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Beloit Health System
Beloit, Wisconsin

Social Worker II - Counseling Care Center - School-Based

CounselorIncludes callFull-Time

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Job Description

  • Beloit Health System is looking to add a Social Worker /Mental Health Therapist to our Counseling Care Team!
  • Shift: First
  • Schedule: 8a - 6p (8-hour shifts within this timeframe)
  • Hours per week: 40
  • Benefits Status: Eligible
  • Department: Counseling Care

The Counseling Care Center is seeking a Wisconsin-licensed, School-Based Therapist to work with youth and adolescents. The role involves individual, group and family therapy within the school Setting and collaborating with school personnel.

Performs comprehensive mental health treatment to patients and families

Utilizes DSM-V standards for diagnosing

Completes Psychosocial Evaluations on All Identified Clients

  • Completes treatment plans and treatment plan reviews, focusing on the improvement of mental health symptoms and emotional/personal functioning
  • Provides competent and comprehensive treatment approaches to mental health diagnosis and emotional struggles
  • Implements preventative strategies to mental and emotion disorders
  • Takes a lead role in managing client's mental healthcare needs through case management and advocacy
  • Provide treatment to diverse populations and ages, including individuals, families and groups

Builds referral relationships within the Hospital setting and the treatment community, for referral and care networks

Effectively manages crisis patient needs, facilitating care within the multidisciplinary team, in an empathetic and knowledgeable manner

Participates in an on-call rotation (1-2 weeks per year)

Job Requirements

  • Master's degree in Social Work, Counseling and Guidance or related degree from an accredited university
  • Ideally Licensed as LPC, LCSW or LMFT in Wisconsin (Minimal License is LPC-IT or MSW-IT)
  • Ideal candidate will have 3000 hours post-graduate experience

Excellent Verbal and Written Skills

  • Must have the ability to work independently with minimal instruction and effectively within a team setting
  • Experience with electronic medical record (EMR) is a plus.
  • Reporting Relationship: Department Manager
  • Apply to join our team today!

Key Responsibilities

The social worker will provide comprehensive mental health treatment to youth and adolescents within a school setting, including individual, group, and family therapy. They will also manage client mental healthcare needs through case management, advocacy, and crisis intervention while collaborating with school personnel.

Requirements

Candidates must hold a Master's degree in Social Work, Counseling, or a related field and possess a Wisconsin license such as LPC, LCSW, or LMFT. Ideally, the candidate should have 3000 hours of post-graduate experience and proficiency with electronic medical records.

Qualifications

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

Key Skills

Mental health therapyIndividual therapyGroup therapyTreatment planningMultidisciplinary collaboration

Social Work — Counselor Career Context

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

Social Work pay on WeekdayDoc is up 13.3% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).

The cost-of-living index for Wisconsin is 94.1 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 60.7% of Wisconsin clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

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Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks27 jobs

401k / retirement match
89%
CME allowance
37%
Sign-on bonus
30%
Loan repayment
7%
PSLF eligible
7%

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Work-life snapshot

median 6.4this job 3.0
Better work-life than 20% of Social Work (Counseling) listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 210 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • Includes call

Living in Beloit

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$224k
Typical market rent
$1,402/mo
Residents’ average commute
23 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
93.7
State income tax
Up to 7.7%
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · Janesville-Beloit, WI metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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