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Daymark Recovery Services
Lexington, North Carolina

Day Treatment Human Service Counselor

Counselor 8.0 Work-LifeFull-Time

Listed compensation

$23.07- $24.03/hr

The week · per this posting · weekdays assumed

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Posted 4mo ago

Job Description

Job DetailsJob Location: Davidson Center - Lexington, NC 27292Company Mission Statement: Our mission is to inspire and empower people to seek and maintain recovery and health. Daymark Recovery Services, Inc. is a mission driven, comprehensive community provider of culturally sensitive mental health and substance abuse services. Comprehensive

Benefits

Package: Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance Health Spending Account Company-Paid Life Insurance Short Term Disability 401(k) Paid Holidays Paid Vacation and Sick Leave Employee Assistant Program Referral Bonus Opportunities Extensive Internal Training Program Pay Scale: $23.07- $24.03/hr.

Salary will depend on level of education and experience. Summary: Provides counseling services to clients in the Day Treatment program. The focus will be on achieving developmentally appropriate functional gains and to reintegrate the individual back into school. Model and foster the moral development of clients.

Plan and implement therapeutic elements of the Day Treatment program including interventions and activities to support symptom stability, increase youth ability to cope, teach youth how to relate to others, provide support, sustain recovery and enhance the youth’s capacity to function in an inclusive setting or be maintained in community based services.

Work with school personnel, program staff and other professionals in facilitating implementation of client treatment plans. Maintain the confidentiality of client and program information. Assist the Program Manager as required.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities: Provides individual, group and family therapy and subsequent paperwork.

Participates in interdisciplinary treatment planning, case support activities Provides crisis intervention consultation to all members of the team Participates in peer review process for therapists All other duties as assigned by supervisor Special Attributes: Strong psychosocial, clinical assessment skills.

Minimal supervision regarding use of time, able to prioritize work assignments. Ability to communicate effectively with professions and clients/families. Ability to make sound decisions in emergency situations.

Education and/or Experience: Associates or Bachelor’s Degree in Social Work, Counseling or other Human Services field and two years MH/SA/DD experience with the population served; Qualified Professional (QP) designation required. Must have at least one year experience working directly with children/adolescents.

Qualifications

Key Responsibilities

Provides counseling services to clients in a Day Treatment program to support symptom stability and reintegration into school. Responsibilities include conducting individual, group, and family therapy and participating in interdisciplinary treatment planning.

Requirements

Requires an Associate or Bachelor's degree in Social Work, Counseling, or Human Services with a Qualified Professional (QP) designation. Candidates must have two years of MH/SA/DD experience and at least one year of experience working with children and adolescents.

Qualifications

Education
Bachelor degree
Experience
2+ years of experience

Key Skills

Individual TherapyGroup TherapyPsychosocial SkillsInterdisciplinary CollaborationPatient Confidentiality

Clinical Psychology — Counselor Career Context

The cost-of-living index for North Carolina is 94.3 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$49k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $52k in an average-cost state. 59.2% of North Carolina clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Of the 50 active Clinical Psychology listings this role was benchmarked against, 52% are remote, 44% have no call, 76% require no weekends.

Clinical Psychology pay on WeekdayDoc is up 11.6% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Day Treatment Human Service Counselor at DAYMARK RECOVERY SERVICES a 8.0 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as excellent. This places the position in the top 25% in Clinical Psychology (Counseling) — ranked against 353 active Clinical Psychology (Counseling) listings on WeekdayDoc.

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Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks23 jobs · 19 employers

401k / retirement match
100% this job
Sign-on bonus
35%
Loan repayment
13%
CME allowance
13%
PSLF eligible
9%

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Work-life snapshot

median 7.2this job 8.0
Better work-life than 80% of Clinical Psychology (Counseling) listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 353 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

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Living in Lexington

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$276k
Typical market rent
$1,578/mo
Residents’ average commute
26 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
92.0
State income tax
Up to 4.8%
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · Winston-Salem, NC metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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

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About Daymark Recovery Services

Mental Health Care
Concord, NC
501-1,000 employees

Benefits & Perks

Medical insurance
Dental
Vision
Health Spending Account
Life insurance
Short Term Disability
401(k)
Paid holidays