School-Based Therapist Visa Sponsorship Jobs in Minnesota
School-based therapist jobs in Minnesota span Minneapolis–Saint Paul public schools, Rochester's Mayo Clinic Health System school partnerships, and rural districts served by ISD cooperatives across Greater Minnesota. Employers including Minneapolis Public Schools, Saint Paul Public Schools, and Osseo Area Schools have hired internationally credentialed therapists, with H-1B visa and green card sponsorship appearing across metro and outstate districts.
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Our compassionate, experienced therapists support children and their families through challenging times by offering individual therapy to help with a wide range of concerns, including school adjustment problems, depression, anxiety, difficulty dealing with loss or family changes, abuse, traumatic events, attention problems, parent-child conflicts and acting-out behaviors. Our counseling focuses on building on a child’s strengths and supporting them in gaining skills to be successful at home, in school and in the community.
As a school-based mental health clinician your focus will be on assessment, treatment, and prevention services to children and their families as well as consultation and training for the school staff.
As a successful candidate you should hold independent licensure at LICSW, LPCC, LP, or LMFT or hold an LGSW working towards independent licensure and be able to demonstrate your skill in children’s mental health diagnostic assessment and treatment.
What can Washburn Center offer you?
Washburn Center for Children is committed to all our employees’ professional development. During your time at Washburn Center, you will receive continuous clinical training, increased supervision time and exposure to a wide array of clinical needs. This role is a highly collaborative function, and you will experience exposure to all programs at Washburn Center, working in collaboration with a variety of experienced professionals to ensure the best care for the children and families in your care.
Responsibilities
Our school-based therapists, working in collaboration with the school staff and Washburn Center leadership, provide a combination of the school-based services within the school, clients’ homes, and across the community.
These services can be:
- Conduct diagnostic assessments (DA) and share feedback with the client and/or their family
- Collaborate with the client and/or their family on treatment plan that incorporates DA results
- Provide individual and family therapy
- Participate in IEP meetings
- Provide care coordination, including collaboration with psychiatrists and other professionals working with the client
- Create a discharge plan
Ancillary care:
As a school-based therapist you will also provide ancillary services in alignment with the school staff and Washburn Center supervisor, including:
- Conduct child group therapy, skills training, and/or prevention groups
- Provide care coordination, including collaboration with parents, school staff, and other agencies
- Participate in classroom observations
- Provide teacher consultations, training, and support
- Attend collaboration and planning meetings with school staff, program directors, and grant coordinators to review the status of the program and manage referrals in order to facilitate program development and the coordination of the program at the school
Documentation:
Additionally, some of your responsibilities as a School based therapist will be to maintain required documentation as outlined in our Clinical Policy Manual, ie:
- Diagnostics assessments
- Treatment plans
- Progress notes
- Outcome measures (e.g., SDQ, CASII, ECSII)
- Discharge summaries
- Timely record keeping of all clinical activities and grant related services
- Timely response of communications from the program director, the supervisor, or program support to ensure clear communication throughout the program
All clinicians are to ensure Minnesota and HIPAA data privacy requirements are followed.
As Washburn Center for Children serves the community, it is important that our therapists are able to demonstrate cultural humility and responsiveness in their therapeutic process and in their interpersonal relationships. Our work environment requires professionals that can adapt and be flexible within multiple workplace cultures. Our clinicians work independently but will always have a team and supervisor to support them and guide them when needed.
Starting salary range (based on licensure status at hire):
Clinical Trainee base salary: $60,000 to $65,000 annually
Fully Licensed base salary: $70,000 to $80,000 annually
Compensation: $60,000 to $80,000 annually at 1.0 FTE. This position works full time during the school year and a reduced summer schedule (0.8 FTE for approximately 12 weeks), so actual annual pay is prorated accordingly to approximately $57,231 to $76,308.
Summer hours: For 12 weeks each summer, the School-Based team works a Monday through Thursday schedule, with Fridays off.
