Behavioral Health Counselor
Compensation
Pay not listed
The week · per this posting · weekdays assumed
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Job Description
Responsibilities
- Provide clinical services/assessment services within Outpatient, Crisis or Residential facility.
- Ability to provide clinical interactions which reflect competency, demonstrate clinical judgments which are appropriate to client’s functioning and agency’s risk tolerance standards.
- Deliver accurate, substantive and timely documentation which meets best practice guidelines and regulatory standards.
- Integrate all relevant referral information into the assessment process, and acquire additional collateral information as needed.
- Collaborate with the program manager to determine and designate site and supervision protocols, and assess and determine client level of care changes (decisions related to admission, transfer/discharge, and step-up).
- Provide a minimum of 25 hours of billable services based on a 40-hour work week.
Qualifications
- A Masters degree in counseling or social work is required, along with active independent licensure in the state of Ohio (LPCC or LISW), with a minimum of two years of relevant professional experience preferred.
- Basic computer literacy to include experience in the use of word processing (ex. Microsoft Word); Previous experience with electronic health records is preferred.
An Equal Opportunity Employer
EOE-MF/H including persons with disabilities and veterans
Qualifications
- Education
- Master's degree (postgraduate degree)
- Experience
- 2+ years of experience
Key Skills
Behavioral Health — Counselor Career Context
Of the 50 active Behavioral Health listings this role was benchmarked against, 24% are remote, 24% have no call, 62% require no weekends.
The cost-of-living index for Ohio is 92.8 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 61.3% of Ohio clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
| Measure | This job | Market |
|---|---|---|
| Listed pay | not listed | Behavioral Health median $62k (middle half $55k–$67k)10 comparable listings, Oct 2026 |
| Cost of living | Ohio index 92.8 | US average = 100BEA Regional Price Parities (2024) |
| Behavioral Health listings in Ohio | 13 active | 348 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Oct 2026 |
| Work setting | on-site | peers: 24% remote · 24% no call · 62% no weekends50 benchmarked listings |
| Sign-on & loan repayment | not stated | Ohio Counselor listings: 23% state a sign-on bonus (median $5k) · 16% offer loan repayment603 active listings, Oct 2026 |
| Behavioral Health pay trend | +4.5% vs prior quarter | —through Sep 2026 |
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