LPC, LCSW, LMFT, LMSW, PLPC, or CSW
Compensation
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Job Description
Behavioral Health Services - LPC/LMFT/LCSW/LMSW/ PLPC
Provide individual direct care CPST, PSR, and Psychotherapy services to clients.
General Responsibilities
Provides direct counseling services to clients and families - CPST, PSR, and Psychotherapy services to clients.
- Willing to see clients via Telehealth and in person ( Hammond, Denham Springs, Walker)
- Attends necessary training's and conferences to maintain licensure.
- Provide crisis intervention sessions to clients if needed
- Maintains accurate and timely records, including clinical progress notes, according to HCO’s facility policy.
- Provides positive customer relations in dealing with patients, families, physicians, members of the healthcare team, referral sources, service agencies and others.
- Ensures high-quality services are being provided to all clients served
Job Qualifications
Valid Louisiana clinical license (Licensed Clinical Social Worker: LCSW, Licensed Professional Counselor: LPC, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist: LMFT, Licensed Master Social Worker: LMSW, Provisional Licensed Counselor: PLPC, Certified Social Worker: CSW)
- Excellent assertive communication skills.
- A sound leader who possesses excellent communication and interpersonal skills to foster cooperation across departmental lines and manage information, environmental and fiscal resources to accomplish goals.
- Good writing and composition skills.
- Able to organize and prioritize high volume workload.
- Able to function with minimal supervision.
- Therapeutic Intervention De-escalation Education required.
Ability to maintain overall good work attitude and interact cooperatively and professionally with other staff members.
Basic competency in age/disability/cultural diversity needs of patients served and ability to relate to patients in a manner sensitive to those needs.
Key Responsibilities
Provide direct counseling services including CPST, PSR, and psychotherapy to clients and families. Maintain accurate clinical records and ensure high-quality care while managing crisis intervention sessions as needed.
Requirements
Must hold a valid Louisiana clinical license such as LCSW, LPC, LMFT, LMSW, PLPC, or CSW. Requires excellent communication skills, the ability to prioritize a high-volume workload, and competency in therapeutic de-escalation.
Qualifications
- Education
- Professional certificate or licensure
- Experience
- 2+ years of experience
Key Skills
Behavioral Health — Counselor Career Context
The cost-of-living index for Louisiana is 88.2 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 60.8% of Louisiana clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
Of the 50 active Counselor listings this role was benchmarked against, 54% are remote, 26% have no call, 56% require no weekends — this position is remote.
| Measure | This job | Market |
|---|---|---|
| Work-life score | 6.9 / 10 · top 10% in behavioral health (counseling) | ranked against 333 Behavioral Health (Counseling) listingslisting-based score, 0–10 |
| Listed pay | not listed | Counselor median $85k (middle half $66k–$98k)21 comparable listings, Nov 2026 |
| Cost of living | Louisiana index 88.2 | US average = 100BEA Regional Price Parities (2024) |
| All counselor listings in Louisiana | 86 active | 12,760 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026 |
| Work setting | remote | peers: 54% remote · 26% no call · 56% no weekends50 benchmarked listings |
| Sign-on & loan repayment | not stated | US counselor listings (all specialties): 13% state a sign-on bonus (median $3k) · 11% offer loan repayment1,000 active listings, Nov 2026 |
| New Behavioral Health listings | 842 in the last 30 days | 476 the 30 days before (+77%)U.S., first seen on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026 |
| HCO Behavioral Health | silver tier, 78/100 | Top Employers work-life index15 active listings |
Work-Life Balance Analysis
WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates LPC, LCSW, LMFT, LMSW, PLPC, or CSW at HCO Behavioral Health a 6.9 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the top 10% in Behavioral Health (Counseling) — ranked against 333 active Behavioral Health (Counseling) listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include remote work flexibility.
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