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Careerplug
Austin, Texas

Vision Therapist Assistant

Counselor / TherapistNo weekendsPart-Time

Listed compensation

$15-$19/hr

The week · per this posting · Monday – Friday

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Job Description

Benefits

  • No Weekends
  • Paid Volunteer Dday
  • Paid Sick Leave
  • Paid Holidays
  • Vision Benefits
  • Bonus based on performance
  • Competitive salary
  • Employee discounts
  • Flexible schedule
  • Health insurance
  • Paid time off
  • Training & development
  • 401(k)
  • Vision Therapist Assistant

The Center for Vision Development is seeking a passionate part-time vision therapist assistant to join our team.

We’re looking for someone who is not only eager to learn but truly loves connecting with people of all ages—kids, teens, and adults alike. The ideal candidate is someone who is organized, reliable, takes initiative, and finds genuine joy in supporting others.

You’ll thrive in this role if you’re proactive, a quick learner, and looking for more clinical or patient experience. Our vision therapist assistants work closely with our doctors and therapists, ensuring you’ll always have strong support and collaboration behind you.

We are a small, close-knit practice that values teamwork, growth, and meaningful impact. If you’re energized by helping others, committed to excellence, and ready to invest in a role where you can truly make a difference, we’d love to meet you.

About Us

Founded in 2004, we are the longest-established vision therapy practice in Austin. Our team is led by highly trained developmental optometrists who specialize in vision therapy and are deeply committed to patient-centered care. We proudly serve patients of all ages, abilities, and backgrounds.

Our vision therapists come from a wide range of fields—including nursing, tutoring, nutrition, caregiving, exercise science, and medical administration. We value diverse perspectives and experiences, and we believe they strengthen the care we provide. What unites our team is simple: we truly love working with people.

We are a supportive, collaborative group that takes pride in our professionalism, the quality of our care, and the long-term relationships we build with our patients and their families. While we are highly organized and efficient, we never compromise on warmth or personal connection. Our “minimum standard” is often viewed as going above and beyond—and that’s the level of excellence we strive for every day.

Communication, growth, and shared success are core to our culture. We encourage team members to voice their ideas, ask questions, and collaborate. We are goal-oriented and offer incentives and rewards based on productivity and the achievement of both individual and team goals.

We are open 5 days a week, Monday through Friday.

Compensation

Starting Pay: $15–$19 per hour, depending on experience and relevant background.

Multiple production-based bonus opportunities, including monthly and yearly incentives, as well as individual and team bonuses.

Benefits

Paid Time Off

Paid Holidays

Company-sponsored Healthcare Plan

Company-sponsored Retirement Plan

Vision Care Benefits and Product Discounts

  • Monthly and yearly bonus opportunities
  • Paid volunteer day

Work Schedule: Ideal schedule | Monday and Wednesday

  • Monday/Wednesday: between 9:00am–7:00pm*
  • Lunch Break: 1 hour lunch break
  • With flexibility on shift times and availability for additional hours as desired.

Responsibilities

  • Work one-on-one with patients of all ages, assisting vision therapists in administering, grading and inputting scores from visual processing evaluations and vision therapy sessions.
  • Collaborate closely with our optometrists and fellow vision therapists to maintain the highest standard of care.
  • Administer, score, and input results from visual processing evaluations.
  • Assist vision therapists and admin team in scheduling make-up vision therapy sessions.
  • Communicate with team members if make-up sessions need to be actioned
  • Maintain a clean, organized, and professional therapy room and clinic environment.
  • Filing testing into appropriate charts
  • Prepping patient charts
  • Maintain inventory of VT supplies and handle deliveries
  • Create new patient binders
  • Refill frequently used hand-outs in clinic and VT room

Related Experience

Relevant backgrounds that are especially valuable for this role include working with children, early childhood education, teaching or tutoring, physical therapy or PTA, occupational therapy or OTA, speech therapy, optometry or pre-optometry, and optician experience. Strong customer service experience is also highly beneficial, as this position relies on excellent communication and connection with patients and families.

Requirements

The ideal candidate is organized, reliable, and possesses a strong desire to learn and connect with patients of all ages. Relevant experience in fields such as education, healthcare, or customer service is highly valued for this role.

Key Skills

Patient careClinical supportData entryOrganizationRecord keepingInventory managementInterpersonal skillsAttention to detail

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Vision Therapist Assistant at Careerplug a 6.3 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the Above average in Mental Health Therapy (Counseling) — ranked against 7,838 active Mental Health Therapy (Counseling) listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no weekend requirements.

Counselor Career Context

Careerplug holds silver-tier status on WeekdayDoc's Top Employers work-life index, composite score 81/100, 49 active listings.

Of the 40 active Mental Health Therapy listings this role was benchmarked against, 43% are remote, 33% have no call, 80% require no weekends.

Mental Health Therapy by the numbers
MeasureThis jobMarket
Work-life score6.3 / 10 · above average in mental health therapy (counseling)ranked against 7,838 Mental Health Therapy (Counseling) listingslisting-based score, 0–10
Listed pay$31k–$40kMental Health Therapy median $67k (middle half $44k–$71k)10 comparable listings, Oct 2026
Cost-of-living adjusted pay~$36k in purchasing powerTexas index 97.1 (US = 100)BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Mental Health Therapy listings in Texas461 active7,871 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Oct 2026
Work settingon-sitepeers: 43% remote · 33% no call · 80% no weekends40 benchmarked listings
Careerplugsilver tier, 81/100Top Employers work-life index49 active listings
Sources: WeekdayDoc live listing index (7,838 Mental Health Therapy (Counseling) listings), Top Employers work-life index, BEA Regional Price Parities (2024); as of Oct 2026. Same values as the Weekday Verdict and Market Insights on this page.

Location & Logistics

Texas has no state income tax, which can significantly increase take-home pay compared to high-tax states. At the posted ~$35k midpoint, that is roughly $1k–$2k a year versus a typical 4–7% state rate.

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Salary Distribution

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Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks

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401k / retirement match
72% this job
CME allowance
44%
Loan repayment
28%
PSLF eligible
12%
Sign-on bonus
8% this job

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Work-life snapshot

median 6.0this job 6.3
Better work-life than 60% of Mental Health Therapy (Counseling) listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 7,838 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

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About Careerplug

Medical Practices
Austin, Texas
11-50 employees

Benefits & Perks

No Weekends
Paid Volunteer Day
Paid Sick Leave
Paid Holidays
Vision Benefits
Bonus based on performance
Competitive salary
Employee discounts

Living in Austin

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$450k
Typical market rent
$1,571/mo
Residents’ average commute
24 min
State income tax
None
Sources & methodology

Sources: Zillow home values (Sep 2026), Zillow market rents (Sep 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.

City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.