Education and Licensure Requirements:
- Master’s degree in psychology, marriage and family therapy, or social work (Required)
- Doctoral Degree in psychology, marriage and family therapy, or social work (Desired)
- A minimum of 3-5 years assessing, diagnosing and treating children and families (Required)
- Fully licensed or close to licensure in LICSW, LMFT, LPCC or LP (Required)
- Valid MN Licensure as a Mental Health Professional (Required)
Required technical skills, knowledge, and abilities
- Demonstrate knowledge of cultural diversity and the role of culture in the therapeutic process
- Adaptable to multiple workplace cultures
- Ability to work independently
- Understand when to ask questions
What is School Based Therapy at Washburn?
Our compassionate, experienced therapists support children and their families through challenging times by offering individual therapy to help with a wide range of concerns, including school adjustment problems, depression, anxiety, difficulty dealing with loss or family changes, abuse, traumatic events, attention problems, parent-child conflicts and acting-out behaviors. Our counseling focuses on building on a child’s strengths and supporting them in gaining skills to be successful at home, in school and in the community.
As a school-based mental health clinician your focus will be on assessment, treatment, and prevention services to children and their families as well as consultation and training for the school staff.
As a successful candidate you should hold independent licensure at LICSW, LPCC, LP, or LMFT or hold an LGSW working towards independent licensure and be able to demonstrate your skill in children’s mental health diagnostic assessment and treatment.
What can Washburn Center offer you?
Washburn Center for Children is committed to all our employees’ professional development. During your time at Washburn Center, you will receive continuous clinical training, increased supervision time and exposure to a wide array of clinical needs. This role is a highly collaborative function, and you will experience exposure to all programs at Washburn Center, working in collaboration with a variety of experienced professionals to ensure the best care for the children and families in your care.
Responsibilities
Our school-based therapists, working in collaboration with the school staff and Washburn Center leadership, provide a combination of the school-based services within the school, clients’ homes, and across the community.
These services can be:
- Conduct diagnostic assessments (DA) and share feedback with the client and/or their family
- Collaborate with the client and/or their family on treatment plan that incorporates DA results
- Provide individual and family therapy
- Participate in IEP meetings
- Provide care coordination, including collaboration with psychiatrists and other professionals working with the client
- Create a discharge plan
Ancillary care:
As a school-based therapist you will also provide ancillary services in alignment with the school staff and Washburn Center supervisor, including:
- Conduct child group therapy, skills training, and/or prevention groups
- Provide care coordination, including collaboration with parents, school staff, and other agencies
- Participate in classroom observations
- Provide teacher consultations, training, and support
- Attend collaboration and planning meetings with school staff, program directors, and grant coordinators to review the status of the program and manage referrals in order to facilitate program development and the coordination of the program at the school
Documentation:
Additionally, some of your responsibilities as a School based therapist will be to maintain required documentation as outlined in our Clinical Policy Manual, ie:
- Diagnostics assessments
- Treatment plans
- Progress notes
- Outcome measures (e.g., SDQ, CASII, ECSII)
- Discharge summaries
- Timely record keeping of all clinical activities and grant related services
- Timely response of communications from the program director, the supervisor, or program support to ensure clear communication throughout the program
All clinicians are to ensure Minnesota and HIPAA data privacy requirements are followed.
As Washburn Center for Children serves the community, it is important that our therapists are able to demonstrate cultural humility and responsiveness in their therapeutic process and in their interpersonal relationships. Our work environment requires professionals that can adapt and be flexible within multiple workplace cultures. Our clinicians work independently but will always have a team and supervisor to support them and guide them when needed.
Starting salary range (based on licensure status at hire):
Clinical Trainee base salary: $60,000 to $65,000 annually
Fully Licensed base salary: $70,000 to $80,000 annually
Compensation: $60,000 to $80,000 annually at 1.0 FTE. This position works full time during the school year and a reduced summer schedule (0.8 FTE for approximately 12 weeks), so actual annual pay is prorated accordingly to approximately $57,231 to $76,308.
