Bilingual Spanish Speaking Outpatient Mental Health Therapist
Full Time • Hybrid - US
Benefits:
- 401(k) matching
- Flexible schedule
- Health insurance
- Paid time off
- Training & development
- Competitive salary
- Dental insurance
- Opportunity for advancement
- Vision insurance
Bilingual Mental Health Therapist (Spanish Speaking) | LCSW, LCPC, LMFT | Hybrid | Palatine, IL
Ellie Mental Health – Palatine
We are seeking a bilingual Spanish-speaking Licensed Mental Health Therapist (LCSW, LCPC, LMFT) or license-eligible clinician to join our growing outpatient therapy team at Ellie Mental Health in Palatine.
This clinician must be fluent in both Spanish and English and able to provide therapy in both languages to support the needs of our diverse community.
Important: Some job boards may list this role as remote. While we offer hybrid flexibility based on client needs, this role is primarily in person at our Palatine office. Clinicians should expect to work at least 70 percent of their time in office.
Applicants must:
• Be licensed or license eligible in Illinois
• Live in Illinois
• Be fluent in Spanish and English
• Be comfortable working primarily in person at our Palatine clinic
• Live in Illinois
• Be fluent in Spanish and English
• Be comfortable working primarily in person at our Palatine clinic
Caseload Expectation
Full-time clinicians maintain a caseload of approximately 25 client sessions per week.
About Ellie Mental Health
At Ellie Mental Health, we believe therapy should be real, human, and accessible.
Our mission is to expand access to high-quality mental health care while creating an environment where clinicians feel supported, valued, and empowered to do their best work.
Ellie was proudly founded on the principle of destigmatizing mental health. The mental health industry is full of barriers, and we are committed to breaking down those barriers through creativity, compassion, and community-centered care.
Our culture is built on the values of:
• Authenticity
• Humor
• Compassion
• Creativity
• Acceptance
• Determination
• Humor
• Compassion
• Creativity
• Acceptance
• Determination
Ellie therapists are encouraged to bring their authentic selves and creativity into the therapy room. We value clinicians who are collaborative, culturally responsive, and excited to serve diverse communities.
Our Palatine clinic supports clients throughout the northwest suburbs including Arlington Heights, Schaumburg, Barrington, Hoffman Estates, and Rolling Meadows, and we are especially committed to expanding Spanish-speaking mental health services in our community.
What We Offer
• Unique pay model with industry-leading compensation
• Comfortable, fully furnished therapy offices and clinic environment
• A collaborative and supportive clinical team
• A company rooted in the values of creativity, humor, compassion, acceptance, determination, and authenticity
• Opportunities for professional growth and consultation
• Hybrid scheduling flexibility based on client needs
• Additional benefits and perks
• Comfortable, fully furnished therapy offices and clinic environment
• A collaborative and supportive clinical team
• A company rooted in the values of creativity, humor, compassion, acceptance, determination, and authenticity
• Opportunities for professional growth and consultation
• Hybrid scheduling flexibility based on client needs
• Additional benefits and perks
Responsibilities
• Conduct diagnostic assessments and establish appropriate mental health diagnoses
• Develop and implement individualized treatment plans
• Provide high-quality therapy sessions in Spanish and English when appropriate
• Maintain accurate and timely documentation including diagnostic assessments, treatment plans, and progress notes according to company policy
• Maintain a caseload of approximately 25 client sessions per week for full-time clinicians
• Collaborate with families, schools, medical providers, case managers, and other care team members when appropriate
• Participate in clinical staff meetings, trainings, and consultation
• Utilize creativity in interventions to help clients achieve their goals
• Contribute to a supportive and positive clinic culture
• Other meaningful responsibilities that support our clients and our team
• Develop and implement individualized treatment plans
• Provide high-quality therapy sessions in Spanish and English when appropriate
• Maintain accurate and timely documentation including diagnostic assessments, treatment plans, and progress notes according to company policy
• Maintain a caseload of approximately 25 client sessions per week for full-time clinicians
• Collaborate with families, schools, medical providers, case managers, and other care team members when appropriate
• Participate in clinical staff meetings, trainings, and consultation
• Utilize creativity in interventions to help clients achieve their goals
• Contribute to a supportive and positive clinic culture
• Other meaningful responsibilities that support our clients and our team
Required Qualifications and Skills
• Fluent in Spanish and English and able to provide therapy in both languages
• Master’s degree in counseling, social work, marriage and family therapy, psychology, or related behavioral health field from an accredited university
• Licensed in Illinois (LCSW, LCPC, LMFT, PsyD, PhD) or actively working toward licensure
• Experience completing diagnostic assessments, treatment plans, and clinical case notes
• Strong written and verbal communication skills in both Spanish and English
• Ability to demonstrate and maintain appropriate professional boundaries with clients
• Ability to complete documentation in a timely manner
• Comfort working with a diverse client population
• Master’s degree in counseling, social work, marriage and family therapy, psychology, or related behavioral health field from an accredited university
• Licensed in Illinois (LCSW, LCPC, LMFT, PsyD, PhD) or actively working toward licensure
• Experience completing diagnostic assessments, treatment plans, and clinical case notes
• Strong written and verbal communication skills in both Spanish and English
• Ability to demonstrate and maintain appropriate professional boundaries with clients
• Ability to complete documentation in a timely manner
• Comfort working with a diverse client population
Flexible work from home options available.
Compensation: $60,000.00 - $80,000.00 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?
Apply here.
A company rooted in values of creativity, humor, compassion, acceptance, determination, and authenticity
Unique pay model with industry leading compensation
Comfortable, furnished offices and clinic environment