Associate Mental Health Counselor
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Job Description
As an associate mental health counselor, you’ll be part of a licensed, compassionate team that offers a range of confidential services to help students navigate challenges and thrive, including individual and group counseling, skill-building workshops, and outreach programs. You'll also regularly consult with academic departments, SCADhome (residence life and housing), the office of the registrar, academic administration, admission, and other internal departments regarding student-centered mental health issues.
To Support the Office of Mental Health, You’ll
- Conduct assigned individual and group counseling sessions
- Maintain an active caseload of students with counseling needs
- Provide students with community referrals and supervision for clinical trainees
- Attend weekly case conferences and participate in quarterly student orientations
- Develop outreach and psychoeducational programs/presentations
As an Associate Mental Health Counselor, You’ll
- Promptly document contact with students in the computerized documentation system (Titanium)
- Conduct crisis intervention with students, including on-call duties
- Maintain a personal schedule in the master schedule and Titanium
- Inform your supervisor of personal staff development needs and participate in department performance improvement initiatives
- Prepare performance reviews for supervisor signatures and approvals
Minimum Qualifications
- Master's degree in counseling, psychology, social work, or a related discipline
Preferred Qualifications
- At least two years of experience in counseling and higher education environments
- Experience and credentials as a clinical supervisor
Certificates, Licenses, and Registrations
- Licensed in a mental health or counseling field or able to obtain license within at least two years
- Clinical licensure in counseling, psychology, social work, or license eligible
Travel Required
- Less than 10%
Work Hours
The university work week is Sunday through Saturday. Most offices are open Monday through Friday 8:30 a. m. to 5:30 p. m. To accommodate business needs, employees may be assigned to other workdays and/or hours, including weekends and evenings.
ADA tag: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements and minimum qualifications listed are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions and/or meet the minimum qualifications.
Key Responsibilities
The associate mental health counselor provides individual and group counseling, crisis intervention, and outreach programs to support student well-being. They also maintain clinical documentation, manage a caseload, and collaborate with various university departments to address student mental health needs.
Requirements
Candidates must hold a master's degree in counseling, psychology, social work, or a related discipline. Clinical licensure or eligibility for licensure in a mental health field is required, with preference given to those with at least two years of experience in higher education.
Qualifications
- Education
- Master's degree (postgraduate degree)
- Experience
- 2+ years of experience
Key Skills
Counselor Career Context
The cost-of-living index for Georgia is 96.3 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 59.8% of Georgia clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
Of the 50 active Mental Health Counseling listings this role was benchmarked against, 52% are remote, 28% have no call, 50% require no weekends.
| Measure | This job | Market |
|---|---|---|
| Cost of living | Georgia index 96.3 | US average = 100BEA Regional Price Parities (2024) |
| Mental Health Counseling listings in Georgia | 21 active | 787 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026 |
| Work setting | on-site | peers: 52% remote · 28% no call · 50% no weekends50 benchmarked listings |
| Sign-on & loan repayment | not stated | Georgia counselor listings (all specialties): 8% state a sign-on bonus · 16% offer loan repayment296 active listings, Nov 2026 |
| New Mental Health Counseling listings | 332 in the last 30 days | 216 the 30 days before (+54%)U.S., first seen on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026 |
| Mental Health Counseling pay trend | −1.3% vs prior quarter | —through Oct 2026 |
Work-Life Balance Analysis
WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Associate Mental Health Counselor at Savannah College of Art and Design a 6.0 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the top 35% of all Mental Health Counseling counselor listings evaluated on our platform.
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