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Wilmington, North Carolina

Functional Family Therapist (FFT) - New Bern Area

CounselorIncludes weekendsFull-Time

Compensation

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Posted 3mo ago

Job Description

DO YOU WANT TO WORK FOR AN ORGANIZATION THAT MAKES A LASTING IMPACT ON KIDS?

ARE YOU A MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONAL LOOKING FOR AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE A

DIFFERENCE IN TODAY’S YOUTH?

AMIKIDS HAS SERVED OVER 160,000 KIDS AND THEIR FAMILIES SINCE 1969. BEING PART

OF THE AMIKIDS TEAM MEANS THAT YOU ARE HELPING YOUTH TO REALIZE THEIR FULL

Potential and Become a Valuable Part of Their Community.

Our Team Members are Essential to the success of our Youth.

What You Will Be Doing

The FFT Therapist role provides community based intensive counseling services to youth and their families utilizing the Functional Family Therapy (FFT) Model.

This position requires flexibility in hours to meet family availability including early mornings, late evenings and/or weekends working within the New

Bern area.

Travel is required.

You Must Have

  • Master’s Degree in Social Work, Psychology, Mental Health Counseling, or related Human Services field,
  • Ability to meet professional standards, licensure/certification and/or contract requirements,
  • Flexible to meet family availability including early mornings, late evenings and/or weekends
  • Ability to travel

We are looking for individuals with the following type of experience/licensure:

  • Mental Health
  • Therapist
  • Family Therapy
  • LPC
  • LCMHC
  • LCSW
  • LMFT
  • LCAS

Perks and Benefits

What we offer to our Team Members are growth opportunities, we develop our leaders from within, Health Benefits to eligible full-time employees, 9 Paid

Holidays, PTO that you accumulate every pay period, Wellness Benefits (EAP,

Health Coaching), Retirement Plans (yes more than 1) and more! Check out our website to learn more about what we offer!

amikids.org

Key Responsibilities

Provide intensive community-based counseling services to youth and their families using the Functional Family Therapy model. Maintain a flexible schedule to accommodate family availability, including evenings and weekends.

Requirements

Requires a Master's degree in Social Work, Psychology, Mental Health Counseling, or a related Human Services field. Candidates must be able to meet professional licensure standards and have the ability to travel.

Qualifications

Education
Master's degree (postgraduate degree)
Experience
2+ years of experience

Key Skills

Crisis InterventionCase Management

Counselor Career Context

Of the 50 active Mental Health Therapy listings this role was benchmarked against, 46% are remote, 36% have no call, 70% 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).

Top Counselor Jobs

43 matches · ranked by pay

Salary Distribution39 jobs · 33 employers

14
<$65k
10
$65k-85k
10
$85k-105k
2
$120k
3
$125k+

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks35 jobs · 33 employers

401k / retirement match
97% this job
Loan repayment
23%
Sign-on bonus
20%
CME allowance
20%
PSLF eligible
17%

Share of similar jobs offering each benefit

#1

Licensed Clinical Mental Health Therapist - LICSW/LPCC/LMFT

LifeStance Health · Saint Louis Park, Minnesota

$74k-$126k
#2

Clinical Director - LMFT, LCSW, LPCC

Seneca Family of Agencies · Salinas, California

$112k-$126k
#3

Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT, LPC, LCSW)

$92k-$125k
#4

Licensed Mental Health Therapist (LMFT, LMHC, LCSW)

$115k-$120k
+ 41 more · ranked by pay

Work-life snapshot

median 6.1this job 4.8
Better work-life than 40% of Mental Health Therapy (Counseling) listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 8,026 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • Includes weekends

Living in Wilmington

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$392k
Typical market rent
$1,706/mo
Residents’ average commute
19 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
96.4
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 · Wilmington, NC metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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