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Scottsdale, Arizona

Hotline Counselor PT

CounselorIncludes weekendsNo nightsPart-Time

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Job Description

Job DetailsJob Location: AZ Headquarters - Scottsdale, AZ 85253Position Type: Part TimeJoin Our Team as a Hotline Counselor! Are you passionate about making a difference in the lives of children and families? Do you have a strong background in crisis intervention and a desire to provide vital support to those in need?

Childhelp is seeking a dedicated and compassionate Hotline Counselor to join our National Child Abuse Hotline team. In this role, you'll provide crucial crisis intervention, education, and resource information to help-seekers contacting us via call, text, or chat.

You'll be instrumental in creating action plans using our evidence-informed practice model, addressing critical issues such as child abuse, family conflict, domestic violence, and mental health concerns.

What You'll Do: Provide Counseling Services: Offer empathetic and undivided attention to help-seekers through phone calls, texts, and live chats, understanding their immediate needs and developing brief action plans.

Documentation & Reporting: Accurately and completely enter relevant data into our Hotline database in a timely manner, and report information to authorities when legally required.

Maintain Quality Standards: Stay current on all laws, regulations, policies, and practices related to child abuse and neglect, ensuring adherence to confidentiality, ethical guidelines, and contractual obligations.

Collaborate and Grow: Attend staff meetings, complete required trainings, and actively participate in team discussions to identify effective approaches and interventions. Engage in reflective supervision to continuously improve your skills.

Qualifications What We're Looking For

Education: A bachelor's degree in psychology, social work, or a related field is required; A Master's or Doctoral degree in a relevant field is preferred. Experience: Minimum one (1) year of experience working with family violence and/or child abuse.

Knowledge & Skills: Strong understanding of laws and regulations surrounding physical, sexual, and emotional abuse, child abuse, neglect, and legal reporting requirements. Ability to successfully complete Hotline Counselor training and pass all competency assessments.

Must meet all job expectations, including successful completion of the counselor assessment, within the first 90 days of employment.

Current Available Shift (Arizona Time) Saturday & Sunday: 7:30am-4:00pm Childhelp provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, military and/or veteran status, or any other Federal or State legally-protected classes.

Key Responsibilities

Provide crisis intervention, education, and resource information to help-seekers via phone, text, and chat. Maintain accurate documentation in the database and report information to authorities as legally required.

Requirements

Requires a bachelor's degree in psychology, social work, or a related field, with a master's or doctoral degree preferred. Candidates must have at least one year of experience working with family violence or child abuse.

Qualifications

Education
Doctoral or professional degree (postgraduate degree)

Key Skills

Child abuse preventionCase documentationData entryConflict resolutionMental health supportCommunication

Crisis Counseling — Counselor Career Context

Of the 50 active Crisis Counseling listings this role was benchmarked against, 58% are remote, 34% have no call, 60% require no weekends.

The cost-of-living index for Arizona is 100.7 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 60.3% of Arizona clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

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Salary Distribution27 jobs · 24 employers

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Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks25 jobs · 24 employers

401k / retirement match
96%
CME allowance
32%
Sign-on bonus
24%
Loan repayment
8%
PSLF eligible
4%

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Work-life snapshot

median 6.7this job 5.1
Better work-life than 30% of Crisis Counseling listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 255 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • No nights
  • On-site
  • Includes weekends

Living in Scottsdale

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$810k
Typical market rent
$2,127/mo
Residents’ average commute
22 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
103.3
State income tax
Up to 2.5%
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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