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St. Joseph's Health
Paterson, New Jersey

Counselor Residence

Counselor / TherapistFull-Time

Listed compensation

$16.39-$25.4/hr

The week · per this posting · weekdays assumed

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Posted 4mo ago

Job Description

Responsible for assisting senior staff in guaranteeing the provision of psychiatric rehabilitative case management services to consumers residing in varied therapeutic supervised settings. Communicates and documents all observations and discussions utilizing established protocols. Addresses all treatment needs of consumer residents, assuring they reside in safe and therapeutic environments.

St. Joseph’s Health is recognized for the expertise and compassion of its highly skilled and responsive staff. The combined efforts of the organization’s outstanding physicians, superb nurses, and dedicated clinical and professional staff have made us one of the most highly respected healthcare organizations in the state, the largest employer in Passaic County, and one of the nation’s “100 Best Places to Work in Health Care”.

Benefits Eligibility: (Full-time and Part-time Employees-over 20 hours a week)

  • Competitive salary*
  • Robust benefits with health, dental, Rx and vision plans
  • 403b retirement plan options with company match**
  • Health & Wellness*
  • Non-Profit Health System – eligible for Federal Student Loan Forgiveness
  • PTO, and paid holidays
  • Tuition reimbursement
  • Employee Assistance Program
  • LTD: Long Term Disability
  • Life Insurance Options
  • Onsite Day care Program

*Available for Per Diem Employees and Part-time Employees working under 20 hours per week.

**403b Company Match not applicable for Per Diem Employees and Part-time Employees working under 20 hours per week.

Pay transparency: St. Joseph’s Health provides a salary range to comply with New Jersey Law. The rate of pay for each position will be determined based on a variety of factors including the candidate's relevant experience, qualifications, skills, etc.” The salary range does not include incentives, differential pay or other forms of compensation.

St. Joseph’s University Medical Center is an academic tertiary care medical center and state designated trauma center, located on the Paterson campus, regularly accepts referrals of difficult or unusual cases from other hospitals and physicians and performs both complex and routine procedures.

The Medical Center offers a full complement of specialty and subspecialty services including ambulatory, behavioral health, cardiovascular, emergency/trauma, internal medicine, neuroscience, oncology, orthopedic/spine, rehabilitation, surgical specialty, women’s health, imaging and pediatrics.

The nursing team at St. Joseph’s University Medical Center, which includes St.

Joseph’s Children’s Hospital, has held the Magnet Award for Nursing Excellence, the profession’s highest honor, since 1999. They are also recipients of the prestigious 2010 Magnet Prize™ - one of only 8 Magnet-designated hospitals to ever receive The Magnet Prize, and the only one worldwide to receive the 2010 award.

Key Responsibilities

Assist senior staff in providing psychiatric rehabilitative case management services to consumers in supervised therapeutic settings. Document all observations and ensure residents reside in safe, therapeutic environments.

Requirements

The candidate must be able to communicate and document treatment needs according to established protocols. Relevant experience and qualifications will determine the final pay rate within the provided range.

Key Skills

Clinical DocumentationPatient ObservationCrisis InterventionTherapeutic Environment Management

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Counselor Residence at St. Joseph's Health a 6.6 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the top 25% of all counselor listings evaluated on our platform.

Counselor Career Context

St. Joseph's Health holds silver-tier status on WeekdayDoc's Top Employers work-life index, composite score 70/100, 46 active listings.

Of the 50 active Counselor listings this role was benchmarked against, 66% are remote, 30% have no call, 62% require no weekends.

Counselor by the numbers
MeasureThis jobMarket
Listed pay$34k–$53kCounselor median $60k (middle half $42k–$92k)14 comparable listings, Oct 2026
Cost-of-living adjusted pay~$40k in purchasing powerNew Jersey index 108.8 (US = 100)BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Counselor listings in New Jersey338 active13,712 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Oct 2026
Work settingon-sitepeers: 66% remote · 30% no call · 62% no weekends50 benchmarked listings
Counselor pay trend+2.8% vs prior quarter—through Sep 2026
St. Joseph's Healthsilver tier, 70/100Top Employers work-life index46 active listings
Sources: WeekdayDoc live listing index, Top Employers work-life index, BEA Regional Price Parities (2024); as of Oct 2026. Same values as the Weekday Verdict and Market Insights on this page.

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About St. Joseph's Health

Hospitals and Health Care
Paterson, NJ
1,001-5,000 employees

Benefits & Perks

Competitive salary
Health insurance
Dental insurance
Vision insurance
Prescription drug plan
403b retirement plan with company match
Health & Wellness program
Federal Student Loan Forgiveness eligibility

Living in Paterson

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$508k
Typical market rent
$1,889/mo
Residents’ average commute
23 min
State income tax
Up to 10.8%
Sources & methodology

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

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