LICENSED STAFF COUNSELOR (Temporary)
Listed compensation
$40.5-$55/hr
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- Employment & setting
- Part-Time
- Call expectations
- No call
- Weekends
- Not specified
Job description
Join Scripps Research as a Licensed Staff Counselor – Part-Time, No Call in San Diego, CA, USA. Scripps Research is a nonprofit biomedical institute ranked as one of the most influential in the world for its impact on innovation. We celebrated our 100-year legacy in 2024.
Benefits & Compensation
- Pay rate: $40.50 - $55/hour.
- Employer Contributed Retirement Plan
- Health Insurance (3 medical plan options including HSA)
- Dental
- Vision
- Life Insurance
- Disability
- EAP
- Flexible Spending Accounts (Medical/Dependent Care)
Work Schedule
- Part-Time position.
- No call required.
This position offers no call requirements. Work with Scripps Research in San Diego, CA, USA.
Key Responsibilities
Provide individual counseling, assessments, and crisis management for students and staff while facilitating support groups. Develop and implement on-site presentations and manage counseling records and outreach materials.
Requirements
Requires a Ph.D. or Psy.D. in clinical or counseling psychology with California licensure, or a Master's degree in clinical social work with four years of experience. Candidates must demonstrate strong communication, crisis management, and public speaking skills.
Qualifications
- Education
- Doctoral or professional degree (postgraduate degree)
- Experience
- 2+ years of experience
Key Skills
Counseling Psychology — Counselor Career Context
Of the 50 active Counselor listings this role was benchmarked against, 30% are remote, 38% have no call, 62% require no weekends.
The cost-of-living index for California is 110.7 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$99k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $90k in an average-cost state. 63.6% of California clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
Counselor pay on WeekdayDoc is up 7.1% vs. the prior quarter (through Aug 2026).
Work-Life Balance Analysis
WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates LICENSED STAFF COUNSELOR (Temporary) at Scripps Research a 6.4 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the top 35% of all Counseling Psychology counselor listings evaluated on our platform. Contributing factors include no on-call duties.
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