Counselor - Partials 10 months
Listed compensation
$20-$22/hr
The week · per this posting · Monday – Friday
Ask the employer about the work setting, call expectations, nights and shift pattern and time off.
Job Description
- Counselor - Partials- 10 months
- CASTLE PHP Monday to Friday 8am to 4pm
- 100 Townsend Avenue Berlin NJ
- $20.00-$22.00 per hour PLUS full benefits
- Population: Children & Adolescents
Benefits
- 401(k)
- Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
- Paid Time Off
- Tuition reimbursement
- Employee discounts on gym memberships, cell phone packages, hotels, rental cars, computers, amusement parks, theater tickets, and more!
MUST have a bachelor's degree in psychology or related field.
Experience with children in behavioral & mental health.
Provides for the direct care and management of patient population of a partial care treatment center.
Responsibilities
- Maintains a therapeutic and safe environment for all patients.
- Facilitates regular therapeutic groups that address specific identified treatment issues and reinforces the patient’s treatment plan.
- Provides observational feedback within the multidisciplinary team context.
- Accurately records daily patient progress in the medical record as well as completing other required paperwork.
- Rides along with the van driver to transport patients to and from the program.
- Maintains certification in Handle with Care behavior management system.
- All other duties as assigned.
Qualifications
- BA in Psychology, Social Work or related field required.
Qualifications
- Education
- Bachelor degree
Key Skills
Behavioral Health — Counselor Career Context
Of the 50 active Counselor listings this role was benchmarked against, 40% are remote, 30% have no call, 64% 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 ~$44k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $40k in an average-cost state. 63.8% of New Jersey clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
| Measure | This job | Market |
|---|---|---|
| Work-life score | 3.9 / 10 · above average in behavioral health (counseling) | ranked against 357 Behavioral Health (Counseling) listingslisting-based score, 0–10 |
| Listed pay | $42k–$46k | Counselor median $92k (middle half $58k–$100k)10 comparable listings, Oct 2026 |
| Cost-of-living adjusted pay | ~$40k in purchasing power | New Jersey index 108.8 (US = 100)BEA Regional Price Parities (2024) |
| Counselor listings in New Jersey | 338 active | 13,735 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Oct 2026 |
| Work setting | on-site | peers: 40% remote · 30% no call · 64% no weekends50 benchmarked listings |
| Sign-on & loan repayment | not stated | New Jersey Counselor listings: 10% state a sign-on bonus (median $6k) · 5% offer loan repayment338 active listings, Oct 2026 |
| Counselor pay trend | +2.6% vs prior quarter | —through Sep 2026 |
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$82k-$109kWork-life snapshot
Listing-based score, 0–10, across 357 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.
- No weekends
- On-site
Benefits & Perks
Living in Berlin
- Typical 3-bedroom home value
- $378k
- Median resident rent
- $1,439/mo
- Residents’ average commute
- 36 min
- Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
- 102.6
- State income tax
- Up to 10.8%
Sources & methodology
Sources: Zillow home values (Sep 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.
BEA 2024 · Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.
City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.