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Ozarks Community Hospital
Humansville, Missouri

School Based Behavioral Health Counselor- PT/FT

CounselorFull-Time

Compensation

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Job Description

Seeking a School Based Behavioral Health Professional for the Humansville R-1V Scholl District and surrounding schools throughout Hickory and Polk County. Will work in conjunction with the Director of Behavioral Health and the Clinic Manager to actively and consistently contribute to the clinic & school-based operations and communications; fully integrate mental healthcare into the community-school setting; behaves in a manner consistent with the mission and objectives of OCHC and performs duties as requested.

Education & Training

Must pass annual competencies

Active Professional Development

Satisfactory maintenance of continuing education standards as established by the Division of Professional Registration of Missouri

Licensure & Certifications

Current licensure of Licensed Clinical Social Worker/Licensed Master Social Work/Provisionally Licensed Professional Counselor/Licensed Professional Counselor

Family and Friends CPR within 6 months of employment

Experience

One-year experience preferred

Job Responsibilities

  • Performs screenings/evaluations of individuals for Behavioral health and substance abuse disorders.
  • Performs interventions for individuals with behavioral health problems.
  • Interventions
  • Identifies problem behavior, discusses impact of intervention, and decides what to change.
  • Implements specific and goal directed interventions.
  • Consistently uses monitoring forms.
  • Uses multiple interventions simultaneously
  • Meets regularly with the primary care team to plan care and discuss cases and exchanges appropriate information with team members when needed.
  • Meets regularly with School Counselors, Principles, Teachers, Nurses, and any other School Employee to coordinate care of patient.
  • Maintains a good working relationship with School Employees
  • Communicates weekly with each School Counselor involving them in patient progress and obtaining feedback about patient.
  • Responds to emergencies
  • Maintains good relationship with parents upon parents request to be involved in patient care.
  • Maintains consistent communication with parents
  • Sets aside time weekly to communicate with parents
  • Returns calls to parents in a timely manner.
  • Documents communication in chart for future reference
  • Follows up on Emergencies in a timely manner per protocol discussed between Provider, Clinic Manager, and Outreach Coordinator
  • Uses skills to find ways to communicate with students unsure or unwilling to participate in treatment.
  • Finds creative and inexpensive ways to promote good behavior
  • Maintains Supervision to include weekly calls
  • Performs screenings/evaluations of individuals for Behavioral health and substance abuse disorders.
  • Performs interventions for individuals with behavioral health problems.
  • Interventions
  • Identifies problem behavior, discusses impact of intervention, and decides what to change.
  • Implements specific and goal directed interventions.
  • Consistently uses monitoring forms.
  • Uses multiple interventions simultaneously
  • Meets regularly with the primary care team to plan care and discuss cases and exchanges appropriate information with team members when needed.
  • Meets regularly with School Counselors, Principles, Teachers, Nurses, and any other School Employee to coordinate care of patient.
  • Maintains a good working relationship with School Employees
  • Communicates weekly with each School Counselor involving them in patient progress and obtaining feedback about patient.
  • Responds to emergencies
  • Maintains good relationship with parents upon parents request to be involved in patient care.
  • Maintains consistent communication with parents
  • Sets aside time weekly to communicate with parents
  • Returns calls to parents in a timely manner.
  • Documents communication in chart for future reference
  • Follows up on Emergencies in a timely manner per protocol discussed between Provider, Clinic Manager, and Outreach Coordinator
  • Uses skills to find ways to communicate with students unsure or unwilling to participate in treatment.
  • Finds creative and inexpensive ways to promote good behavior
  • Maintains Supervision to include weekly calls

Key Responsibilities

Perform behavioral health and substance abuse screenings and interventions for students within a school setting. Coordinate care through regular communication with school staff, primary care teams, and parents.

Requirements

Requires current licensure as an LCSW, LMSW, PLPC, or LPC and CPR certification within six months of hire. One year of experience is preferred along with a commitment to continuing education.

Qualifications

Education
Professional certificate or licensure

Key Skills

Behavioral Health ScreeningSubstance Abuse EvaluationCrisis InterventionCase ManagementPatient DocumentationInterdisciplinary CollaborationStudent CounselingParental CommunicationClinical SupervisionBehavioral Intervention Planning

Clinical Psychology — Counselor Career Context

The cost-of-living index for Missouri is 90.8 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 60.1% of Missouri clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Of the 50 active Clinical Psychology listings this role was benchmarked against, 38% are remote, 34% have no call, 68% 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 School Based Behavioral Health Counselor- PT/FT at Ozarks Community Hospital a 7.2 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as very good. This places the position in the top 25% in Clinical Psychology (Counseling) — ranked against 352 active Clinical Psychology (Counseling) listings on WeekdayDoc.

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401k / retirement match
85%
CME allowance
37% this job
Sign-on bonus
30%
Loan repayment
22%
PSLF eligible
19%

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Work-life snapshot

median 7.2this job 7.2
Better work-life than 60% of Clinical Psychology (Counseling) listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 352 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

Living in Humansville

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$203k
Median resident rent
$632/mo
Residents’ average commute
33 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
88.6
State income tax
Up to 5.3%
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · Springfield, MO metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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

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