Counselor Children's Outpatient Field
Listed compensation
$80k
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- Employment & setting
- Full-Time
- Call expectations
- Not specified
- Weekends
- Not specified
Job description
Join Directions for Living as a Children's Outpatient Counselor – $80K, Field-Based in Clearwater, Florida, United States.
Benefits & Compensation
- Salary: $80,000 annually.
- 5 days PTO.
- Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, Short Term and Long Term Disability
- 16 Paid Wellness Days and Holidays - Including the week of Christmas off
- 403b retirement
- EAP
- Year-round employee wellness and appreciation initiatives
- Employer paid health insurance premiums for all full-time employees
Work Schedule
- Full-Time position.
- No explicit call, weekend, or night shift information provided.
Apply to join Directions for Living as a Children's Outpatient Counselor – $80K, Field-Based.
Key Responsibilities
Provide clinical counseling services to children, adolescents, and families experiencing trauma, mental health, or substance abuse issues. Conduct field-based interventions and maintain a minimum of 1,410 annual client-facing hours.
Requirements
Requires a Master's degree in Counseling, Psychology, Social Work, or a related field. Must possess clinical knowledge of diagnostic codes, psychotropic medications, and various therapeutic treatment approaches.
Qualifications
- Education
- Master's degree (postgraduate degree)
- Experience
- 2+ years of experience
Key Skills
Children's Outpatient Counseling — Counselor Career Context
Of the 50 active Counselor listings this role was benchmarked against, 42% are remote, 32% have no call, 50% require no weekends.
Counselor pay on WeekdayDoc is up 6.7% vs. the prior quarter (through Aug 2026).
The cost-of-living index for Florida is 103.4 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$80k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $77k in an average-cost state. 58.1% of Florida clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
Location & Logistics
Florida has no state income tax, which can significantly increase take-home pay compared to high-tax states. At the posted ~$80k midpoint, that is roughly $3k–$6k a year versus a typical 4–7% state rate.
Position Insights
AI ANALYSISThis role scores 3.0/10 on work-life balance for Counselor roles.
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