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Mental Health Resources
Minneapolis, Minnesota

Mental Health Counselor - Community Support Program (CSP)

CounselorNo weekendsFull-Time

Listed compensation

$59k-$66k

The week · per this posting4-day week

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Posted 7mo ago

Job Description

Mental Health Counselor – Community Support Program (CSP)

4-Day Work Week Option Available

Location: Minneapolis, MN

Salary Range: $58,656.00 - $66,456.00 annually

We are committed to providing salary ranges for all open positions. Please note that the specific compensation for this role will be determined based on your experience, qualifications, location, and internal equity considerations.

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If you have experience working in Adult Foster Care with adults recovering from mental illness, Adult Rehabilitative Mental Health Services (ARMHS), Independent Living Skills (ILS), residential mental health treatment (IRTS), MI/CD services, or other mental health services, you may be ready to take the next step in your career as a Mental Health Counselor!

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In this position you will: provide direct services to clients diagnosed with serious and persistent mental illness to improve their symptoms, stability, independent living, and connections to a supportive community. More specifically, the CSP helps its members maintain housing, access nutritious food, manage their symptoms, pursue overall mental and physical wellness, engage with employment, volunteer opportunities, and social activities, and form mutually supportive friendships.

A Few of the Benefits Offered by MHR

  • 4-Day Work Week Option.
  • Intensive two-week initial orientation program AND on-going in-house training program.
  • Health insurance (including family health coverage) with employee costs in the top 6% of most affordable health care options. Competitive dental insurance.
  • Automatic enrollment in retirement plan after 1 year with up to 3% contribution.
  • 9 paid holidays and 18 days accrued PTO during your first year.
  • Annual merit-based salary increases.
  • MHR is looking for candidates who are Spanish speaking, Hmong speaking, and Somali speaking. You may receive a $1000 salary bonus for passing the language proficiency exam.
  • MHR is committed to working towards racial equity and combating racism.
  • MHR is a tobacco free workplace promoting health & wellness for the individuals we serve and our employees.

Main Duties and Responsibilities

  • Provide and coordinate CSP services utilizing a team approach to promote individual recovery and community integration.
  • Support client development, assess individual needs, provide crisis assistance, and monitor safety and appropriateness of drop-in center activities.
  • Assist clients with developing and progressing toward obtaining their stated goals.
  • Facilitate groups in conjunction with other team members to promote peer support and knowledge about managing the challenges of living with a mental illness in the community.
  • Assist in design and implementation of volunteer and vocational training opportunities to promote employment skills development and consumer involvement in program.
  • Communicate with clients’ providers and others involved to provide referrals and coordinate care.
  • Provide housing support services including referrals, assistance with applications, appeals, and linkage to ongoing support services.
  • Participate in team meetings, supervisory meetings, and professional development trainings.
  • Document all relevant detail pertaining to client services in order to maintain quality.

Minimum Education and Experience

  • Bachelor's degree in the human services-related field.
  • Preferred: two years of counseling experience of which at least one year of experience in community-based mental health with adults recovering from mental illness or a combination of equivalent experience and training.

Key Responsibilities

The counselor will provide and coordinate Community Support Program (CSP) services using a team approach to promote client recovery and community integration, including supporting client development and assessing individual needs. Key duties involve assisting clients with goals, facilitating peer support groups, assisting with vocational opportunities, coordinating care with providers, and offering housing support services.

Requirements

A Bachelor's degree in a human services-related field is the minimum educational requirement for this role. Preferred experience includes two years of counseling experience, with at least one year working in community-based mental health with adults recovering from mental illness, or equivalent experience and training.

Qualifications

Education
Bachelor degree
Experience
2+ years of experience

Key Skills

Client Goal SettingGroup FacilitationCare CoordinationDocumentation

Counselor Career Context

The cost-of-living index for Minnesota is 98.6 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$63k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $63k in an average-cost state. 63.4% of Minnesota clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Of the 50 active Mental Health Counseling listings this role was benchmarked against, 36% are remote, 38% have no call, 70% require no weekends.

Mental Health Counseling pay on WeekdayDoc is up 18.1% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Mental Health Counselor - Community Support Program (CSP) at Mental Health Resources a 6.3 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the Above average in Mental Health Counseling — ranked against 748 active Mental Health Counseling listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no weekend requirements.

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401k / retirement match
93% this job
Sign-on bonus
41%
CME allowance
30%
PSLF eligible
22%
Loan repayment
19%

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Work-life snapshot

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

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 748 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • No weekends

Living in Minneapolis

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$365k≈ 6.2× annual pay
Typical market rent
$1,682/mo≈ 34% of gross pay
Residents’ average commute
22 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
104.8
State income tax
Up to 9.8%
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

Ratios use this listing’s gross annual pay. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.

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About Mental Health Resources

Mental Health Care
Saint Paul, Minnesota
51-200 employees

Benefits & Perks

4-Day Work Week Option
Health insurance
Dental insurance
Retirement plan with up to 3% contribution
9 paid holidays
18 days PTO
Annual merit-based salary increases
Language proficiency bonus up to $1,000