Children's Outpatient Therapist
Listed compensation
$55K - $60K
Listing transparency2 of 6 stated
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- Employment & setting
- Full-Time
- Call expectations
- Not specified
- Weekends
- Not specified
Job Description
- Position Title: Therapist
- Position Type: Full Time; 35 Hours/Weekly, Flexible Schedule with evening availability
- Benefits Eligible: Yes
- Location: Toms River
- Department: Children’s Outpatient
- Salary: $55,000-$60,000
Responsibilities
- Provide individual and family therapy
- Conduct assessments, formulate diagnosis and preliminary treatment plan
Facilitate referrals to those clients requiring a mental health/substance abuse screening and ensure appropriate follow-up
- Provide case management to assigned case load
- Develop the Comprehensive Treatment plan
- Master's Degree in Social Work, Counseling, or a Human Services Related Field
- Minimum of LAC/LSW required
- Minimum 1 year post master's experience
- Full Benefits
- 12 Paid Holidays
- 12 Sick Days
- 6 Personal Days
- Accrued Vacation
- Medical/Dental/Vision
- Company paid Life Insurance and Long-Term Disability
- 403B Plan with Company Match
- Opportunities for training/education/Continuing Education Credits
- Opportunities for Public Loan Forgiveness
- Opportunities for tuition discounts at participating educational institutions
- Employee discounts through LifeMart and Tickets At Work
Requirements
Candidates must hold a Master's degree in Social Work, Counseling, or a related human services field. A minimum of one year of post-master's experience and an LAC or LSW license are required.
Qualifications
- Education
- Master's degree (postgraduate degree)
Key Skills
Work-Life Balance Analysis
WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Children's Outpatient Therapist at Bright Harbor Healthcare a 7.9 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 7,736 active Mental Health Therapy (Counseling) listings on WeekdayDoc.
Counselor Career Context
Of the 50 active Mental Health Therapy listings this role was benchmarked against, 38% are remote, 34% have no call, 60% require no weekends.
Mental Health Therapy pay on WeekdayDoc is up 6.4% vs. the prior quarter (through Aug 2026).
The cost-of-living index for New Jersey is 108.8 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$58k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $53k in an average-cost state. 63.8% of New Jersey clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
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Living in Toms River
- Typical 3-bedroom home value
- $517k
- Typical market rent
- $2,934/mo
- Residents’ average commute
- 30 min
- State income tax
- Up to 10.8%
Sources & methodology
Sources: Zillow home values (Aug 2026), Zillow market rents (Aug 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.
City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.
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