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Phoenix Rescue Mission
Phoenix, Arizona

Lead Counselor (Women's Campus)

CounselorIncludes callNo weekendsFull-Time

Listed compensation

$68k-$83k

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Posted 35m ago · Verified live

Job Description

We transform lives.

Phoenix Rescue Mission is a place of hope, healing, and new beginnings for men, women, and children facing hunger, homelessness, addiction, and trauma. We follow Christ’s example of servant-leadership and teamwork in our ministry of rescue and restoration.

We are a community who values and celebrates one another and we strive toward excellence together as a certified Best Christian Workplace. At this moment, God is doing important and incredible things at Phoenix Rescue Mission. Do you want to be a part of it?

Who Will Love This Job

An experienced clinician, you are confident managing complex client needs and providing individual, family, and group counseling.

A clinical mentor, you enjoy sharing your expertise, developing others, and strengthening the clinical capabilities of less-experienced staff.

A steady decision-maker, you exercise sound clinical judgment and remain composed in complex, high-pressure, or emotionally difficult situations.

A collaborative leader, you enjoy partnering with others to strengthen clinical quality, consistency, and positive client outcomes.

A committed Christian, you demonstrate spiritual maturity and model how professional excellence, clinical integrity, and Christian faith can work together in the care of clients.

Your Top Responsibilities

Provide individual, family, and group counseling while managing an advanced client caseload.

Conduct complex assessments, treatment planning, clinical interventions, crisis response, and ongoing evaluation of client progress.

Serve as a clinical resource to Recovery Coaches, Counselors, interns, and other counseling staff through consultation, guidance, mentoring, and training.

Support consistent implementation of Recovery Program curriculum, clinical practices, documentation standards, and program quality.

Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams, community providers, and referral partners to support continuity of care and positive client outcomes.

Maintain accurate and timely clinical documentation in accordance with PRM, professional, and regulatory standards.

Participate in the on-call rotation, providing clinical coverage and crisis consultation outside regular business hours as assigned.

Help shape a counseling environment where clients encounter Christ-centered care, biblical truth, grace, accountability, and hope, while supporting the integration of Christian discipleship into clinical practice

Requirements

What You Should Have

Master’s degree in Counseling, Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapy, Addiction Counseling, Psychology, or another closely related behavioral health field.

Current Arizona Board of Behavioral Health Examiners associate-level licensure (LMSW, LAC, LAMFT, or applicable equivalent) required; independent licensure preferred.

Minimum three years of professional counseling or behavioral health experience, including experience with substance use disorders and individuals experiencing complex recovery needs.

Demonstrated experience in prevention, crisis intervention, education, treatment, and group facilitation.

Strong clinical judgment with the ability to provide coaching, mentoring, consultation, and guidance to other counseling professionals.

Current Arizona Level 1 Fingerprint Clearance Card with no restrictions, or eligibility to obtain and maintain one without restrictions.

Valid driver's license with an acceptable motor vehicle record and ability to meet Mission driving requirements.

Spiritual maturity and the ability to distinguish between clinical expertise and pastoral care while appropriately incorporating both into PRM’s model of service.

What We Offer

  • Life-giving work that transforms the cities we serve
  • Caring and supportive environment
  • Generous health, dental, and vision benefits
  • 401(k) match program
  • Robust paid time off program
  • 12 paid holidays annually
  • Continuing education opportunities

Key Responsibilities

Provide individual, family, and group counseling while managing an advanced client caseload and conducting complex assessments. Serve as a clinical resource to staff through mentoring, training, and ensuring consistent implementation of clinical practices.

Qualifications

Education
Professional certificate or licensure
Experience
2+ years of experience

Key Skills

Individual counselingFamily counselingClinical assessmentClinical mentoringSubstance use disorder treatmentCase managementSpiritual leadershipMultidisciplinary collaborationClinical supervision

Behavioral Health — Counselor Career Context

Of the 50 active Behavioral Health listings this role was benchmarked against, 46% are remote, 34% have no call, 70% require no weekends.

The cost-of-living index for Arizona is 100.7 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$76k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $75k in an average-cost state. 60.3% of Arizona clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Behavioral Health pay on WeekdayDoc is up 19.1% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).

Top Counselor Jobs

25 matches · ranked by pay

Salary Distribution25 jobs · 23 employers

8
<$75k
3
$75k-95k
8
$95k-115k
5
$115k-135k
1
$138k

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks22 jobs

401k / retirement match
95% this job
CME allowance
45% this job
Loan repayment
18%
Sign-on bonus
14%
PSLF eligible
5% this job

Share of similar jobs offering each benefit

#1

Behavioral Health Provider (ASW/LCSW or AMFT/LMFT) - Napa

OLE Health · Napa, California

$88k-$138k
#2

Psychotherapist, Behavioral Health

Sutter Health · Santa Clara, California

$94k-$132k
#3

Mental Health Therapist

$131k
#4

Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT, LPC, LCSW)

$92k-$125k
+ 23 more · ranked by pay

Work-life snapshot

median 3.5this job 5.1
Better work-life than 70% of Behavioral Health (Counseling) listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 340 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • No weekends
  • Includes call

Living in Phoenix

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$406k≈ 6.0× annual pay
Typical market rent
$1,574/mo≈ 28% of gross pay
Residents’ average commute
26 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
103.3
State income tax
Up to 2.5%
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ 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 Phoenix Rescue Mission

Non-profit Organizations
Phoenix, Arizona
51-200 employees

Benefits & Perks

Generous health, dental, and vision benefits
401(k) match program
Robust paid time off program
12 paid holidays annually
Continuing education opportunities
Nonprofit - PSLF eligible