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St. Louis, Missouri

Student Counselor

CounselorFull-Time

Listed compensation

$55k-$60k

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Employment & setting
Full-Time
Call expectations
Not specified
Weekends
Not specified
Posted 2h ago · Verified live

Job Description

About the role

Plans, coordinates, develops, and implements an individual and group counseling program for assigned students, in compliance with government and management directives.

What you'll do

Provide educational, career technical, personal, and social adjustment counseling in individual and group settings.

Review student background files, conduct personal interviews, and assess students to determine appropriate placement into Center programs.

Conduct new student intakes, Morning Report follow-up, attendance accountability, AWOL retrieval, leave, and separation services.

Lead ongoing evaluation of student progress (ESP) process and recommend programmatic and behavioral changes student based on progress/barriers.

Participate in other Center programs including new student orientation, leadership, various groups, and TEAP.

As appropriate, refer cases to Mental Health Consultant for psychological evaluation of student mental and emotional problems.

  • Maintain accurate and timely records of all counseling activity.
  • Maintain student accountability and participate in student retrieval as required.

Assist in training Center staff related to counseling services and related systems, processes, and requirements.

Coordinate with Career Transition Services to provide guidance and career counseling to students, referring them to college placement, military placement, and off-Center programs.

  • Assist students in arranging emergency leave.
  • Coordinate specialty counseling programs, as required.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree (including 15 semester hours of instruction in social services-related instruction).
  • One year experience in counseling or related field.
  • Valid driver’s license.

Key Responsibilities

Provide individual and group counseling, assess students for program placement, and guide their educational, career, personal, and social adjustment. Monitor student progress and accountability, maintain counseling records, coordinate referrals and career transition services, and support related Center programs and staff training.

Key Skills

Individual CounselingStudent AssessmentStudent IntakeProgress EvaluationBehavioral SupportCase ReferralRecordkeepingProgram CoordinationAttendance ManagementCrisis Support

School Counseling — Counselor Career Context

Of the 50 active Counselor listings this role was benchmarked against, 36% are remote, 30% have no call, 72% require no weekends.

Counselor pay on WeekdayDoc is up 2.8% vs. the prior quarter (through Aug 2026).

The cost-of-living index for Missouri is 90.8 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$58k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $63k in an average-cost state. 60.1% of Missouri clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

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401k / retirement match
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CME allowance
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Loan repayment
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PSLF eligible
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Sign-on bonus
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Work-life snapshot

3.0/ 10
Listing-based score

Living in St. Louis

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$258k
Typical market rent
$1,334/mo
Residents’ average commute
22 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
95.1
State income tax
Up to 5.3%
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · St. Louis, MO-IL metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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

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