ACTT Human Services Counselor
Listed compensation
$23.08-$24.03/hr
The week · per this posting · weekdays assumed
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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
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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