Skip to content

Mental health

Clinical Therapist

Woodward Community Based Services$54/hrUrbandale, IAPosted 6d agoStill open, checked every night

How this pay compares

This posting states $54 an hour. Open mental health therapist jobs in Iowa post a median of $21.50 an hour, the middle half $21.50–$56.50, across 13 jobs that state their pay, so this one is within the middle half of what they post. Mental health therapists employed in Iowa earn a median of $29.27 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).

Mental health therapists in Iowa: pay by town and employer

The Mental Health & Social Work job market: pay, applicant demand and hiring, researched nightly

Mental health and social work jobs in our research

  • How long these jobs stay listed: Median days to removal 25.0 days · Still listed at 7 days 76.7%
  • Applicant demand per open job on this site (1.00x is the average job): Index 0.62x · Clicks 36
  • How often these jobs state their pay: Jobs stating any pay 63.8% · Stating an hourly rate 45.7%

From every open job we read and every apply click on this site, as of 11 Nov 2026. Every figure for Mental health and social work jobs

About the job

Woodward Community Based Services (WCBS) is seeking a compassionate and skilled Mental Health Therapist to join our clinical team.

This position will begin part-time with the opportunity to transition to full-time once a caseload of 25 billable hours per week is established and consistently maintained. This is a great opportunity for a clinician seeking flexibility while gradually building a caseload in a supportive, trauma-responsive behavioral health environment.

What you'll do

  • Provide individual, family, and group therapy using evidence-based, trauma-responsive practices.
  • Complete comprehensive behavioral health assessments and develop individualized treatment plans.
  • Maintain timely, accurate, and clinically appropriate documentation.
  • Monitor member progress and adjust treatment interventions as clinically appropriate.
  • Conduct ongoing safety and risk assessments and respond appropriately to crisis situations.
  • Coordinate care with families, schools, medical providers, case managers, referral sources, and other professionals as appropriate.
  • Participate in clinical supervision, case consultation, team meetings, and professional development.
  • Maintain an assigned caseload while meeting established productivity expectations and providing ethical, member-centered services.
  • Maintain professional licensure and required continuing education.

What We Offer

From day one, therapists can benefit from

  • Flexible scheduling
  • Clinical consultation and team support
  • Referral and administrative support
  • Continuing education and professional development opportunities
  • Supervision toward independent licensure, when applicable
  • Supportive, collaborative, and trauma-responsive work environment
  • Opportunity to gradually build a caseload with a pathway to full-time employment

Upon transition to full-time status and applicable eligibility requirements, WCBS offers

  • Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance
  • Supplemental insurance options
  • Short- and long-term disability coverage options
  • Paid time off
  • Birthday as a paid day off
  • Parental leave
  • Employee Educational Assistance Program
  • Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
  • Wellness program
  • Daily Pay option

WCBS is committed to providing quality, person-centered behavioral health services while creating an environment where clinicians can grow professionally and make a meaningful impact in the lives of the individuals and families we serve.

Requirements

  • Master’s degree in counseling, social work, marriage and family therapy, psychology, or another qualifying behavioral health field.
  • Current Iowa license or license eligibility appropriate to the position.
  • Experience providing behavioral health services preferred.
  • Strong clinical documentation, communication, organization, and time-management skills.
  • Ability to work independently while collaborating effectively with members, families, interdisciplinary teams, and community partners.
  • Successful completion of required background checks.

From Woodward Community Based Services's job posting, checked 12 Nov 2026. The employer's own page is the final word on requirements and availability.

Selected agencies hiring now

All agencies and apps →
  • White Glove Placement logo

    White Glove PlacementTravel nursing agency

    Places travel, local, per diem and locum tenens clinicians across nursing, allied health, behavioral health and physician roles.

    Places: Nurses, NPs & PAs, Doctors, CNAs & PCTs

  • Pyramid Consulting (healthcare staffing) logo

    Pyramid Consulting (healthcare staffing)Healthcare staffing agency

    A national staffing firm that places nurses, case managers, therapists and physicians in hospital and health system contract and permanent roles.

    Places: Nurses, Therapy & rehab, Doctors, Mental health

These agencies and apps pay CareJobs.Now a referral fee when someone we introduce is placed or signs up. It costs you nothing and never changes your pay. Hospital and clinic jobs below keep their own order.

Sponsored

Sponsored jobs from job networks, which pay CareJobs.Now when you click one.

Free tools for this application: check your resume against this job, answer the application's questions or see every free tool.

New mental health and social work jobs in Iowa, by email

One email a week with the newest ones, straight from the employers' own careers sites, with the pay each posting states. Free, stop anytime.

About Woodward Community Based Services

Woodward Community Based Services hires caregivers and mental health staff in Urbandale and Norwalk in Iowa.

Hires in IowaPay on its listings: 66.7% of its open jobs state an hourly rate

More open jobs at Woodward Community Based Services

More mental health and social work jobs

A licensed counselor or social worker?

One profile for every employer here. Hospitals, clinics and care companies ask us for people with a specific license, specialty, language or schedule: add yours once, and when a job fits, we introduce you, only with your yes. Free.

Create my profile

Woodward Community Based Services openings, sent to you weekly

Each week we send the newest postings from Woodward Community Based Services's own careers site, along with similar openings at other hospitals and care employers. It costs nothing and you can stop anytime.