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Riverside Community Care
Upton, Massachusetts

Community Crisis Stabilization Counselor

CounselorNo weekendsNo nightsFull-Time

Listed compensation

$21.21-$22.27/hr

The week · per this posting · Monday – FridayWeekdays only

Ask the employer about the work setting, call expectations and time off.

Posted 1mo ago

Job Description

Riverside Community Care

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Community Crisis Stabilization Counselor

The Community Crisis Stabilization programs provide both short and long-term care for persons experiencing mental health, substance use disorder, and co-occurring disorders who might otherwise require treatment in an inpatient setting and would benefit from structured stabilization, support, care coordination, and treatment planning.

Working as part of a team in this acute care residence, staff will provide guidance, education, supervision, and direct supports to allow consumers to maintain their physical and emotional health, live safely in the community and develop the skills necessary to return to independent living. Interactions between staff and consumers will be guided by an appreciation for those being served as unique individuals and adults, with the expectation and goal of crisis or situational stabilization.

Schedule: Full Time 40 hours per week

  • Monday - Friday 7am to 3pm

Rate

  • $21.21/hour with High School Diploma
  • $22.27/hour with a Bachelor’s Degree

Why You'll Love Riverside

We make a true difference in people’s lives through rewarding work. Most of our jobs come with great benefits – including healthcare, numerous professional development opportunities, and generous time off - all in a respectful and inclusive environment, perhaps why Riverside was named a Boston Globe Top Workplace and a best-in-state employer by Forbes.

Benefits Include

  • Comprehensive, high-quality health, dental, and vision insurance options
  • Flexible Spending Accounts – both medical and dependent care
  • Eleven paid holidays
  • Separate accruals for vacation (increases with tenure), personal, and sick time
  • Tax-deferred 403(b) retirement savings plan with employer match
  • Employee Assistance Plan / Travel Assistance Plan
  • Employee bonus for referrals resulting in hiring
  • Discounts to movie theaters, sporting, and entertainment events
  • Employee YMCA discount: 10% off a YMCA monthly membership and 50% off the joiner’s fee

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Key Responsibilities

Provide guidance, education, and direct support to consumers in an acute care residence to maintain their physical and emotional health. Facilitate crisis stabilization and assist consumers in developing skills necessary for independent living.

Requirements

Candidates must possess at least a high school diploma, with a bachelor's degree preferred for a higher pay rate. The role requires the ability to work as part of a team in a structured stabilization environment.

Qualifications

Education
Bachelor degree

Key Skills

Mental health supportSubstance use disorder treatmentEmotional health supportPhysical health supportIndependent living skills training

Crisis Stabilization — Counselor Career Context

Of the 50 active Counselor listings this role was benchmarked against, 50% are remote, 26% have no call, 64% require no weekends.

The cost-of-living index for Massachusetts is 105.8 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$45k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $43k in an average-cost state. 63.2% of Massachusetts clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Counselor pay on WeekdayDoc is up 2.5% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Community Crisis Stabilization Counselor at Riverside Community Care a 6.4 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the Above average in Counseling — ranked against 13,751 active Counseling listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no weekend requirements, no night shifts.

Top Counselor Jobs

38 matches · ranked by pay

Salary Distribution38 jobs · 25 employers

14
<$80k
7
$80k-100k
7
$100k-120k
10
$120k-140k

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks35 jobs · 25 employers

401k / retirement match
91% this job
Sign-on bonus
26%
CME allowance
26%
Loan repayment
11%
PSLF eligible
6%

Share of similar jobs offering each benefit

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Work-life snapshot

median 6.1this job 6.4
Better work-life than 60% of Counseling listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 13,751 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • No weekends
  • No nights

Living in Upton

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$713k
Median resident rent
$939/mo
Residents’ average commute
36 min
State income tax
Up to 5%
Sources & methodology

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

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

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About Riverside Community Care

Mental Health Care
Dedham, MA
1,001-5,000 employees

Benefits & Perks

Health Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
Flexible Spending Accounts
11 Paid Holidays
Vacation Time
Personal Time
Sick Time