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Oak Orchard Health
Batavia, New York

Behavioral Health Therapist

Counselor / TherapistNo callFull-Time

Compensation

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Posted 1mo ago

Job Description

Oak Orchard Health is a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) with 11 locations that provide integrated, whole person healthcare services to children, adolescents, adults, and families in our communities.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Provide comprehensive, evidenced based, behavioral health treatment services for patients.

Provide biopsychosocial assessments, treatment planning, and clinical progress note documentation to support the therapeutic process.

Develop an individualized treatment plan in collaboration with the client (and parent/guardian for pediatric patients) based on needs identified in the assessment.

  • Maintain and complete clinical documentation for all clients in a timely manner.
  • Collaborate with providers across an interdisciplinary team to provide integrated, well rounded care to patients.
  • Engage in clinical supervision, team meetings, and clinical case review as needed and required.
  • Provide crisis intervention services for clients in acute distress and collaborate with medical providers for warm handoffs.
  • Establish strong relationships and communicate effectively with clients, family members, and staff.
  • Comply with all administrative and clinical policies and procedures.
  • Demonstrate, promote, and practice cultural competency towards clients and staff.

Participate in weekly group consultation with an experienced psychiatrist from URMC to support professional growth and development.

Participate in monthly individual supervision with a licensed Clinical Psychologist to support professional growth and development.

Collaborate with the Behavioral Health Care Managers for ongoing case management and resource support and linkage to care for patients.

Requirements

Skills/Qualifications

  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
  • Excellent organization skills and attention to detail.
  • Strengths based and Trauma Informed approach to working with patients.
  • Strong problem solving and critical thinking skills.
  • Experience working with a vast diversity of mental health and substance use disorder issues.
  • Bilingual applicants are welcome to apply!

Education/Experience

Master Degree in Social Work or Mental Health Counseling from an accredited university or other institution of higher learning.

Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC), Licensed Master Social Work (LMSW), Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW), or Licensed Psychologist required.

Familiarity and comfort working with issues related to mental health diagnosis, substance use disorders, and trauma.

Key Responsibilities

Provide comprehensive, evidence-based behavioral health treatment services including assessments, treatment planning, and crisis intervention. Collaborate with an interdisciplinary team and medical providers to ensure integrated, whole-person care for patients.

Qualifications

Education
Master's degree (postgraduate degree)
Experience
2+ years of experience

Key Skills

Trauma informed careStrengths based approachInterdisciplinary collaborationSubstance use disorder treatmentVerbal communication

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Behavioral Health Therapist at Oak Orchard Health a 6.1 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the Above average in Mental Health Therapy (Counseling) — ranked against 7,943 active Mental Health Therapy (Counseling) listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no on-call duties.

Counselor Career Context

Of the 50 active Mental Health Therapy listings this role was benchmarked against, 50% are remote, 18% have no call, 74% require no weekends.

The cost-of-living index for New York is 107.9 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 64.6% of New York clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Mental Health Therapy by the numbers
MeasureThis jobMarket
Work-life score6.1 / 10 · above average in mental health therapy (counseling)ranked against 7,943 Mental Health Therapy (Counseling) listingslisting-based score, 0–10
Listed paynot listedMental Health Therapy median $74k (middle half $66k–$85k)23 comparable listings, Oct 2026
Cost of livingNew York index 107.9US average = 100BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Mental Health Therapy listings in New York330 active7,966 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Oct 2026
Work settingon-sitepeers: 50% remote · 18% no call · 74% no weekends50 benchmarked listings
Sign-on & loan repaymentnot statedNew York Counselor listings: 12% state a sign-on bonus (median $5k) · 10% offer loan repayment840 active listings, Oct 2026
Sources: WeekdayDoc live listing index (7,943 Mental Health Therapy (Counseling) listings), BEA Regional Price Parities (2024); as of Oct 2026. Same values as the Weekday Verdict and Market Insights on this page.

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Work-life snapshot

median 6.0this job 6.1
Better work-life than 50% of Mental Health Therapy (Counseling) listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 7,943 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

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Living in Batavia

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$212k
Median resident rent
$925/mo
Residents’ average commute
21 min
State income tax
Up to 10.9%
Sources & methodology

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

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