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Alexander Youth Network
Greensboro, North Carolina

Behavioral Health Counselor RTC: Full-Time 2nd Shift

CounselorFull-Time

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Job Description

Job Details: Job Location: 1601 Huffine Mill Road - Greensboro, NC, Position Type: Full Time, Education Level: High School, Salary Range: Undisclosed, Join Our Team as a Behavioral Health Counselor Are you passionate about making a positive impact on the lives of children?

Do you thrive in a supportive and inclusive work environment? If so, we want you to be part of our team. Get to know Alexander Alexander Youth Network is passionate about helping children overcome their mental health challenges.

Our teams are committed to creating an environment that empowers every individual to thrive and make a difference. We offer career development opportunities, mentorship and coaching, and pathways for advancement.

Our teammates enjoy amazing benefits including tuition reimbursement, tuition assistance, 401K, paid time off, mileage reimbursement, a comprehensive health plan that prioritizes your well-being and much more.

What You'll Do: Provide, coordinate, and monitor a variety of direct care activities for the clients in our treatment environment. Develop, implement, and facilitate therapeutic activities consistent with the agency's Model of Care.

You'll offer appropriate interventions to assist in maintaining consumer baseline behaviors. You will provide continuous monitoring of clients in crisis and report behaviors to therapeutic and medical staff. You will also participate in 1 to 1 monitoring of clients when deemed appropriate. A full job description can be provided to interested/qualified candidates.

Qualifications

Education and Experience High school diploma is required. B.A./B.S. in a related human service field is preferred. Four years of experience in Mental Health is preferred. Ability to solve practical problems and address various concrete variables in situations with limited standardization. Interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.

Key Responsibilities

Provide, coordinate, and monitor direct care activities for clients within a treatment environment. Facilitate therapeutic activities and maintain continuous monitoring of clients in crisis.

Requirements

A high school diploma is required, while a bachelor's degree in a human service field is preferred. Four years of experience in mental health is also preferred.

Qualifications

Education
Bachelor degree
Experience
2+ years of experience

Key Skills

Behavioral health counselingCrisis monitoringMental health supportClient observationProblem solvingDocumentation

Behavioral Health — Counselor Career Context

Of the 50 active Counselor listings this role was benchmarked against, 28% are remote, 34% have no call, 74% require no weekends.

The cost-of-living index for North Carolina is 94.3 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 59.2% of North Carolina clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Counselor pay on WeekdayDoc is up 3.6% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).

Top Counselor Jobs

36 matches · ranked by pay

Salary Distribution34 jobs · 29 employers

16
<$65k
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$65k-80k
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$80k-95k
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$95k-110k

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks31 jobs · 29 employers

401k / retirement match
87% this job
CME allowance
35%
Sign-on bonus
26%
Loan repayment
26%
PSLF eligible
3%

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Work-life snapshot

median 3.9this job 1.5
Below most Behavioral Health (Counseling) listings for work-life

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 331 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

Living in Greensboro

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$257k
Typical market rent
$1,392/mo
Residents’ average commute
22 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
92.9
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 · Greensboro-High Point, NC metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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

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About Alexander Youth Network

Mental Health Care
Charlotte, North Carolina
201-500 employees

Benefits & Perks

Tuition Reimbursement
Tuition Assistance
401K
Paid Time Off
Mileage Reimbursement
Comprehensive Health Plan