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AIDS Healthcare Foundation
Fort Lauderdale, Florida

Youth Therapist

Counselor Top 25% in Mental Health Therapy (Counseling)Full-time

Compensation

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Employment & setting
Full time
Call expectations
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Weekends
Not specified
Posted 3mo ago

Job Description

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SunServe is Broward County’s leading lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex, asexual/ally and gender variant+ (LGBTQIA+) social service agency.

Click here to learn how we help! [https://www.sunserve.org/]

Our mission is to provide critical life assistance and professional mental health services with an emphasis on economically disadvantaged, marginalized youth, and senior adults in the greater South Florida metropolitan area. We provide high quality, culturally relevant care for all with an emphasis on those in financial need, minorities, youth, seniors, HIV+ persons, and those with life-challenging physical or emotional conditions.

Even today, LGBTQ individuals face health disparities and societal stigma that makes the assistance SunServe prov dies critical to the well being of our community.

Summary

Youth Therapist requires a therapy/counseling background and experience with crisis-intervention. Therapist will require extensive experience working with lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, gender variant youth and their families.

This position must have experience assisting youth questioning their sexuality or gender identity and the ability to help them work through their past trauma.

Key Responsibilities

  • One-on-One Therapy with LGBTQ Youth & Families
  • Connection & marketing with the greater therapy community in Broward County
  • Counseling and Crisis-Intervention as Necessary
  • Timely and through treatment planning and ongoing updates quarterly and as client progresses
  • Timely and accurate documentation of case notes entered into the EHC system
  • Linkage to life coaching/case management
  • Participation in regular case conferences with other therapist as well as case-managers
  • Facilitate Groups
  • Other duties as assigned

Education

Master's Degree in a Counseling field, registered intern status minimum requirement, licensed preferred

Experience/Requirements

  • Two Years Counseling Experience Required
  • Two years of office experience required
  • Strong organizational skills required
  • Group facilitation skills required
  • Strong communication skills (written and verbal)
  • Experience with Microsoft Office Suite, Word, Excel, Outlook, Google Docs
  • Able to handle many varied tasks at one time
  • Able to prioritize tasks and self-motivate
  • Experience working with diverse populations, various backgrounds and cultures
  • Must have the ability to work independently and within small
  • Prefer experience working with at-risk and LGBTQ teenagers

Requirements

Requires a Master's degree in a counseling field with at least two years of counseling and office experience. Must have experience working with diverse populations and LGBTQ teenagers.

Qualifications

Education
Master's degree (postgraduate degree)
Experience
2+ years of experience

Key Skills

Case DocumentationLGBTQIA+ CounselingTrauma-Informed Care

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Youth Therapist at AIDS Healthcare Foundation 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 7,952 active Mental Health Therapy (Counseling) listings on WeekdayDoc.

Counselor Career Context

Of the 50 active Mental Health Therapy listings this role was benchmarked against, 34% are remote, 30% have no call, 66% require no weekends.

The cost-of-living index for Florida is 103.4 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 58.1% of Florida clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Location & Logistics

Florida has no state income tax, which can significantly increase take-home pay compared to high-tax states.

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Benefits & Perks31 jobs

401k / retirement match
87%
CME allowance
29%
Sign-on bonus
26%
Loan repayment
23%
PSLF eligible
13%

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Work-life snapshot

7.2/ 10
Listing-based score

Top 25% in Mental Health Therapy (Counseling)

Living in Fort Lauderdale

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$650k
Typical market rent
$2,736/mo
Residents’ average commute
26 min
State income tax
None
Sources & methodology

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

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