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Children Service Center
Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania

Classroom Therapist- Partial Program

Counselor / TherapistFull-Time

Compensation

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Posted 5mo ago

Job Description

Purpose of This Position

Children’s Service Center is currently looking for an energetic and dependable person who works well independently and collectively as a treatment team member. If you are ambitious and confident in your ability to learn, the Classroom Therapist position is right for you.

Join our team of employees in our Partial Hospitalization Program to experience the positivity of helping change young people’s lives in a classroom setting.

This team member will be fully trained in the daily activities to provide services to youth in this nontraditional setting and will be supervised by senior clinicians on a weekly basis, with additional meetings as needed.

Responsibilities Include, But Not Limited To

  • Knowledge of individual and group behavior and the interrelationships between social, economic, psychological, and general physiological factors
  • Knowledge of current social, economic, health problems and resources, with emphasis upon factors relating to physical and mental health of all age groups
  • Demonstrated capacity to develop further knowledge of casework principles, practices and methodology

Children’s Service Center/Robinson Counseling Center for adults creates a positive working culture of Care and Commitment for employees which extends to the children & families we serve. Joining our team also means having the opportunity to Grow within the organization while having access to Flexibility with being able to join different departments to help further Individual Development.

Employee Benefits Include

  • FREE Health Care/Medical Coverage
  • Affordable Dental, Vision & Supplementary Insurances
  • FREE Life Insurance & FREE Long Term Disability
  • Safe Harbor 401k with Dollar-for-Dollar Matching
  • FREE Employee Assistance Programs
  • Yearly Annual Raises & Payday Flexibility - Control WHEN You Get Paid
  • Tuition Reimbursement - Advanced Degree & Development Opportunities
  • Student Loan Assistance Program ($150 per month on existing student loans)
  • FREE Licensure, Supervision, Trainings, CEU/CME Reimbursement & Credentialing!
  • FREE Subscription to the “Calm App”
  • Employee Referral Bonuses
  • Flexible Holiday Time - Personal, Sick & Vacation Time Accrues at Day 1 of Employment!

Additional Benefits

  • Phone Plan Discounts & Online Shopping Discounts
  • Workplace Banking Program Benefits
  • Flexible Spending Accounts.... AND MANY MORE!!

CSC/RCC have been Voted and Certified as a “Great Place to Work” for 2025-2026!

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in human service or related field (psychology, social work, sociology, education, or similar human service field).

One year work experience in a clinical setting preferred, but not required.

Key Responsibilities

Provide therapeutic services to youth within a classroom setting as part of a Partial Hospitalization Program. Collaborate with a treatment team and senior clinicians to manage individual and group behaviors while addressing psychological and social factors.

Qualifications

Education
Bachelor degree

Key Skills

Group Behavior ManagementClinical ServicesMental Health KnowledgeTreatment PlanningYouth CounselingPsychological AssessmentSocial Resource Navigation

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Classroom Therapist- Partial Program at Children Service Center a 7.2 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as very good. This places the position in the top 25% in Mental Health Therapy (Counseling) — ranked against 7,558 active Mental Health Therapy (Counseling) listings on WeekdayDoc.

Counselor Career Context

Children Service Center holds silver-tier status on WeekdayDoc's Top Employers work-life index, composite score 71/100, 11 active listings.

Of the 50 active Mental Health Therapy listings this role was benchmarked against, 50% are remote, 28% have no call, 58% require no weekends.

Mental Health Therapy by the numbers
MeasureThis jobMarket
Work-life score7.2 / 10 · top 25% in mental health therapy (counseling)ranked against 7,558 Mental Health Therapy (Counseling) listingslisting-based score, 0–10
Listed paynot listedMental Health Therapy median $65k (middle half $60k–$68k)10 comparable listings, Nov 2026
Cost of livingPennsylvania index 97.6US average = 100BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Mental Health Therapy listings in Pennsylvania432 active7,616 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Work settingon-sitepeers: 50% remote · 28% no call · 58% no weekends50 benchmarked listings
Sign-on & loan repaymentloan repaymentPennsylvania counselor listings (all specialties): 15% state a sign-on bonus (median $5k) · 12% offer loan repayment716 active listings, Nov 2026
New Mental Health Therapy listings2,551 in the last 30 days1,401 the 30 days before (+82%)U.S., first seen on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Children Service Centersilver tier, 71/100Top Employers work-life index11 active listings
Sources: WeekdayDoc live listing index (7,558 Mental Health Therapy (Counseling) listings), Top Employers work-life index, BEA Regional Price Parities (2024); as of Nov 2026. Same values as the Weekday Verdict and Market Insights on this page.

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Salary Distribution

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Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks

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401k / retirement match
93% this job
CME allowance
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Sign-on bonus
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Loan repayment
17% this job
Relocation assistance
2%

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Work-life snapshot

median 6.0this job 7.2
Better work-life than 80% of Mental Health Therapy (Counseling) listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 7,558 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

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About Children Service Center

Individual and Family Services
Wilkes-Barre, PA
201-500 employees

Benefits & Perks

FREE Health Care/Medical Coverage
Dental, Vision & Supplementary Insurances
FREE Life Insurance
FREE Long Term Disability
Safe Harbor 401k with Dollar-for-Dollar Matching
FREE Employee Assistance Programs
Yearly Annual Raises
Tuition Reimbursement

Living in Wilkes-Barre

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$183k
Typical market rent
$1,311/mo
Residents’ average commute
21 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
93.6
State income tax
Up to 3.1%
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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