Crisis Center Counselor PRN
Listed compensation
$27-$28/hr
The week · per this posting
Schedule not stated in this posting — no days, weekends, call or nights given.
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Job Description
- Crisis Center Clinician
- Location: Caldwell, Idaho
- Employment Type: PRN
- Salary: $27–$28/hour
About the Role
When clients experience a behavioral health crisis, they require focused, compassionate, and skilled support. As a Crisis Center Clinician, you will provide crisis stabilization and therapeutic intervention to clients in immediate behavioral health need.
Your role centers on building healthy relationships, teaching coping and social skills, providing assessments, delivering counseling, and collaborating with an interdisciplinary team to ensure stabilization and safe discharge planning.
This position includes completing initial assessments, providing crisis counseling, facilitating individual, group, and family sessions, coordinating with service providers, maintaining timely documentation, using de-escalation techniques, and identifying discharge goals. You will work closely with a supportive crisis team dedicated to rapid stabilization and client safety.
Responsibilities
- Complete initial assessments and crisis evaluations
- Provide individual, group, and family counseling
- Use evidence-based de-escalation and crisis-intervention strategies
- Collaborate with an interdisciplinary team to develop and implement treatment plans
- Maintain accurate and timely documentation
- Identify discharge goals and coordinate follow-up care
- Support client in developing coping skills, emotional regulation, and problem-solving abilities
Required Qualifications
- Licensed in Idaho as LMSW, LPC, LCPC, LCSW, or LMFT
- Knowledge and application of psychological theories
- Ability to pass background checks, including Enhanced Fingerprinting through ID DHW
- Meets all mandated health requirements
- Compliance with drug-free workplace standards and agency policies
Compensation & Benefits
- Part-Time – up to 29hrs per week
- $27 - $28 per hr
- Sign on Bonus: $1,000
- No separate billable/non-billable hour structure — reliable hourly pay
- Overnight differential pay
- No client cancellations or travel required
- Stability and growth opportunities within a national agency
Full-Time Employees
- Paid vacation days (increasing with tenure)
- Separate sick leave that rolls over each year
- Up to 10 paid holidays*
- Medical, dental, and vision plans
- Employee Assistance Program
- Health, dependent, and transportation FSA options
- Employee, spouse, and dependent basic and optional life insurance
All Employees
- 401(k)
- Pet insurance
- DailyPay (instant access to earned wages)
- SoFi at Work student loan refinancing
- Next Steps Financial Wellness resources
- Discounts through Verizon, Dell, and Perks @ Clarvida (shopping, travel, entertainment)
- Training, development, and CEUs for licensure
- Strong opportunities for advancement as the organization grows
*Benefits may vary by state/county.
Work Location: On-site at the client Behavioral Health Community Crisis Center in Idaho
Employment Type: Part-time
How to Apply
If you are passionate about crisis intervention and supporting client during their most vulnerable moments, we encourage you to apply. Click “Apply Now” to join the crisis stabilization team.
Application Deadline: Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis until the position is filled.
About Clarvida
Clarvida is a national provider of behavioral health and human services offering trauma-informed, culturally responsive, and recovery-focused care. Our crisis programs support lasting stabilization by empowering individuals with skills, safety planning, and community connection.
- Learn more: clarvida.com
- See other opportunities: clarvida.com
Equal Opportunity Employer
Clarvida is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants receive consideration without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, veteran status, or any other protected class.
Fraud Alert
Clarvida does not charge fees during the application process. Interviews will never be conducted through messaging apps. All official communication will come from a Clarvida.com email address, a Jobvite notification, or a verified Clarvida LinkedIn account.
Keywords client crisis clinician, behavioral health crisis counselor, Idaho clinician jobs, crisis stabilization counselor, LMSW, LPC, LCPC, LCSW, LMFT, client mental health clinician, crisis intervention specialist
Requirements
Candidates must hold a valid Idaho license as an LMSW, LPC, LCPC, LCSW, or LMFT. Applicants must also be able to pass background checks and meet all mandated health and drug-free workplace requirements.
Qualifications
- Experience
- 2+ years of experience
Key Skills
Crisis Counseling — Counselor Career Context
Of the 40 active Counselor listings this role was benchmarked against, 65% are remote, 10% have no call, 60% require no weekends.
The cost-of-living index for Idaho is 95.5 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$57k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $60k in an average-cost state. 58.2% of Idaho clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
| Measure | This job | Market |
|---|---|---|
| Listed pay | $56k–$58k | Counselor median $114k (middle half $85k–$140k)64 comparable listings, Nov 2026 |
| Cost-of-living adjusted pay | ~$60k in purchasing power | Idaho index 95.5 (US = 100)BEA Regional Price Parities (2024) |
| Crisis Counseling listings in Idaho | 5 active | —live on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026 |
| All counselor listings in Idaho | 71 active | 12,948 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026 |
| Work setting | on-site | peers: 65% remote · 10% no call · 60% no weekends40 benchmarked listings |
| Sign-on & loan repayment | $1k sign-on | US counselor listings (all specialties): 13% state a sign-on bonus (median $3k) · 14% offer loan repayment1,000 active listings, Nov 2026 |
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