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RHA Health Services
Asheville, North Carolina

Licensed Mental Health Counselor/Social Worker/Overnight

Social WorkerNo callFull-Time

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Job Description

We Are Hiring For

Licensed Mental Health Counselor/Social Worker/Overnight

Type

Credentialed

If you are a positive and personable individual looking for a satisfying and fun opportunity to make a real difference in the lives of people with intellectual, developmental disabilities, and people facing mental health, and substance use challenges, join our team at RHA Health Services!

  • Provides support to individuals with Mental Health (MH) or Substance Abuse Issues in a Behavioral Health Urgent Care setting.
  • Complete crisis assessment, discharge planning and care coordination with stakeholders.
  • Complete risk assessments such as the Columbia Suicide Severity Scale and the Violence Risk Assessment
  • Utilize de-escalation techniques and solution-focused interventions

This position relies on knowledge, experience, and judgment with limited supervision and direction to provide quality services.

Education, Licensure, and Experience required for the position include:

Must meet the requirements of a Fully or Associate Licensed Social Worker or Mental Health Counselor

Physical requirements to perform essential functions of the job included:

  • Regularly required to lift 10 lbs. Must be able to lift a minimum of 15 lbs. Must be able to pull minimum of 10 lbs.
  • Must be able to squat, kneel, crawl, crouch, climb, and stoop.
  • Must be able to regularly use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls.
  • Required to regularly stand and walk.
  • Must be able to demonstrate proficiency in CPR from the floor level requiring to work on hands, knees, bending, standing and lifting.
  • Vision requirements include close vision, distance vision, and peripheral vision.
  • Must be able to talk and hear

No on Call Responsibilities!

Shift differential pay

No Case Load or Productivity Requirement!

$5,000.00 sign on bonus!

Calling all compassionate and caring licensed professionals who are looking to partner with a crisis based service provider offering mental health and substance abuse services.

RHA Behavioral Health Services is looking for dedicated Licensed Professionals to join our interdisciplinary healthcare team providing support to individuals entering the Behavioral Health Urgent Care.

In this dynamic and rewarding role, there is an emphasis on creating interventions that are strength-based and focused on promoting recovery, symptom reduction, increased coping skills, and linkage to the most appropriate level of care.

If you’re looking for an opportunity to truly make a difference in the lives of the people that you serve then consider RHA Behavioral Health Services where we put people first!

  • Job Responsibilities
  • Perform Case Management functions of linking and arranging for services and referrals
  • Provide support to individuals with Mental Health (MH) or Substance Abuse issues in a crisis center setting.
  • Complete crisis assessment, discharge planning and care coordination with stakeholders.
  • Complete risk assessments such as the Columbia Suicide Severity Scale and the Violence Risk Assessment
  • Utilize de-escalation techniques and solution focused interventions
  • Working closely with other clinical/professional staff to maintain communication and providing feedback
  • Complete all documentation accurately in within the current working shift

All Other Duties as Assigned

This position relies on knowledge, experience, and judgment with limited supervision and direction to provide quality services.

Education

Bachelor Degree

Master’s Degree or Higher & 1+ years full-time experience with population served.

License, Provisional License, Certificate, Registration, Permit issued by governing board regulating human service profession.

Additional Requirements

Valid driver’s license and automotive insurance required

Benefits

RHA Behavioral Health Services offers a competitive compensation and benefits package to eligible employees that are aimed at supporting your health and wellness, financial planning, work-life balance, and protection from the unexpected.

The comprehensive compensation and benefits package for full time employees includes:

Competitive compensation program including regular performance feedback and coaching

Healthcare insurance: Medical, Dental, Vision, Disability, Voluntary Benefits, Employee Assistance Program, Telemed and Pharmacy Insurance, Health Advocate service which assists employees find doctors, schedule appointments, estimate costs, answer medical/prescription questions, resolve medical claims issues and basically does the leg-work for employees

  • Offering free diabetic medication and supplies
  • 401(k) retirement savings program with Wells Fargo
  • Paid Time Off

Company Sponsored Life and AD&D Insurance

  • Extensive Wellness Programs including company paid scholarships for healthy weight management and nicotine cessation, several wellness challenges and rewards through the year.
  • Free Annual Health Screening and wellness coaching event.
  • Discounted medical premiums for nicotine free employees.
  • Free CPR, first aid and job specific training opportunities
  • Opportunity to make a difference in the lives of the people that you serve!

