CRISIS CENTER - Therapist - Full time - Overnight

CounselorFull-Time

Listed compensation

Starting at $70K

The week · per this posting · weekdays assumed

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Job Description

  • Fully Licensed: Starting at $70,000
  • Associate Licensed: $57,000
  • Master's Level/ New Graduates: $43,990
  • Working Together for A Better Tomorrow!

Are you passionate about mental health and looking for a meaningful career where you can make a real impact? Legacy Behavioral Health is seeking a therapist to join our team in Lowndes County.

Under general supervision, our therapists are responsible for completing evaluation and therapeutic services to mental health consumers in an inpatient setting. Responsibilities include completion of complex psychosocial assessments, treatment team participation, treatment planning/monitoring, and discharge planning. Provides individual, family and group counseling to consumers and their families.

The Therapist will be supervised by the Clinical Team Leader.

Requirements

Master’s degree in social work, psychology, or counseling with a supervised clinical practicum

Degree Must Be License Eligible

  • Clinical license (LCSW, LMSW, LMFT, LAMFT, LPC, LAPC) and have experience working in the social services field; preferred
  • Someone who is dedicated to quality work
  • Someone who is a self-starter and goal orientated

A Valid Georgia Driver’s License

  • Excellent problem-solving and interpersonal skills including verbal and written communication, conflict resolution, and teamwork
  • Computer experience.

Benefits

  • Health insurance: Quality, affordable coverage through State of Georgia employee benefit plans.
  • Competitive pay
  • 24 Days of paid leave in your first year
  • Retirement Plans: Automatic 2% employer contribution to your 401(k), plus a 3% match after one year.

Why Legacy?

Legacy Behavioral Health is a leading provider of mental health and substance use services across 10 counties in South Georgia. Our mission is rooted in transforming lives through compassionate, individualized care.

Working Conditions: Must be physically and emotionally fit to work in a stress-filled environment to meet deadlines and deal with routine and crisis situations. May have extended periods of sitting, walking, and standing. Requires varying hours of duty to provide monitoring, educational and/or crisis handling, as well as travel to off campus locations in BHSGA or personal vehicle.

Physical Demands: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job: Must be able to lift fifteen to twenty-five pounds and endure extended periods of standing on a daily basis.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and hear. This position is very active and requires standing, walking, bending, kneeling, stooping and crouching as well as lifting and supporting the individuals served.

All Relevant Information Is Subject to Verification

  • Position opened to: ALL QUALIFIED APPLICANTS
  • Internal Applicants must be in their current position for 6 months with no disciplinary action unless the position available is within your current department and you have been employed in your current position for 1 month without any disciplinary action.
  • Drug-Free and Smoke Free Workplace/ Equal Opportunity Employer

Key Responsibilities

The therapist is responsible for conducting psychosocial assessments, developing treatment plans, and providing individual, family, and group counseling in an inpatient setting. They must also participate in treatment team meetings and manage discharge planning for mental health consumers.

Qualifications

Education
Master's degree (postgraduate degree)

Key Skills

Individual counselingFamily counselingCrisis interventionComputer literacyClinical documentation

Counselor Career Context

Legacy Behavioral Health Services Human Resources ranks #16 of 18 employers hiring Counselor on WeekdayDoc by average advertised pay.

Of the 50 active Mental Health Therapy listings this role was benchmarked against, 34% are remote, 40% have no call, 64% require no weekends.

The cost-of-living index for Georgia is 96.3 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$57k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $59k in an average-cost state. 59.8% of Georgia clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

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Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks21 jobs · 20 employers

401k / retirement match
100% this job
CME allowance
33%
Sign-on bonus
24%
Loan repayment
5%
PSLF eligible
5%

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Work-life snapshot

median 6.1this job 3.0
Better work-life than 20% of Mental Health Therapy (Counseling) listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 8,033 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

Living in Valdosta

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$217k≈ 4.9× annual pay
Typical market rent
$1,349/mo≈ 37% of gross pay
Residents’ average commute
16 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
88.3
State income tax
Up to 5.8%
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · Valdosta, GA metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

Ratios use this listing’s gross annual pay. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.

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About Legacy Behavioral Health Services Human Resources

Mental Health Care
Valdosta, Georgia
51-200 employees

Benefits & Perks

Health Insurance
24 Days Paid Leave
401(k) with 2% Employer Contribution and 3% Match
Competitive Pay