable specialty.
Limited‑Time Transition Incentive
Qualified clinicians joining our Bannockburn team may be eligible for a transition incentive of up to $3,000.
Additional Eligibility Requirements Apply.
What You'll Do: Provide therapy to children and adolescents
Complete assessments and individualized treatment plans
Partner with parents and caregivers as appropriate
Provide evidence‑based, developmentally appropriate care
Maintain timely clinical documentationBuild toward approximately 25 completed sessions per week for full‑time status
Collaborate with colleagues and referral partners
Participate in consultation and professional development
Qualifications: Master's or doctoral degree in a behavioral health field
Illinois license or pre‑license: LCSW, LCPC, LMFT, PsyD, LSW, LPC, or ALMFT
Experience working with children and/or adolescents
Strong communication and relationship‑building skills
Commitment to ethical, compassionate, dependable care
Ability to complete required background screening
If you want to work with children and families while building a sustainable private‑practice career—without having to manage billing, credentialing, marketing, and administration on your own we would love to meet you.
Location: Bannockburn/Deerfield, IL 60015
Flexible work from home options available.
Compensation: $70,000.00 - $100,000.00 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, and 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?