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Riverside Community Care
Dedham, Massachusetts

Senior Team Counselor

LPC / LMHCFull-Time

Listed compensation

$23.35/hr

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Job Description

Riverside Community Care

Love what you do!

Senior Team Counselor - Adult Community Clinical Services (ACCS)

ACCS Integrated Teams provide clinical interventions and peer and family support to facilitate engagement, support functioning and maximize symptom stabilization and self-management of individuals and to assist individuals in developing skills, establishing natural supports and resources to live successfully in the community.

The Senior Integrated Team Counselor will work as a member of a Persons’ Team having primary responsibility in delivering interventions identified in the treatment plan with clinical guidance from the Integrated Team clinical staff. This position will have a specialty role in at least one area of expertise which may include: building new relationships with community resources, research and connection with various benefits and resources, employment and education, or representative payee.

The Senior Team Counselor will also be responsible for:

  • Provide input to person-centered assessment and service planning, and advocacy, coordination, and linkage with other services and the community.
  • Model and teach skills for development of positive relationships, and negotiation of conflict.
  • Assist persons served in understanding, managing, and dispensing medications consistent with MAP and agency policies and procedures.
  • Maintain regular daily, monthly, and annual clinical records in keeping with DMH, agency, and division policies and procedures, and within required timelines.

Schedule: Full Time, 40 hours

Pay Rate: $23.35/hourly

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
  • Twelve 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

The Senior Team Counselor delivers clinical interventions and provides peer and family support to facilitate symptom stabilization and community functioning. They are responsible for maintaining clinical records and coordinating with community resources to assist individuals in their treatment plans.

Requirements

The role requires the ability to model positive relationship skills and assist individuals with medication management according to agency policies. Candidates must be capable of maintaining accurate clinical documentation in compliance with DMH and agency standards.

Qualifications

Experience
2+ years of experience

Key Skills

Peer supportTreatment planningConflict negotiationRelationship buildingCommunity resource coordination

Counselor Career Context

The cost-of-living index for Massachusetts is 105.8 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$49k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $46k in an average-cost state. 63.2% of Massachusetts clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Of the 50 active Mental Health Counseling listings this role was benchmarked against, 68% are remote, 30% have no call, 60% require no weekends.

What does the Mental Health Counseling market look like in Massachusetts?
MeasureThis jobMarket
Listed pay$49kMental Health Counseling median $68k (middle half $52k–$82k)16 comparable listings, Nov 2026
Cost-of-living adjusted pay~$46k in purchasing powerMassachusetts index 105.8 (US = 100)BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Mental Health Counseling listings in Massachusetts76 active788 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Work settingon-sitepeers: 68% remote · 30% no call · 60% no weekends50 benchmarked listings
Sign-on & loan repaymentnot statedMassachusetts Counselor listings: 11% state a sign-on bonus (median $3k) · 17% offer loan repayment524 active listings, Nov 2026
New Mental Health Counseling listings330 in the last 30 days227 the 30 days before (+45%)U.S., first seen on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Mental Health Counseling pay trend−3.3% vs prior quarter—through Oct 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.

Top Counselor Jobs

40 matches · ranked by pay

Salary Distribution

40 jobs · 23 employers
10
<$80k
7
$80k-100k
5
$100k-120k
16
$120k-140k
2
$141k

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks

35 jobs · 23 employers
401k / retirement match
97% this job
Sign-on bonus
34%
CME allowance
29%
Loan repayment
6%
PSLF eligible
3%

Share of similar jobs offering each benefit

#1

Licensed Mental Health Therapist

LifeStance Health · Lake Oswego, Oregon

$123k-$141k
#2

Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT)

LifeStance Health · West Linn, Oregon

$123k-$141k
#3

Licensed Mental Health Therapist (LMFT, LCSW, LPCC)

$117k-$134k
#4

Mental Health Therapist

$131k
+ 38 more · ranked by pay

Work-life snapshot

median 6.0this job 3.0
Better work-life than 20% of Mental Health Counseling listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 787 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

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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
Twelve Paid Holidays
Vacation
Personal Time
Sick Time

Living in Dedham

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$734k
Typical market rent
$2,913/mo
Residents’ average commute
29 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
108.3
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 · Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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