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Munson Healthcare
Cadillac, Michigan

Behavioral Health Counselor II - Family Practice

Counselor Top 25% in Behavioral Health (Counseling)No weekendsNo nightsFull-Time

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Full-Time
Call expectations
Not specified
Weekends
No weekends
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Job Description

  • Company Description
  • Location: 7985 Mackinaw Trail, Cadillac, MI
  • Schedule: Monday - Friday - Day Shift
  • Sign-On Bonus: $7,500 Sign-On Bonus (Terms and Conditions Apply)
  • More Than Just Care, It’s Community

Imagine doing meaningful work in a place where people vacation. That’s life at Munson Healthcare - northern Michigan’s largest healthcare system, with eight award-winning community hospitals serving over half a million residents across 29 counties.

If you want a career in healthcare and a lifestyle most people only dream about – with freshwater lakes, scenic trails, charming downtowns, a vibrant arts scene, and endless outdoor adventures - you might just be Munson Material. To us, that means teammates who live by our values of excellence, teamness, positivity, creativity, and a commitment to creating exceptional experiences for our patients and each other. Join a team that delivers outstanding care in one of the most beautiful regions in the country.

Invested in You

Grow: Tuition reimbursement, in-person and online development, and access to our career hub to help you advance.

Thrive: Full benefits, paid holidays, generous PTO, employee discounts, and free individual retirement counseling.

Be Well: Free wellness platform for you and your family, plus personalized support for personal or family challenges.

Be Heard: Share your ideas and help shape the way we work through improvement huddles, employee surveys, and town hall meetings

Job Description

A Day in the Life

Provides individualized treatment to patients and their families through assessment, diagnosis, planning, education, intervention, discharge planning and evaluation of outcomes.

Conducts didactic and treatment group and individual sessions.

Demonstrates competency through the annual competency assessment, customer evaluation, clinical staff dialogue, performance appraisals and staff education.

Documents application of the treatment process focusing on outcome criteria in accordance with hospital, departmental and regulatory agency requirements.

Communicates with other members of the health care team through case reviews to ensure continuity of care and coordination of services.

Qualifications

  • What’s Required
  • Master's degree and license in Social Work preferred with 3 years or 6000 hours related work experience.
  • Licensed in good standing in the State of Michigan as a Mental Health Professional

Minimum 2 years mental health experience. Prefer experience with co-occurring disorders (mental health and substance use disorders).

  • ICRC-certified or certifiable chemical dependency counselor and/or licensed preferred.
  • Demonstrated knowledge and proficiency in the treatment of Mental Health Disorders.

Demonstrated knowledge and proficiency in substance use dependency treatment concepts and applications with focus on evidence-based practices.

  • LLMSW - Limited License will also be considered.
  • Additional Information

Are you Munson Material? Apply today!

Munson Healthcare requires all employees be vaccinated or have lab confirmed immunity for Measles, Mumps, Rubella and Varicella. MHC also requires all employees to receive a flu vaccine during the flu season in the year that they are hired and annually thereafter, or receive an approved medical or religious exemption.

Shift: Day Shift

Status: Full Time

Key Responsibilities

Assess, diagnose, plan, and provide individualized treatment and education to patients and their families, including individual and group sessions. Document treatment and outcomes, coordinate care with the healthcare team, and support continuity of services through case reviews and discharge planning.

Qualifications

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

Key Skills

Mental Health AssessmentTreatment PlanningPatient and Family EducationIndividual TherapyGroup TherapyOutcome EvaluationClinical DocumentationCare CoordinationMental Health Disorder TreatmentSubstance Use Disorder TreatmentCo-Occurring Disorder Treatment

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Behavioral Health Counselor II - Family Practice at Munson Healthcare a 6.4 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the top 25% in Behavioral Health (Counseling) — ranked against 297 active Behavioral Health (Counseling) listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no weekend requirements, no night shifts.

Behavioral Health — Counselor Career Context

Of the 50 active Counselor listings this role was benchmarked against, 30% are remote, 38% have no call, 64% require no weekends.

Counselor pay on WeekdayDoc is up 2.8% vs. the prior quarter (through Aug 2026).

The cost-of-living index for Michigan is 96.2 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 61.8% of Michigan clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

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Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks29 jobs · 27 employers

401k / retirement match
90%
PSLF eligible
41%
Loan repayment
31%
CME allowance
28%
Sign-on bonus
17% this job

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Work-life snapshot

6.4/ 10
Listing-based score

Top 25% in Behavioral Health (Counseling)

  • No weekends
  • No nights

Living in Cadillac

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$251k
Median resident rent
$842/mo
Residents’ average commute
14 min
State income tax
Up to 4.3%
Sources & methodology

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

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

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About Munson Healthcare

Hospitals and Health Care
Traverse City, MI
1,001-5,000 employees

Benefits & Perks

$7,500 Sign-On Bonus
Tuition Reimbursement
Full Benefits
Paid Holidays
Generous PTO
Employee Discounts
Free Retirement Counseling
Free Wellness Platform