Pre-employment Screening

Complete Criminal Background

Name checked in the registries. (OIG exclusions database, Child Abuse Registry, and Offenders Against Individuals with Developmental Disabilities)

Drug Testing

  • Education verification and other credentialing based on position requirements.
  • Proof of employment history or references (if required)

Positions that require driving Proof of driver's license, driver's insurance, and vehicle, IF required for providing transportation for individuals.

We Offer the Following Benefits to Employees

  • Payactiv: early access to the money you’ve earned from hours you’ve already worked, before payday!
  • Employee perks and discount program: to help you save money!
  • Paid Time Off (full-time employees only)
  • Health/Insurance (full-time employees only)
  • 401(k) retirement savings program
  • Wellbeing Programs: Physical, Emotional and Financial
  • Chronic Disease management programs for hypertension and diabetes (for qualifying employees)
  • Training: Free CPR, first aid, and job-specific training opportunities

*contract/contingent workers and interns do not qualify for any of the above benefits

EEO Statement RHA is an equal opportunity employer. In addition, we provide reasonable accommodation to qualified employees who have protected disabilities to the extent required by applicable laws, regulations, and ordinances. If you are an individual with a disability and need a reasonable accommodation to participate in the application process, please contact our solutions center.

About RHA

At RHA Health Services, we help individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities, mental health and/or substance use needs live their best lives. Our mission is to provide a safe and healthy environment while creating opportunities for personal outcomes.

For over 30 years, the people we serve and support have remained at the very center of everything we do. RHA currently provides services in North Carolina, Georgia, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, and New Jersey.

If you are ready to make a difference in the lives of people we serve and support apply to join the team today.

Key Responsibilities

Provide support to individuals with mental health or substance abuse issues in a behavioral health urgent care setting. Perform crisis assessments, discharge planning, and care coordination while utilizing de-escalation techniques.

Requirements

Must hold a bachelor's or master's degree and possess a valid license as a social worker or mental health counselor. Requires at least one year of full-time experience with the served population and a valid driver's license.

Qualifications

Education
Master's degree (postgraduate degree)

Key Skills

Mental health supportSubstance abuse support

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Licensed Mental Health Counselor/Social Worker/Overnight at RHA Health Services a 6.1 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the Above average in Social Work — ranked against 6,205 active Social Work listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no on-call duties.

Social Worker Career Context

RHA Health Services ranks #18 of 18 employers hiring Social Worker on WeekdayDoc by average advertised pay.

In North Carolina, the Social Work weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$78k (35 salary observations; 96 listings), vs ~$82k nationally (1,119 salary observations; 3,157 listings). Monthly aggregates cover 2026-01-01 through 2026-09-01; these are not the modal's selected comparable-job medians.

Of the 50 active Social Work listings this role was benchmarked against, 30% are remote, 40% have no call, 68% require no weekends.

Social Work pay on WeekdayDoc is down 1.0% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).

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).

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Salary Distribution34 jobs · 29 employers

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Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks27 jobs

401k / retirement match
89% this job
CME allowance
33%
Sign-on bonus
19% this job
Loan repayment
11%
PSLF eligible
11%

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Work-life snapshot

median 6.0this job 6.1
Better work-life than 50% of Social Work listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 6,205 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

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Living in Asheville

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$455k
Typical market rent
$1,704/mo
Residents’ average commute
18 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
96.5
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 · Asheville, NC metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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

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About RHA Health Services

Individual and Family Services
Asheville
1,001-5,000 employees

Benefits & Perks

Medical, Dental, Vision Insurance
Disability Insurance
Employee Assistance Program
Telemed and Pharmacy Insurance
Health Advocate Service
Free Diabetic Medication and Supplies
401(k) Retirement Savings Program with Wells Fargo
Paid Time Off