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Rehabilitation Counselor - Primetime House (Torrington)

Counselor / TherapistNo weekendsNo nightsFull-Time

Listed compensation

$20/hour

The week · per this posting · Monday – FridayWeekdays only

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Posted 6mo ago · Verified live

Job Description

  • Job Location: Primetime House - Torrington, CT 06790
  • Position Type: Full Time
  • Education Level: Some Post-Secondary
  • Salary Range: $20.00 - $20.00 Hourly
  • Job Shift: First Shift
  • Position: Rehabilitation Counselor Program: Primetime House
  • Location: Torrington Salary: $20.00/hour
  • Schedule: Full time; 40 hours; 1st shift

Monday-Friday with flexibility for evening & weekend social rehab events. Program Summary: Prime Time House’s Clubhouse helps its members to attain employment, education, life skills, and overall, a better quality of life.

Prime Time House is a non-traditional mental health program that utilizes work as its intervention in helping its members reach their goals and re-integrate into the community.

Program staff help members set and achieve personal goals, emphasize members' strengths and abilities, and ensure that each member has access to quality mental health care by connecting them to community providers for medication management, individual counseling, outpatient treatment options, vocational, and educational services.

Position Summary

Interested candidates should possess an understanding of serious mental illness, have a passion for excellence, a positive attitude, and enjoy multi-tasking in a fast-paced environment.

Candidates are culturally and trauma responsive, gender affirming, recovery oriented, person centered, situationally aware, open minded, have excellent communication skills, a sense of humor, are growth oriented, solution focused and patient.

A valid driver’s license is required, and the candidate will need to complete agency driving training to provide transportation to participants in an agency van. Candidate must be comfortable preparing lunch in a commercial kitchen, while engaging members in the process.

Excellent communication skills, and comfort working with technology, including MS Office and Electronic Health Record and also comfortable learning new technology and programs.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in psychology, Social Work or related field is preferred Related experience working with individuals with serious and persistent mental illness Valid Driver’s License Orientation: If selected for employment with The Connection, newly hired employees will be required to attend a two (2) day mandatory New Hire Orientation at our Roscommon office located in Middletown.

Benefits: Medical, dental, vision benefits are offered along with other additional voluntary coverages with full time employment 403(b) retirement plan with employer matching contribution Company paid short and long term disability and life insurance with full time employment Paid time off (vacation, personal and sick) with full time employment 12 paid holidays The Connection is a statewide human services and community development agency that provides unique solutions to the problems of homelessness, mental illness, substance use, improving child welfare and community justice rehabilitation. For additional information, visit theconnectioninc.org. Qualifications

Key Responsibilities

Support members of a non-traditional mental health program in attaining employment, education, and life skills through work-based interventions. Connect members to community providers for medication management, counseling, and vocational services while assisting with daily activities like meal preparation.

Requirements

A Bachelor's degree in Psychology, Social Work, or a related field is preferred, along with experience working with individuals with serious mental illness. A valid driver's license is required to provide transportation for participants.

Qualifications

Education
Bachelor degree
Experience
2+ years of experience

Key Skills

Mental Health CounselingCrisis InterventionCase ManagementTrauma-Informed CarePerson-Centered PlanningElectronic Health RecordsPatient CareCultural CompetencyRecovery Orientation

Rehabilitation Counseling — Counselor Career Context

The cost-of-living index for Connecticut is 103.6 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$37k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $36k in an average-cost state. 62.6% of Connecticut clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Of the 50 active Counselor listings this role was benchmarked against, 52% are remote, 28% have no call, 60% require no weekends.

What does the Counselor market look like in Connecticut?
MeasureThis jobMarket
Work-life score6.4 / 10 · top 25% in rehabilitation counselingranked against 31 Rehabilitation Counseling listingslisting-based score, 0–10
Listed pay$33k–$42kCounselor median $81k (middle half $45k–$118k)10 comparable listings, Nov 2026
Cost-of-living adjusted pay~$36k in purchasing powerConnecticut index 103.6 (US = 100)BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Rehabilitation Counseling listings in Connecticut9 active—live on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
All counselor listings in Connecticut238 active13,472 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Work settingon-sitepeers: 52% remote · 28% no call · 60% no weekends50 benchmarked listings
Sign-on & loan repaymentnot statedConnecticut counselor listings (all specialties): 12% state a sign-on bonus (median $5k) · 28% offer loan repayment238 active listings, Nov 2026
Counselor pay trend (all specialties)−2.7% vs prior quarter—through Oct 2026
Confidential Employer#11 of 21 for payTop Employers work-life index
Sources: WeekdayDoc live listing index (31 Rehabilitation Counseling listings), Top Employers work-life index, BEA Regional Price Parities (2024); as of Nov 2026. Same values as the Weekday Verdict and Market Insights on this page. Connecticut figures use all counselors: too few Connecticut Rehabilitation Counseling postings state pay.

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Rehabilitation Counselor - Primetime House (Torrington) at Confidential Employer a 6.4 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the top 25% in Rehabilitation Counseling — ranked against 31 active Rehabilitation Counseling listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no weekend requirements, no night shifts.

Top Counselor Jobs

38 matches · ranked by pay

Salary Distribution

38 jobs · 23 employers
13
<$75k
8
$75k-95k
3
$95k-115k
12
$115k-135k
2
$141k

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks

35 jobs · 23 employers
401k / retirement match
97% this job
Sign-on bonus
37%
Loan repayment
23%
CME allowance
17%
PSLF eligible
14%

Share of similar jobs offering each benefit

#1

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$123k-$141k
#2

Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT)

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$123k-$141k
#3

Licensed Mental Health Therapist (LMFT, LCSW, LPCC)

$117k-$134k
#4

Mental Health Therapist

$131k
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Work-life snapshot

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

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 31 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • No weekends
  • No nights

Benefits & Perks

Medical, dental, vision insurance
403(b) retirement plan with employer matching
Company paid short and long term disability and life insurance
Paid time off (vacation, personal and sick)
12 paid holidays

Living in Torrington

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$312k
Typical market rent
$1,589/mo
Residents’ average commute
25 min
State income tax
Up to 7%
Sources & methodology

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

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