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Clarvida - Idaho
Caldwell, Idaho

Crisis Center Counselor PRN

Crisis CounselorPer Diem

Listed compensation

$27-$28/hr

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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
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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

AssessmentTreatment planningSocial skills trainingInterdisciplinary collaboration

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).

Counselor by the numbers
MeasureThis jobMarket
Listed pay$56k–$58kCounselor median $114k (middle half $85k–$140k)64 comparable listings, Nov 2026
Cost-of-living adjusted pay~$60k in purchasing powerIdaho index 95.5 (US = 100)BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Crisis Counseling listings in Idaho5 active—live on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
All counselor listings in Idaho71 active12,948 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Work settingon-sitepeers: 65% remote · 10% no call · 60% no weekends40 benchmarked listings
Sign-on & loan repayment$1k sign-onUS counselor listings (all specialties): 13% state a sign-on bonus (median $3k) · 14% offer loan repayment1,000 active listings, Nov 2026
Sources: WeekdayDoc live listing index, BEA Regional Price Parities (2024); as of Nov 2026. Same values as the Weekday Verdict and Market Insights on this page. Idaho figures use all counselors: too few Idaho Crisis Counseling postings state pay.

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Salary Distribution

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Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks

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CME allowance
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401k / retirement match
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Sign-on bonus
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Loan repayment
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PSLF eligible
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Work-life snapshot

median 6.7this job 1.5
Below most Crisis Counseling listings for work-life

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 261 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

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About Clarvida - Idaho

Mental Health Care
Boise, ID
11-50 employees

Benefits & Perks

$1,000 sign-on bonus
Paid vacation days
Sick leave
Up to 10 paid holidays
Medical, dental, and vision insurance
Employee Assistance Program
FSA options
Life insurance

Living in Caldwell

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$376k
Typical market rent
$1,736/mo
Residents’ average commute
25 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
98.4
State income tax
Up to 5.8%
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · Boise City, ID metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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