Are you a compassionate go-getter that is interested in working with a treatment team to provide therapy services in a school setting? Are you looking for a position that offers the opportunity to make a positive difference in the lives of children/adolescents and their families? Are you interested in working a schedule that reflects a school schedule and allows for additional time off?

This MHP position would work full time serving students enrolled in Hope Academy. Hope Academy is an open-enrollment charter school that is a program of the Northwest Arkansas Children’s Shelter, located in west Bentonville. Hope Academy specializes in trauma-centered education, aiming to provide an environment conducive to social-emotional development and academic success for students who have experienced early childhood trauma.

Arisa offers competitive pay and excellent full-time employee benefits including:

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Short-term and Long-term disability
• 401K with employer match
• Continuing Education and Supervision
• $2,000 sign on bonus for non-terminally licensed Mental Health Professionals and a $3,000 sign on bonus for those who are terminally licensed
• Full and Part-Time positions available
• Opportunity for monthly productivity-based bonus pay

Arisa offers the following for our School-Based Therapists:

• In addition to Paid Time Off that can be taken throughout the calendar year, School Break days are available during the Thanksgiving, Winter, and Spring Breaks
• Opportunity to earn up to 20 additional Summer Break days
• Opportunity to work a school day schedule
• Provide more frequent therapeutic services to a smaller caseload than in a traditional outpatient setting
• Work in a team environment which includes collaboration and support from school personnel, leadership and the treatment team

Arisa Health’s School Based program was cited as the “model” for such programs by the Arkansas Department of Education. These programs are designed to help students in preschool through high school who are facing emotional and/or behavioral challenges. Through individual, group and family therapy, support services, and case management, the school based counselors help children and families reduce the barriers to learning and improve the emotional and behavioral development of the student. By placing counselors in the schools, Arisa Health is able to serve students in a familiar place and with less interruption to their school day. This also helps reduce the costs and travel time by family members. School Based therapists are able to adjust their schedule throughout the week when students are absent to ensure consistent services are provided. Common problems addressed in school based sessions include: difficulty adjusting to a stressful event such as divorce or loss of a loved one and mental health issues such as depression, anxiety, ADHD, behavioral challenges, and trauma.
No phone calls please.

Please note: Due to CMS mandates, all Arisa employees must provide proof of COVID-19 vaccination.