Mental Health Therapist — Assertive Community Treatment

Job overview

The Mental Health Therapist role is onsite in Hyattsville, MD, with a salary of $65,000–$75,000 per year. People Encouraging People provides rehabilitation and community services, including residential and vocational programs, and this position supports its Assertive Community Treatment team. The therapist delivers community-based support to people with serious mental illness, helping them manage symptoms, address crises, and work toward housing stability, recovery, and daily living goals. Shared caseloads and multidisciplinary collaboration support clients in living independently and avoiding hospitalization.

What you'll do

• Provide mental health services in homes, shelters, and other community settings
• work with psychiatry, nursing, case management, and peer support
• share team caseload responsibility
• support symptom management, crisis intervention, housing stability, substance use recovery, and daily living skills.

What we're looking for

Skills & competencies

mental health therapist

assertive community treatment

act

community-based care

serious mental illness

crisis intervention

housing stability

multidisciplinary team

hyattsville md

people encouraging people

$65k–$75k/year

Work arrangement

• Weekend coverage required

Benefits & perks

• Clinical supervision toward licensure where applicable
• generous paid time off and holidays
• mileage reimbursement
• ongoing evidence-based practice training
• supportive team culture.

Why this role

The posting identifies licensed professionals including LMSW, LGPC, LCPC, and LCSW-C; it describes field-based, team-supported work rather than traditional office-only outpatient therapy.

About the employer

People Encouraging People is hiring for this role. Industry: Other Individual and Family Services. Sector: 62.