Licensed Therapist
Listed compensation
$30/hr
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- Employment & setting
- Full-Time
- Call expectations
- Not specified
- Weekends
- Not specified
Job Description
- Salary Range: $30.00 HourlyJob Category: OtherApalachee Center, Inc. is best known for helping individuals and families of North Florida succeed in recovering from emotional, psychiatric, and substance abuse crises. Apalachee Center, Inc. provides comprehensive behavioral health services across 8 counties (Franklin, Gadsden, Jefferson, Leon, Liberty, Madison, Taylor, and Wakulla Counties). Apalachee Center, Inc. offers competitive benefits for our full-time positions to include health, dental, vision, basic life insurance, long term dis
- ability, paid time off, and more. Overview: Professional counseling work in providing brief individual and group therapy and related indirect client services. Provides crisis intervention to promote stabilization and avert hospitalization. Maintains documentation regarding client progress in the client records. ESSENTIAL/CORE JOB-SPECIFIC DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES 1. Provides individual, group, marital and family therapy in accordance with established and acceptable clinical protocols in the office, through teletherapy, in the community, and in the client's home as necessary. Provide Therapeutic Behavioral On-Site services (TBOS) (i. e. providing services in client's home and school). 2. Maintains all required and appropriate documentation for clinical records and progress notes for assigned cases in accordance with Client Record Handbook specifications or Agency policies and procedures. 3. Meets service productivity standard of at least 62.5% (or 5 out of 8 work hours) for the pro
- vision of direct therapy services in accordance with applicable clinical/quality criteria which are supported by appropriate clinical record documentation which meet Clinical Record Handbook specifications, SAL documentation requirements, and Agency business/clinical ethics standards. 4. Requests authorization for services through insurance when required.
Qualifications
Education/Experience: Master’s degree with from an accredited university or college with a major in the field of counseling, social work, psychology, or a related human services field. Two years of related professional experience. Licensure or Certification: Must be licensed by the State of Florida as a clinical social worker, marriage and family therapist or mental health counselor. Must possess valid driver’s license. Maintain authorization as a designated driver in accordance with Agency policy.
Key Responsibilities
Provides individual, group, marital, and family therapy in various settings including office, home, and school environments. Maintains accurate clinical documentation and provides crisis intervention to promote client stabilization.
Requirements
Requires a Master's degree in counseling, social work, psychology, or a related field. Must hold a valid Florida state license as a clinical social worker, marriage and family therapist, or mental health counselor.
Qualifications
- Education
- Master's degree (postgraduate degree)
- Experience
- 2+ years of experience
Key Skills
Work-Life Balance Analysis
WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Licensed Therapist at APALACHEE CENTER a 7.2 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as very good. This places the position in the top 25% in Mental Health Therapy (Counseling) — ranked against 7,782 active Mental Health Therapy (Counseling) listings on WeekdayDoc.
Counselor Career Context
Of the 50 active Mental Health Therapy listings this role was benchmarked against, 52% are remote, 30% have no call, 58% require no weekends.
Mental Health Therapy pay on WeekdayDoc is up 10.4% 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 ~$62k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $60k 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 ~$62k midpoint, that is roughly $2k–$4k a year versus a typical 4–7% state rate.
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