Outpatient Child Therapist
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This posting does not state an hourly rate. Open mental health therapist jobs in Oregon post a median of $43.53 an hour, the middle half $30.22–$56.57, across 24 jobs that state their pay. Mental health therapists employed in Oregon earn a median of $35.86 an hour (source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics), according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (May 2025) (source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics).
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About the job
Outpatient Child Therapist (LPC, LCSW, PsyD/PhD) role with Samaritan Health Services - Hybrid schedule!
Samaritan Health Services, a non-profit integrated health care delivery system, is seeking a hybrid in-person/telehealth Child Therapist to join us in picturesque Albany, OR (PSLF-Eligible) .
This is a split role that involves seeing child and adolescent patients within our outpatient Samaritan Mental/Behavioral Health clinics and with the child advocacy center ABC House.
Job Specifics
- Build Your Own Practice: Enjoy the freedom of building your own business, with the support and infrastructure of a team behind you, plus a thriving referral pipeline. We also help with documentation and coding, so you can focus on providing exceptional care to your patients.
- Collaborative Environment: Be part of a supportive team of clinicians who share ideas, consult together, and work toward the common goal of improving mental health in our community.
- Community Partnership: Build your own practice with Samaritan while also partnering with ABC House in nearby Albany, where you will provide trauma-informed therapy in the healing process of children who have experienced abuse or neglect.
- Flexible Schedule : Choose between in-person or remote work, Mon – Fri, 0.6 FTE w/ Samaritan, and 0.4 FTE in partnership with ABC House (children's advocacy center). Samaritan clinic based in either Corvallis or Albany.
Position Requirements
- Currently licensed/license eligible Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Licensed Professional Counselor, or Licensed Clinical/Counseling Psychologist in Oregon and must meet credentialing standards.
- Background or interest in serving children with trauma/abuse background is a plus.
In addition to financial incentives described above, we offer a market-aligned base salary, paid malpractice, a competitive benefit package, and use of EPIC EMR.
For more information about this opportunity, please contact Samaritan Recruiter George Wood at georgew@samhealth.org.
From Samaritan Health Services's job posting, checked 12 Nov 2026. The employer's own page is the final word on requirements and availability.
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