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St. Mary's General Hospital
Passaic, New Jersey

Residence Counselor - Adult

CounselorPart-Time

Listed compensation

$16.3-$21.14/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

St. Mary's General Hospital, located in Passaic, NJ, is a community-based tertiary medical center focused on providing quality, compassionate care. It is an acute care hospital providing a broad range of services including cardiovascular services as well as a comprehensive program for cancer care.

The hospital is also a center of excellence for maternal-child health and outpatient behavioral health services. It is the only hospital in Passaic and with over 550 physicians and 1,000 employees, and is one of the largest employers in the county.

Every member of the St. Mary's General team is committed to providing respectful, personalized, high-quality care. St. Mary's General Hospital is a member of Prime Healthcare, which has been lauded as a "Top 15 Healthcare System" by Truven Health Analytics. For information, visit smh-nj.com.

Responsibilities

Supervise, engage and support adult consumers in a residential setting (transitional, crisis, and/or supported housing). Provide direct care, assisting clients with all activities of daily living, as needed using direction, modeling, and prompting.

Provide education (appropriate to client), prompting and support to client and/or family designed to resolve crisis, and decrease barriers for more independent living. Assist in developing and facilitating service planning to promote further independence and community integration.

Qualifications

EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE, TRAINING

1. Bachelor’s or Associate’s degree in social work, psychology, rehabilitation or a related field. 2. High School Graduates with additional specific experience will be considered on a case by case basis. 3. High School Diploma – four (4) years full time experience with related work or life experience. 4.

Associate’s Degree- two (2) years full time experience with related work or life experience.5. Basic understanding of working with adults with a serious mental illness. 6. Valid New Jersey Driver’s License.

Pay Transparency

St. Mary's General Hospital offers competitive compensation and a comprehensive benefits package that provides employees the flexibility to tailor benefits according to their individual needs.

Our Total Rewards package includes, but is not limited to, paid time off, a 401K retirement plan, medical, dental, and vision coverage, tuition reimbursement, and many more voluntary benefit options.

A reasonable compensation estimate for this role, which includes estimated wages, benefits, and other forms of compensation, is $16.30 to $21.14.

The exact starting compensation to be offered will be determined at the time of selecting an applicant for hire, in which a wide range of factors will be considered, including but not limited to, skillset, years of applicable experience, education, credentials and licensure.

Employment Status: Part Time > 59

Shift: Days

Equal Employment Opportunity

Company is an equal employment opportunity employer.

Company prohibits discrimination against any applicant or employee based on race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, age (subject to applicable law), disability, military status, genetic information or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws.

The Company also prohibits harassment of applicants or employees based on any of these protected categories. Know Your Rights: eeoc.gov

Qualifications

Education
Associate degree
Experience
2+ years of experience

Key Skills

Residential SupervisionDirect Client CareActivities of Daily Living SupportCrisis SupportClient EducationIndependent Living SupportWorking With Adults With Serious Mental Illness

Behavioral Health — Counselor Career Context

Of the 40 active Counselor listings this role was benchmarked against, 80% are remote, 10% have no call, 80% require no weekends.

The cost-of-living index for New Jersey is 108.8 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$39k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $36k in an average-cost state. 63.8% of New Jersey clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Counselor pay on WeekdayDoc is up 2.5% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).

Top Counselor Jobs

40 matches · ranked by pay

Salary Distribution12 jobs

2
<$90k
4
$90k-105k
0
$105k-120k
3
$120k-135k
3
$135k+

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks14 jobs

401k / retirement match
93% this job
CME allowance
50%
Sign-on bonus
21%

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Work-life snapshot

median 2.8this job 1.5
Below most Behavioral Health (Counseling) listings for work-life

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 355 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

Living in Passaic

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$550k
Typical market rent
$2,093/mo
Residents’ average commute
25 min
State income tax
Up to 10.8%
Sources & methodology

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

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

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About St. Mary's General Hospital

Hospitals and Health Care
Passaic, New Jersey
501-1,000 employees

Benefits & Perks

Paid time off
401K retirement plan
Medical, dental, and vision coverage
Tuition reimbursement
Voluntary benefit options