Youth Trauma Therapist – PLPC, LMSW, LPC or LCSW
Hope Ranch of Missouri | Sullivan, Missouri
Full-Time | In-Person
Salary based on licensure and experience
$3,000–$5,000 Clinician Retention Incentive
Clinical Supervision Available for Provisionally Licensed Clinicians
Make a Difference Beyond the Therapy Room
Hope Ranch of Missouri is seeking a compassionate, skilled Youth Trauma Therapist to join our multidisciplinary team serving children and adolescents who have experienced significant trauma, abuse, neglect, disrupted attachments, and instability.
At Hope Ranch, therapy doesn’t happen in isolation.
Our therapist works alongside residential staff, educators, families, case managers, and other members of the treatment team to help youth heal, develop healthy relationships, build resilience, and prepare for successful futures.
This position offers the opportunity to know the young people you serve beyond a weekly therapy session and to see firsthand the impact your clinical work has on their daily lives.
Provisionally licensed clinicians are strongly encouraged to apply. Clinical supervision toward full licensure is available.
$3,000–$5,000 Clinician Retention Incentive
Hope Ranch is offering a retention incentive for qualified clinicians who join our team:
Provisionally Licensed Clinicians – PLPC or LMSW
• $3,000 retention incentive
• Additional $2,000 upon obtaining full licensure
Fully Licensed Clinicians – LPC or LCSW
• $5,000 retention incentive
Retention incentive is payable upon completion of 13 months of employment, subject to eligibility requirements.
What You’ll Do
As Hope Ranch’s Trauma Therapist, you will provide trauma-informed clinical services to children and adolescents and work collaboratively with the people supporting them throughout their treatment.
Responsibilities include:
• Provide individual, family, and group therapy.
• Provide evidence-based, trauma-focused therapeutic interventions.
• Conduct comprehensive clinical assessments.
• Develop and regularly update individualized treatment plans.
• Utilize appropriate evidence-based modalities, which may include TF-CBT, EMDR, CBT, DBT, and other trauma-informed approaches.
• Help youth develop healthy coping strategies, emotional regulation skills, resilience, and stronger relationships.
• Engage families in treatment and support reunification, permanency, and successful transitions when appropriate.
• Collaborate closely with residential staff, educators, case managers, families, and other members of the multidisciplinary treatment team.
• Participate in case consultations, treatment team meetings, and clinical supervision.
• Provide clinical consultation and support to other members of the Hope Ranch team as appropriate.
• Maintain accurate, timely, and compliant clinical documentation.
• Ensure services and documentation meet applicable professional, organizational, licensing, and payer requirements.
• Participate in ongoing professional development and remain current with trauma-informed and evidence-based treatment practices.
Who We’re Looking For
The ideal candidate is someone who:
• Has a genuine passion for helping children and adolescents heal from trauma.
• Understands that behaviors often communicate needs, experiences, and emotions that young people may not yet have the skills to express.
• Can establish safe, trusting therapeutic relationships with youth who may have experienced significant loss, instability, abuse, or neglect.
• Practices trauma-informed, client-centered care.
• Values family involvement and multidisciplinary collaboration.
• Communicates effectively with youth, families, coworkers, and outside professionals.
• Is organized and confident in completing clinical documentation.
• Demonstrates sound professional judgment, ethics, compassion, and appropriate boundaries.
• Is comfortable working as part of a team rather than practicing in an isolated clinical environment.
• Is committed to continued professional growth and learning.
Licensure Requirements
Candidates must hold one of the following Missouri credentials:
• PLPC – Provisionally Licensed Professional Counselor
• LMSW – Licensed Master Social Worker
• LPC – Licensed Professional Counselor
• LCSW – Licensed Clinical Social Worker
Provisionally licensed clinicians are welcome and encouraged to apply.
Clinical supervision toward full licensure is available.
Preferred Experience
We especially welcome candidates with experience or training in one or more of the following areas:
• Child and adolescent therapy
• Complex trauma
• Foster care or child welfare
• Residential treatment
• Family therapy
• Attachment
• Trauma-informed care
• TF-CBT
• EMDR
• CBT
• DBT
• Behavioral health
• Crisis intervention
• Multidisciplinary treatment planning
Candidates do not need to have experience in every area listed above to be considered.
A Unique Opportunity for Provisionally Licensed Clinicians
For a PLPC or LMSW working toward full licensure, Hope Ranch offers an opportunity to develop substantial clinical experience while working with children, adolescents, families, and a multidisciplinary treatment team.
You’ll gain experience with complex trauma, attachment, family systems, child welfare, residential care, treatment planning, clinical documentation, and evidence-based interventions while receiving clinical supervision toward full licensure.
Once a provisionally licensed clinician obtains full licensure, an additional $2,000 incentive is available as described above.
Why Hope Ranch?
Hope Ranch of Missouri provides much more than a traditional therapy setting.
Our youth receive support through a comprehensive model that includes a safe and stable home environment, education, trauma therapy, community involvement, relationship-building, and opportunities for personal growth.
As our therapist, you have the opportunity to understand the whole child.
You can collaborate with the adults who care for and educate a young person every day, participate in treatment planning, work with families, and see how therapeutic interventions translate into real-life progress.
Because Hope Ranch is a growing nonprofit organization, this position also offers an opportunity to have a meaningful voice in the continued development of our clinical program and the services we provide to children and families.
Compensation & Benefits
Hope Ranch offers:
• Competitive salary based on licensure and experience
• $3,000 retention incentive for provisionally licensed clinicians
• Additional $2,000 upon obtaining full licensure
• $5,000 retention incentive for fully licensed clinicians
• Retention incentive payable after completion of 13 months of employment, subject to eligibility requirements
• Clinical supervision toward full licensure
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Retirement plan
• Professional development opportunities
• Clinical consultation and support
• Collaborative multidisciplinary team environment
• Meaningful work with children and families
• Opportunity to help shape and grow the clinical program of a mission-driven nonprofit organization
About Hope Ranch of Missouri
Hope Ranch of Missouri is a nonprofit organization serving children and adolescents who have experienced trauma, abuse, neglect, instability, and other significant challenges.
Our approach recognizes that healing requires more than addressing symptoms. We work to surround young people with safe relationships, consistent support, education, therapeutic services, opportunities for growth, and hope for their future.
Our residential, educational, and clinical professionals work together to help youth experience stability, develop skills, strengthen relationships, and move toward successful permanency and adulthood.
If You’re Looking for Work That Matters
If you became a therapist because you wanted to make a meaningful difference in the lives of children and families, we would love to meet you.
Whether you are a PLPC or LMSW building your clinical experience and working toward full licensure, or an experienced LPC or LCSW looking for meaningful trauma-focused work, Hope Ranch offers an opportunity to use your skills in a setting where your work can have an impact far beyond the therapy room.
Join Hope Ranch of Missouri and help children who have experienced trauma find healing, stability, connection, confidence, and hope for their future.
Job Type: Full-Time
Work Location: In-Person – Sullivan, Missouri
