Mental Health Counselor - Per Diem

Monte Nido & Affiliates

11 days ago

Dedham, Massachusetts$19 - $23/hrPer Diem / PRNPsychology

✓ No Call✓ No Weekends

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Job Description

About the Role

Join Monte Nido & Affiliates, LLC as a Mental Health Counselor – Per Diem in United States.

Key Responsibilities

Include: Provide a safe and therapeutic milieu by monitoring residents and redirecting behaviors.

Assist residents through the admission process, including bag searches, required paperwork, and orientating new patients to the unit.

Establish therapeutic relationships with residents and providing resident care within Walden policies, philosophies, and objectives.

Observe residents and accurately and thoroughly document daily resident notes.

Requirements

Education: Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology or related field preferred, High School diploma required.

Experience: One year experience working with a psychiatric patient population preferred.

Eating Disorder knowledge and/or experience preferred.

Benefits & Compensation

Salary: $19 - $23/hr

Work Schedule

Per Diem position.

No explicit call, weekend, or night shift information provided.

Apply to join Monte Nido & Affiliates, LLC as a Mental Health Counselor – Per Diem.

Key Skills

Direct Patient CareClinical SupervisionTherapeutic MilieuBehavior RedirectionAdmission ProcessTherapeutic RelationshipsDocumentationMeal SupervisionGroup Therapy FacilitationDBTCBTBody ImageTeam CommunicationVitals MonitoringCrisis ManagementLimit Setting

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Position Insights

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Mental Health Counselor - Per Diem at Monte Nido & Affiliates a 4.0 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as below average. This places the position in the average range of all Psychology psychologist listings evaluated on our platform. Contributing factors include no on-call duties, no weekend requirements.

Candidates should carefully assess workload expectations and scheduling demands before applying.

Psychology — Psychologist Career Context

This Psychology position at Monte Nido & Affiliates is open to psychologist candidates.

Psychologists are seeing unprecedented demand driven by the mental health crisis, with telehealth dramatically expanding access and enabling fully remote practice.

Compensation Analysis

Stated compensation: $19 - $23/hr.

This position also offers production-based compensation: $23 per hourly. Production bonuses can significantly increase total earnings above the stated base salary range.

Location & Logistics

This position is based in Dedham, Massachusetts.

Why This Position Stands Out

No on-call requirements — clinicians are completely off-duty after hours
No weekend shifts — preserving personal and family time
Transparent compensation ($0k–$0k)

Skills, Responsibilities & Benefits

Key skills and qualifications: Direct Patient Care, Clinical Supervision, Therapeutic Milieu, Behavior Redirection, Admission Process, Therapeutic Relationships, Documentation, Meal Supervision. Candidates with experience in these areas may be especially well-suited for this Psychology role.

Core responsibilities: The Mental Health Counselor provides direct patient care to adolescents and adults in a 24-hour facility, which includes monitoring residents, assisting with admissions, and supervising meals. Responsibilities also involve establishing therapeutic relationships, documenting daily notes, and facilita...

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