Summer hours: For 12 weeks each summer, the School-Based team works a Monday through Thursday schedule, with Fridays off.
Education and Licensure Requirements:
- Master’s degree in psychology, marriage and family therapy, or social work (Required)
- Doctoral Degree in psychology, marriage and family therapy, or social work (Desired)
- A minimum of 3-5 years assessing, diagnosing and treating children and families (Required)
- Fully licensed or close to licensure in LICSW, LMFT, LPCC or LP (Required)
- Valid MN Licensure as a Mental Health Professional (Required)
Required technical skills, knowledge, and abilities
- Demonstrate knowledge of cultural diversity and the role of culture in the therapeutic process
- Adaptable to multiple workplace cultures
- Ability to work independently
- Understand when to ask questions
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Which companies sponsor visas for school-based therapists in Minnesota?
Minneapolis Public Schools, Saint Paul Public Schools, Osseo Area Schools, and Anoka-Hennepin School District have histories of hiring therapists with visa sponsorship. Regional education cooperatives such as TIES and Area Learning Centers also fill school-based roles. Larger healthcare staffing organizations contracted with Minnesota districts sometimes sponsor H-1B or facilitate green card sponsorship for speech-language pathologists, occupational therapists, and social workers placed in school settings.
Which visa types realistically fit school-based therapist roles in Minnesota?
School-based therapists typically qualify for H-1B sponsorship when the role requires a master's degree in a directly related field such as social work, occupational therapy, or speech-language pathology. EB-2 and EB-3 employment-based green cards are also pursued, with EB-3 covering skilled workers requiring at least two years of experience. F-1 students completing OPT or STEM OPT may work in these roles while degree requirements align. J-1 visa exchange visitor status is available through designated sponsor organizations for qualifying trainees.
Which cities in Minnesota have the most school-based therapist sponsorship jobs?
The Twin Cities metro, covering Minneapolis and Saint Paul, accounts for the highest concentration of school-based therapist openings, driven by the state's largest urban districts and dense population of students requiring services. Rochester is a secondary hub given its healthcare ecosystem and growing district enrollment. Duluth, Mankato, and St. Cloud also post school-based therapist positions, with Greater Minnesota rural districts sometimes offering sponsorship to address persistent shortages in speech-language pathology and occupational therapy.
How to find school-based therapist visa sponsorship jobs in Minnesota?
Migrate Mate lists school-based therapist roles in Minnesota filtered to employers with verified visa sponsorship histories, letting you focus applications on districts and staffing organizations that have sponsored before. Search by metro area or Greater Minnesota to compare openings across Minneapolis–Saint Paul, Rochester, and outstate districts. This saves time compared to reviewing individual district websites, since Migrate Mate surfaces sponsorship eligibility signals alongside active job listings.
Are there state-specific considerations for school-based therapists seeking sponsorship in Minnesota?
Minnesota requires state licensure for school-based occupational therapists, speech-language pathologists, and social workers, so international candidates should verify credential equivalency before or during the sponsorship process. The Minnesota Board of Social Work and the Minnesota Department of Health oversee relevant licensure boards. Minnesota's strong special education compliance requirements under federal IDEA law mean districts maintain consistent demand for qualified therapists, which supports ongoing sponsorship activity particularly in high-need districts serving large English-learner and special education populations.
What is the prevailing wage for sponsored school-based therapist jobs in Minnesota?
U.S. employers sponsoring a visa must pay at least the prevailing wage, which is what workers in the same role, area, and experience level typically earn. The Department of Labor sets this rate to make sure companies aren't hiring foreign workers simply because they'd accept lower pay than a U.S. worker. It varies by job title, location, and experience. You can look up current prevailing wage rates for any occupation and location using the OFLC Wage Search page.