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Our team of milieu counselors foster healthy relationships by helping center the “family” experience in residential living. They are kind, mindful and emotionally equipped to hold space for our residents to continue to grow and heal. These college graduate front line people help residents process a confusing conversation, encourage them to learn a new skill or take on a new responsibility, work with our farm animals, share their unique gifts (such as knitting, cooking, playing games) or sit quietly with our residents to help them settle into their own place and space. We offer full time, part time and per diem positions to support resident population.

• Educational Background: BA/BS in Psychology or related field preferred. Candidates with an earned two-year degree considered. Must have a minimum of 60 college credits earned.
• Experience: Two years or more of experience working in a therapeutic field preferred. Prior experience working with girls and/or young adult women desirable.
• Salary: $20.60 per hour (base hourly rate), plus shift differentials for weekend and overnight hours. Shift differentials can add $2 to $4/hour to the base rate.
• Full time (30 hrs or more) benefit package includes medical, dental, disability, life insurance, retirement savings with employer match, and generous paid time off.
• Part time (20-29 hrs.) benefit package includes paid time off and retirement savings with employer match.
• This position is eligible for overtime compensation.
• Additional compensation : Holiday differential ($1/hr.) for 7 designated holidays. This differential is applied to: Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, President’s Day, Good Friday, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, and October Fall Weekend Monday.
• Additional compensation: Holiday Pay (1.5 times base rate) for 3 designated holidays. The Holiday Pay is applied to: New Year’s Day, Thanksgiving and Christmas.
• Generous Paid Time off package, that increases with years of service for positions with 20 hrs or more.

See specific openings below.

Milieu Counselor I – Recreation/Adventure Programming

Are you creative and passionate about planning fun, meaningful activities for others? Do you enjoy making a positive impact in people’s lives?

We’re looking for a part-time Residential Counselor for our Adolescent Girls Program with a special focus on bringing creativity, adventure, and recreation into daily programming. If you love thinking outside the box and creating engaging experiences that inspire and uplift, we’d love to hear from you!

Responsibilities:

• Facilitate outings and adventure/recreation programming
• Responsible for transporting residents, primarily to medical appointments
• To support the milieu, in a non-institutional, family modeled setting, with the ability to be personally responsive to the residents in your care.
• Contribute to and be a part of a community that helps and models healthy living to prepare the residents to meet the realistic demands of returning to their families and their communities.
• Assist, as a team member to clinical staff, to provide a structured environment with professional supervision of daily activities to counteract the debilitating effects of internal emotional disorders the residents are facing.
• Follow a program structure that is flexibly responsive to the resident’s needs and abilities while they navigate through their daily therapies, responsibilities and recreational activities.

Position Details:

• Position Title: Milieu Counselor I
• Employment Agreement Type: Part Time
• Some weekends are required
• Some afternoons/evenings are required
• Eligible for Retirement Plan and Paid Time Off

Requirements:
An earned BA/BS in Psychology or related field is preferred. Experience can be substituted for education. Prior experience working adolescent girls is desirable. Read more about Wellspring, our programs, and the application process by visiting our homepage www.wellspring.org

Salary and Benefits:
$20.60 per hour (base hourly rate), plus shift differentials for weekend and overnight hours. Shift differentials can add $2/hr. to $4/hr. to the base rate.

Part-time benefits (generous paid time off, retirement plan.)

We welcome candidates who have experience working with individuals on the autism spectrum and who demonstrate patience, flexibility, and a strengths-based approach to care.

Per Diem Nurses

Wellspring is seeking dedicated and compassionate Per Diem LPNs to join our team at a residential behavioral health facility.

Who we are:

Wellspring and Arch Bridge School aims to provide a safe and supportive environment for young adult women and adolescent girls to overcome mental health and emotional difficulties.

Responsibilities:

• Administer medication and treatment in accordance with Wellspring Policies, procedures and best practices.
• Document and communicate accurately any health issues of residents
• Manager health problems that arise and appropriately administer care for medical and psychiatric orders.
• Assessing, managing and prioritizing health problems appropriate to client populations
• Performs other reasonably related duties as assigned by immediate supervisor.

Position Details:

• Position Title: LPN Per Diem
• Employment Agreement Type: Per Diem
• Per diem support is needed for evenings (preferred Sunday, Monday and Friday) and mornings (Saturday)
• Eligible for Retirement Plan

Salary and Benefits:
Base hourly rate is $30/hr. Shift differentials can add $2/hr. to $4/hr. to the base rate.

Requirements:
Two years experience in psychiatric nursing or related experience preferred.

Current nursing license in the State of Connecticut.

All nurses must maintain current CPR Certification and the requirements for licensure, certification and or registration and or related work experience required or needed to fulfill this requirement.

We welcome candidates who have experience working with individuals on the autism spectrum and who demonstrate patience, flexibility, and a strengths-based approach to care.

