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Daymark Recovery Services
Jefferson, North Carolina

ACTT Human Services Counselor

CounselorFull-Time

Listed compensation

$23.08-$24.03/hr

The week · per this posting · weekdays assumed

Ask the employer about the work setting, call expectations, weekend coverage and time off.

Posted 6mo ago

Job Description

Job DetailsJob Location: Ashe Center - Jefferson, NC 28640Company Mission Statement: Our mission is to inspire and empower people to seek and maintain recovery and health. Daymark Recovery Services, Inc. is a mission driven, comprehensive community provider of culturally sensitive mental health and substance abuse services. Comprehensive

Benefits

Package: Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance Health Spending Account Company-Paid Life Insurance Short Term Disability 401(k) Paid Holidays Paid Vacation and Sick Leave Employee Assistant Program Referral Bonus Opportunities Extensive Internal Training Program Pay Scale: QP:$23.08-$24.03/hr.

Summary: In coordination and conjunction with the ACT team members, provides, oversees, and/or administers a wide range of psychosocial evaluation/assessment, diagnostic, counseling, therapy, crisis intervention services in a clinical environment which requires a high degree of independent decision-making as well as coordinated interdisciplinary team work.

Most aspects of this job require clinical assessment, evaluation, and intervention skills to persons with severe and persistent mental illnesses that are treated with individual and/or family interventions in a community based setting. Case management/supportive services are also a core function of this job.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities: Provides individual, group and family therapy and subsequent paperwork.

Participates in interdisciplinary treatment planning, case support activities Provides crisis intervention consultation to all members of the team Participates in peer review process for therapists All other duties as assigned by supervisor Education and/or Experience: Prefer Bachelors Degree in Social Work, Counseling or other field or have equivalent experience with certification. Must be Licensed or Certified in Substance Abuse or Substance Abuse Prevention.

Qualifications

Key Responsibilities

This role involves providing, overseeing, and administering psychosocial evaluation, diagnostic, counseling, therapy, and crisis intervention services as part of an Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) team. A core function includes performing clinical assessment, evaluation, and intervention for individuals with severe and persistent mental illnesses, alongside case management and supportive services.

Requirements

Candidates should prefer a Bachelor's Degree in Social Work, Counseling, or a related field, or possess equivalent experience with certification. A mandatory requirement is being Licensed or Certified in Substance Abuse or Substance Abuse Prevention.

Qualifications

Education
Bachelor degree

Key Skills

Individual InterventionsSubstance Abuse Treatment

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates ACTT Human Services Counselor at DAYMARK RECOVERY SERVICES a 6.6 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the Above average in Counseling — ranked against 13,755 active Counseling listings on WeekdayDoc.

Mental Health & Substance Abuse — Counselor Career Context

Of the 50 active Counselor listings this role was benchmarked against, 54% are remote, 44% have no call, 74% require no weekends.

Counselor pay on WeekdayDoc is up 2.5% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).

The cost-of-living index for North Carolina is 94.3 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$49k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $52k in an average-cost state. 59.2% of North Carolina clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

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Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks20 jobs · 15 employers

401k / retirement match
100% this job
Sign-on bonus
45%
CME allowance
15%
PSLF eligible
15%
Loan repayment
5%

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Work-life snapshot

median 6.1this job 6.6
Better work-life than 60% of Counseling listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 13,755 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

Living in Jefferson

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$428k
Median resident rent
$748/mo
Residents’ average commute
20 min
State income tax
Up to 4.8%
Sources & methodology

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

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

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About Daymark Recovery Services

Mental Health Care
Concord, NC
501-1,000 employees

Benefits & Perks

Medical Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
Health Spending Account
Company-Paid Life Insurance
Short Term Disability
401(k)
Paid Holidays