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Community Bridges
Mesa, Arizona

Outpatient Counselor - Independent Contractor

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Job Description

Community Bridges, Inc. (CBI) is an integrated behavioral healthcare agency offering a variety of different programs throughout Arizona. CBI provides residential, outpatient, inpatient, patient-centered medical homes, medication-assisted treatment, and crisis services to individuals experiencing crisis, opioid use disorder, homelessness, and mental illness.

Outpatient Counselor - Independent Contractor

Community Bridges, Inc. (CBI) is an integrated behavioral healthcare organization offering a full continuum of care, including variety of programs throughout Arizona, Oklahoma and District of Columbia. CBI provides residential, outpatient, inpatient, patient-centered medical homes, medication-assisted treatment, and crisis services to individuals experiencing crisis, opioid use disorder, homelessness, and mental illness.

CBI is the premiere non-profit fully integrated healthcare provider of substance use and behavioral health programs in Arizona, including prevention, education and treatment using cutting-edge, nationally recognized, evidence-based models.

Job Summary

The Community Bridges, Inc. (CB) Counselor is responsible for ensuring, with the assistance of other treatment team members, that each participant is provided the services necessary to achieve the goals of treatment as outlined in their individualized treatment plan. Counselors familiarize themselves with each new assigned participant to provide appropriate counseling services based on best practices models as well as providing educational presentations to participants and/or their families as needed.

Skills/Requirements

Master’s degree in counseling, marriage and family therapy or social work from a CSWE-accredited program required. Minimum of one (1) year of full-time behavioral health experience is required of this position.

Must be licensed at the independent or associate level with the Arizona Board of Behavioral Health Examiners (AZBBHE) as Psychologist, Social Worker, Counselor, Marriage and Family Therapist or Addiction Counselor (Addiction Counselor applicable to Residential Programs only).

Must be in good standing with the AZBBHE and meet requirements to provide clinical supervision toward licensure.

  • Valid identification required.
  • Holds AZ Fingerprint Clearance card.
  • CBI Offers an excellent benefits package!
  • Generous PTO accrual (5 weeks!),
  • Medical, Dental, Vision, Disability, Life, Supplemental plans

Hospital indemnity/ Critical Illness,

Pet Insurance,

Dependent Care Savings, Health Care Savings,

401K with employer match - 100% vested upon enrollment,

Wellness programs,

  • Tuition Reimbursement and Scholarship Programs, incentives, and more!
  • Reimbursement options for Licensure
  • Very Competitive pay rates
  • CBI is growing and expanding our services!

We are experiencing tremendous growth currently. As an essential service provider, we value all our employees and their careers.

*For the past four years, The Phoenix Business Journal has recognized CBI as one of the top ten healthiest mid-size employers in the Valley! *

CBI Values your Career and have lots of growth opportunities!

Our staff experience tremendous professional growth through ongoing training and support. Our team is supported by strong and competent leadership. The leadership at CBI is committed to ongoing professional development for their staff. Come join our team of passionate individuals who are serious about making a difference in the lives of our patients and the communities we serve.

About our Culture, commitment to employees!

We are looking for driven and compassionate individual’s that thrive in an upbeat and safe working environment. We dedicate a lot of thought and effort into work life balance as well as our competitive composition structure.

We know life happens, that’s why we all start with a 5-week PTO plan as well as a wide range of unique benefits!

Our Facilities.

Our locations are all state-of-the-art facilities that provide top notch integrated care. We are proud to adhere to a “no wrong door” treatment approach that allows our staff to dramatically improve the quality of life for the patients in their care.

CBI treats patients from all different walks of life and believes in maintaining the dignity of human life. Recovery is possible!

CBI Offers an excellent benefits package!

Medical, Dental, Vision, Disability, Life, Supplemental plans - Hospital indemnity/ Critical Illness, Pet Insurance, Dependent Care Savings, Health Care Savings, 401K with employer match - 100% vested upon enrollment, Generous PTO accrual, Wellness programs, Tuition Reimbursement and Scholarship Programs, incentives, and more!

For the past four years, The Phoenix Business Journal has recognized CBI as one of the top ten healthiest mid-size employers in the Valley.

CBI treats patients from all different walks of life and believes in maintaining the dignity of human life. Recovery is possible!

Key Responsibilities

The counselor is responsible for providing counseling services and ensuring participants receive the necessary services to achieve their individualized treatment plan goals. They also conduct educational presentations for participants and their families using evidence-based models.

Requirements

Candidates must hold a Master's degree in counseling, social work, or marriage and family therapy from a CSWE-accredited program. A minimum of one year of full-time behavioral health experience and an active license with the Arizona Board of Behavioral Health Examiners are required.

Qualifications

Education
Master's degree (postgraduate degree)

Key Skills

Behavioral health counselingTreatment planningClinical documentationSubstance use disorder treatmentCrisis interventionEvidence-based practiceCase managementMental health assessmentPatient-centered care

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Outpatient Counselor - Independent Contractor at Community Bridges a 7.2 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as very good. This places the position in the top 10% in Behavioral Health (Counseling) — ranked against 306 active Behavioral Health (Counseling) listings on WeekdayDoc.

Behavioral Health — Counselor Career Context

Of the 50 active Counselor listings this role was benchmarked against, 44% are remote, 24% have no call, 70% require no weekends.

Counselor pay on WeekdayDoc is up 1.8% vs. the prior quarter (through Aug 2026).

The cost-of-living index for Arizona is 100.7 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 60.3% of Arizona clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

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Salary Distribution44 jobs · 37 employers

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Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks39 jobs · 37 employers

401k / retirement match
82% this job
CME allowance
49%
Sign-on bonus
38%
Loan repayment
23% this job
PSLF eligible
8% this job

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Work-life snapshot

median 3.9this job 7.2
Among the top 10% of 306 Behavioral Health (Counseling) listings for work-life

Listing-based score, 0–10. Shaded area = share of comparable listings scoring below this one.

Living in Mesa

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$417k
Typical market rent
$1,538/mo
Residents’ average commute
25 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
103.3
State income tax
Up to 2.5%
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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

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About Community Bridges

Hospitals and Health Care
Mesa, AZ
1,001-5,000 employees

Benefits & Perks

Generous PTO accrual (5 weeks)
Medical, Dental, Vision, Disability, Life, Supplemental plans
Hospital indemnity/ Critical Illness
Pet Insurance
Dependent Care Savings, Health Care Savings
401K with employer match - 100% vested upon enrollment
Wellness programs
Tuition Reimbursement and Scholarship Programs