Licensed Adolescent Therapist

Wellspring is seeking a compassionate and experienced Full Time Licensed Therapist to join our adolescent behavioral health team. The ideal candidate will provide evidence-based therapy and counseling services to our population of adolescents. This role involves conducting assessments, developing treatment plans, and delivering individual, group, and family therapy. The Therapist will play a vital role in supporting clients and collaborating with the clinical team, while adhering to clinical ethical guidelines and HIPAA regulations. Experience with specialized areas such as disordered eating, autism spectrum disorders, and borderline personality disorders is highly valued.

Who we are:

The adolescent girls who come to Wellspring typically present with issues that stem from, but are not limited to: victimization, anxiety disorders, PTSD, mood disorders, personality disorders, adoption issues and substance use in partial remission. Interest and experience with these issues and family systems is desired. In addition, experience with specialized areas such as disordered eating, autism spectrum disorders, and borderline personality disorders is highly valued.

Experience:

• Proven experience in mental health counseling or clinical social work within residential setting
• Demonstrated expertise in psychotherapy modalities such as cognitive behavioral therapy, psychodynamic therapy, grief counseling, and trauma-focused interventions
• Experience working with diverse populations including children & family counseling
• Telehealth experience is preferred; candidates should be comfortable delivering remote therapy sessions using secure platforms.
• Ability to handle crisis situations effectively while maintaining professional ethical guidelines in accordance with HIPAA regulations.

Position Details:

• Position Title: Adolescent Therapist
• Employment Agreement Type: Full Time (40 hours)
• Some evenings and weekends required

Salary and Benefits:
$75,000 – $80,000 annually

Health, Dental, and Vision Insurance

Generous Paid Time Off

Retirement Plan

Requirements:
Current License in the State of CT:

LPC, LMFT, LCSW, Ph.D

We welcome candidates who have experience working with individuals on the autism spectrum and who demonstrate patience, flexibility, and a strengths-based approach to care.

Licensed Adolescent Therapist

Wellspring is seeking a compassionate and experienced Part Time Licensed Therapist to join our adolescent behavioral health team. The ideal candidate will provide evidence-based therapy and counseling services to our population of adolescents. This role involves conducting assessments, developing treatment plans, and delivering individual, group, and family therapy. The Therapist will play a vital role in supporting clients and collaborating with the clinical team, while adhering to clinical ethical guidelines and HIPAA regulations. Experience with specialized areas such as disordered eating, autism spectrum disorders, and borderline personality disorders is highly valued.

Who we are:

The adolescent girls who come to Wellspring typically present with issues that stem from, but are not limited to: victimization, anxiety disorders, PTSD, mood disorders, personality disorders, adoption issues and substance use in partial remission. Interest and experience with these issues and family systems is desired. In addition, experience with specialized areas such as disordered eating, autism spectrum disorders, and borderline personality disorders is highly valued.

Experience:

• Proven experience in mental health counseling or clinical social work within residential setting
• Demonstrated expertise in psychotherapy modalities such as cognitive behavioral therapy, psychodynamic therapy, grief counseling, and trauma-focused interventions
• Experience working with diverse populations including children & family counseling
• Telehealth experience is preferred; candidates should be comfortable delivering remote therapy sessions using secure platforms.
• Ability to handle crisis situations effectively while maintaining professional ethical guidelines in accordance with HIPAA regulations.

Position Details:

• Position Title: Adolescent Therapist
• Employment Agreement Type: Part Time (20 – 25 hours a week)
• Some evenings and weekends required

Salary and Benefits:
$36.00 – $39.00 per hour

Generous Paid Time Off

Retirement Plan

Requirements:
Current License in the State of CT:

LPC, LMFT, LCSW, Ph.D

We welcome candidates who have experience working with individuals on the autism spectrum and who demonstrate patience, flexibility, and a strengths-based approach to care.

OPENING FOR THE 2026 – 2027 ACADEMIC YEAR
The Arch Bridge School at Wellspring, located in Bethlehem, has a part time opening for a Health and Physical Education teacher for our state approved, and NEASC accredited independent private school.

The Physical Education Teacher for the Arch Bridge School will provide physical education for our school programs covering middle and high school grades. Scheduling for the PE classes is flexible. The part time PE Teacher can provide PE classes during one full day, or over two days. This will be discussed with those selected for interview.

The Arch Bridge School is part of Wellspring, a therapeutic and educational center in the rural, northwest corner of Connecticut (Litchfield County.) The school serves the educational needs of both residential and day students.

The Arch Bridge School offers core academics and college preparatory courses, allowing students to meet their unique academic objectives while in Residential Treatment or as students attending our Therapeutic Day School. Our students tend to be bright, creative and college bound.

Our most successful teachers have an experiential approach to learning and thrive when able to teach in a kind, nurturing environment. We offer an opportunity to teach in small, well-supported classroom settings. Class size tends to be 4-8 students but does not exceed twelve (12) students. We have multiple clinicians on staff to provide immediate support throughout the day. This allows our teachers the chance to provide a creative, challenging, relational classroom where each student is known as an individual. Our teachers are part of a cohesive team that collaborate regularly with each other and our students and are truly able to make a difference in their lives.

Preferred Certifications:
Connecticut Certification, Physical Education, PreK-12 (044).
-Certified by the State of Connecticut to teach physical education… or, be in the process of working toward the certification.