Associate Behavioral Health Therapist (School Based)

Colorado Lifted Foundation•Denver, CO

2d•$57,784 - $60,000•Onsite

About The Position

The Associate Behavioral Health Therapist (A-BHT) is an early-career clinician and core member of the LiftED Horizons clinical team at the Colorado LiftED Foundation (CLF). The role provides direct therapeutic services to clients from age four through adulthood in the LiftED Horizons Therapeutic Services Program and the broader CLF community, using accessible, culturally affirming, trauma-responsive, and healing-centered approaches. The position is designed for professionals pursuing clinical licensure in Colorado in a supportive, learning-oriented environment. Preference is given to candidates who completed their clinical internship with LiftED Horizons at CLF. The therapist maintains a focused caseload and develops deep, trusting relationships with clients and families, centering clients as experts in their own lives and co-architects of their care. The position emphasizes continuity of therapeutic relationships where clinically appropriate, persistent advocacy to address barriers to healing, and collaborative care with supervisors, interns, schools, community providers, and interdisciplinary teams. The therapist also completes assessments and documentation, tracks outcomes, facilitates groups, and represents LiftED Horizons and CLF in community partnerships and outreach. This is a school-based position at Ricardo Flores Magón Academy. The role includes weekly individual supervision with a licensed clinical professional and ongoing clinical supervision toward licensure. Compensation is $57,784–$60,000 per year, salaried/exempt.

Requirements

Master’s or doctoral degree in Social Work, Counseling, Marriage and Family Therapy, or a related field.
Eligibility for or ability to obtain Colorado licensure (LSW or LPCC) within three months of hire.
Spanish fluency in reading, writing, and speaking.
Strong understanding of child, youth, and family development.
Demonstrated ability to apply holistic, trauma-responsive, and culturally affirming therapeutic approaches in practice.
Excellent interpersonal, organizational, and communication skills.
Ability to manage multiple priorities while maintaining professional boundaries and self-care practices.
Demonstrated shared decision-making practice that positions clients and families as partners in defining their care.
Commitment to depth-focused therapeutic work with a focused caseload.
Belief in maintaining relationships with young people across life transitions and remaining a resource after formal treatment ends.
Creative and persistent problem-solving to address barriers to community mental health care.
Ability to pass a fingerprint background check and a DMV driving background check.
Ability to transport youth to and from sessions when needed.
Willingness to work evenings, weekends, and special events as needed.
Deep commitment to justice, equity, diversity, inclusion, and the CLF mission.
Demonstrated belief in and lived practice of CLF’s core values, with a track record of translating them into role-specific decisions.

Nice To Haves

Completion of a clinical internship with LiftED Horizons at CLF is preferred.

Responsibilities

Provide direct therapeutic services to clients ages four through adulthood, including intake, assessment, treatment planning, and ongoing care.
Maintain a weekly productivity target of 20 sessions and an approximate caseload of 23–25 clients.
Center clients’ voices, values, and goals in treatment decisions and develop trusting relationships with clients and families.
Facilitate or co-facilitate therapeutic and psychoeducational groups as assigned.
Sustain therapeutic continuity where clinically appropriate, including across life transitions and beyond formal treatment episodes when appropriate.
Participate in weekly individual supervision with a licensed clinical professional (LPC or LCSW).
Support the clinical intern cohort by co-facilitating intern support groups and modeling trauma-responsive, healing-centered care.
Coordinate holistic care with interdisciplinary teams and external community partners.
Contribute to clinical culture through active participation, collaboration, and solution-oriented feedback.
Complete behavioral health assessments to inform treatment planning and crisis intervention.
Maintain accurate and timely clinical documentation in accordance with state, federal, and organizational standards.
Analyze client and program data to track progress and support quality-of-care compliance.
Connect clients to transportation, housing support, benefits, and community resources to address barriers to care.
Build and sustain partnerships with community organizations, schools, and youth-serving agencies.
Represent LiftED Horizons and CLF’s mission, help recruit clients, and maintain partner relationships.
Participate in CLF and LiftED Horizons all-staff meetings, trainings, and organizational events.
Help foster a collaborative, inclusive culture rooted in CLF’s values and commitment to equity and belonging.
Transport youth to and from sessions when needed.
Work evenings, weekends, and special events as needed.