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Canvas Health
Oakdale, Minnesota

Child Day Treatment Life Skills Counselor

Counselor / TherapistNo weekendsFull-Time

Listed compensation

$55k-$63k

The week · per this posting · Monday – Friday

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Job Description

Child Day Treatment Life Skills Counselor

All are welcome! We encourage veterans, people of color, individuals with disabilities, and members of the LGBTQIA+ community to apply!

Salary Range

Annualized: $54,549.47 – $63,162.54

The expected compensation range for this position represents a good faith estimate for this position and the specific compensation offered to a candidate may vary based on factors including, but not limited to, the candidate's relevant knowledge, training, skills, work location, experience, and/or FTE.

Benefits Eligibility Includes (But Not Limited To)

  • Generous paid time off, including holidays and personal days
  • Wide-ranging healthcare coverage with options to fit your needs
  • Flexible accounts for medical savings and expenses
  • Supportive services through the Employee Assistance Program
  • Access to exclusive discounts on entertainment, travel, dining, and more
  • Retirement savings plan with contributions from the employer
  • Recognition opportunities through performance-based awards

About Us

This mission of Canvas Health is to bring hope, healing, and recovery to people's lives.

Canvas Health's mental health and substance use disorder providers, clinicians, and staff bring their diverse lived experience to help inform and guide the care they provide to clients. Our integrated programs and services offer coordinated care to people of all ages in their homes, the community, and in our clinics.

We strive for excellence in clinical care as we serve those living with mental illness, substance use disorders, crisis, unstable housing, and trauma. Canvas Health is a non-profit, Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC) specializing in serving clients who are on Medicaid.

Position Summary

Work within the child (ages 11-18) day treatment program TLC, planning and facilitating group skills services to clients of the program.

This position works closely with the program therapists and other Life skills counselors to create and maintain an environment that is sensitive to the unique mental health needs of each client assisting them in learning how to manage their mental health symptoms, so they are able to function at home, in school and within the community.

This position is located in our Canvas Health office building located in Oakdale. Additional job duties include working collaboratively with client's family, treatment team and school, as well as develop and implement behavioral strategies to intervene with mental health symptomology in milieu.

Minimum qualifications: BA/BS/BSW in Human Services related field, with 1 to 2 years' experience working with severely emotionally disturbed students in an education or treatment center.

Location: Oakdale, MN

Schedule: Monday - Friday, 40 hours/week

Minimum Qualifications

BA/BS in a Human Service-related field, with 1 to 2 years' experience working with severely emotionally disturbed students in an education or treatment center.

This position requires the use of a personal automobile for transportation for business-related travel. Must have the ability to maintain clean driving records, a current driver's license, and auto insurance coverage that meets the requirements set forth by Canvas Health insurance policy limits.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience working with and/or delivering services to diverse populations.
  • Experience with Electronic Health Record systems.

Canvas Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to creating a diverse workforce. Canvas Health will not discriminate against any employee or applicant based upon a person's race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, marital status, sexual orientation or perceived sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, status with regard to public assistance, age, sexual or affectional orientation, familial status, ancestry, local human rights commission activity, citizenship, genetic information, protected veteran or military status, or any other protected class.

Key Responsibilities

Plan and facilitate group skills services for children ages 11-18 within a day treatment program. Collaborate with therapists, families, and schools to implement behavioral strategies and support clients' mental health needs.

Qualifications

Education
Bachelor degree

Key Skills

Mental health counselingGroup facilitationCrisis interventionCase managementTreatment planningDocumentationCollaborationElectronic health recordsClient advocacy

Child & Adolescent Mental Health — Counselor Career Context

Of the 50 active Counselor listings this role was benchmarked against, 46% are remote, 28% have no call, 74% require no weekends.

The cost-of-living index for Minnesota is 98.6 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$59k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $60k in an average-cost state. 63.4% of Minnesota clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

How many Counselor jobs are remote?
MeasureThis jobMarket
Cost-of-living adjusted pay~$60k in purchasing powerMinnesota index 98.6 (US = 100)BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Counselor listings in Minnesota233 active13,580 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Oct 2026
Work settingon-sitepeers: 46% remote · 28% no call · 74% no weekends50 benchmarked listings
Sign-on & loan repaymentnot statedMinnesota Counselor listings: 15% state a sign-on bonus (median $2k) · 30% offer loan repayment233 active listings, Oct 2026
Counselor pay trend+2.2% vs prior quarter—through Sep 2026
Canvas Health#11 of 20 for payTop Employers work-life index
Sources: WeekdayDoc live listing index, 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.

Top Counselor Jobs

40 matches · ranked by pay

Salary Distribution

40 jobs · 21 employers
15
<$85k
4
$85k-100k
2
$100k-115k
18
$115k-130k
1
$131k

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks

35 jobs · 21 employers
401k / retirement match
86% this job
Sign-on bonus
31%
Loan repayment
14%
CME allowance
14%
PSLF eligible
9%

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Work-life snapshot

median 6.0this job 3.9
Better work-life than 30% of Counseling listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 13,619 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • No weekends
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About Canvas Health

Mental Health Care
Oakdale, MN
201-500 employees

Benefits & Perks

Generous paid time off including holidays and personal days
Wide-ranging healthcare coverage
Flexible spending accounts
Employee Assistance Program
Retirement savings plan with employer contributions
Performance-based recognition awards
Discounts on entertainment, travel, dining

Living in Oakdale

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$358k≈ 6.6× annual pay
Typical market rent
$1,858/mo≈ 41% of gross pay
Residents’ average commute
24 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
104.8
State income tax
Up to 9.8%
Sources & methodology

Sources: Zillow home values (Sep 2026), Zillow market rents (Sep 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.