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Champaign, Illinois

Mental Health Counselor (LSW/LPC) - Mattis Psych

LPC / LMHCFull-Time

Listed compensation

$27.36-$45.69/hr

The week · per this posting · weekdays assumed

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Posted 48m ago · Verified live

Job Description

The Mental Health Counselor provides outpatient mental health counseling to patients within the Behavioral Health Department under the direction of a clinical supervisor.

Qualifications

Certifications

  • Licensed Clinical Counselor (LPC) - Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR)
  • Licensed Social Worker (LSW) - Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR)
  • Education: Master's Degree: Related Field (Required),
  • Work Experience: Providing therapy in a clinical setting

Other Requirements

Strong communication and listening skills. Strong documentation skills. Knowledge and competence utilizing a variety of counseling techniques and interventions. Understanding of current DSM diagnostic criteria, best practices for treatment. Ability to develop appropriate intervention and treatment plans for patients.

Comfort working with patients from a variety of backgrounds and presenting problems. Ability to work both independently and collaboratively within a clinical setting.

Responsibilities

Provide mental health counseling to patients and their families through individual and/or group settings. Performs mental health evaluations, including assessing need for ongoing counseling or other services. Provides counseling to patients, using techniques and interventions appropriate to the patient's needs.

Works with patient to develop treatment plan, including specific goals and objectives to be addressed in session Completes appropriate documentation in medical record within timeframes established by departmental policy. Identify concerns and make referrals to other treatments as needed.

Provides communication back to referring providers about patient diagnosis, treatment plan, and progress as appropriate Maintains patient confidentiality and fulfills provider responsibilities as specified under HIPAA, the Illinois Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code, and the Illinois Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Confidentiality Act.

About Us

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Discover the job, the career, the purpose you were meant for. At Carle Health, we're committed to fostering a workplace where every team member feels valued, respected and empowered, where passion and purpose come together to positively impact the lives of our patients and our communities. Find it all at Carle Health.

Our more than 17,000 team members and providers work together to support patient care across central and southeastern Illinois. We’ve grown to include seven, award-winning hospitals across eight hospital campuses and a multispecialty provider group with more than 1,500 doctors and advanced practice providers.

We’re developing the next generation of providers and healthcare professionals through Carle Illinois College of Medicine, the world’s first engineering-based medical school, and Methodist College.

Carle Foundation Hospital, Carle Physicians Group, Carle Hoopeston Regional Health Center, Carle BroMenn Medical Center including Carle Eureka Hospital and associated Carle Health Medical Group clinics all hold Magnet® with Distinction designation, the nation’s highest honor for nursing care granted by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC).

Carle Health Methodist Hospital, Carle Health Proctor Hospital and Carle Health Pekin Hospital all hold the exclusive Magnet® designation.

We offer opportunities in several communities throughout central Illinois with potential for growth and life-long careers at Carle Health.

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Compensation and Benefits

The compensation range for this position is $27.36per hour - $45.69per hour. This represents a good faith minimum and maximum range for the role at the time of posting by Carle Health.

The actual compensation offered a candidate will be dependent on a variety of factors including, but not limited to, the candidate’s experience, qualifications, location, training, licenses, shifts worked and compensation model. Carle Health offers a comprehensive benefits package for team members and providers. To learn more visit careers.carlehealth.org/benefits.

Qualifications

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

Key Skills

Clinical documentationTreatment planningCrisis interventionCommunication skillsPatient assessmentIndividual therapyGroup therapyHIPAA complianceIntervention techniques

Social Work — Counselor Career Context

The cost-of-living index for Illinois is 100.0 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$76k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $76k in an average-cost state. 62.6% of Illinois clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Of the 50 active Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) listings this role was benchmarked against, 64% are remote, 28% have no call, 52% require no weekends.

What does the Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) market look like in Illinois?
MeasureThis jobMarket
Listed pay$57k–$95kLicensed Professional Counselor (LPC) median $80k (middle half $56k–$87k)15 comparable listings, Nov 2026
Cost-of-living adjusted pay~$76k in purchasing powerIllinois index 100.0 (US = 100)BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Social Work listings in Illinois7 active—live on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
All licensed professional counselor (lpc) listings in Illinois542 active12,949 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Work settingon-sitepeers: 64% remote · 28% no call · 52% no weekends50 benchmarked listings
Sign-on & loan repaymentnot statedIllinois counselor listings (all specialties): 14% state a sign-on bonus (median $3k) · 19% offer loan repayment542 active listings, Nov 2026
New Social Work listings2,592 in the last 30 days1,395 the 30 days before (+86%)U.S., first seen on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Sources: WeekdayDoc live listing index, BEA Regional Price Parities (2024); as of Nov 2026. Same values as the Weekday Verdict and Market Insights on this page. Illinois figures use all licensed professional counselor (lpc)s: too few Illinois Social Work postings state pay.

Top Counselor Jobs

45 matches · ranked by pay

Salary Distribution

45 jobs · 34 employers
18
<$75k
14
$75k-95k
8
$95k-115k
3
$115k-135k
2
$141k

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks

39 jobs · 34 employers
401k / retirement match
85%
CME allowance
51%
Sign-on bonus
44%
Loan repayment
23%
PSLF eligible
13%

Share of similar jobs offering each benefit

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$123k-$141k
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#4

Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMFT, LMHC, LCSW)

$115k-$120k
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Work-life snapshot

median 6.7this job 3.0
Below most Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) listings for work-life

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 503 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

Living in Champaign

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$229k
Typical market rent
$1,466/mo
Residents’ average commute
15 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
92.7
State income tax
Up to 5%
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · Champaign-Urbana, IL metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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