Senior Team Counselor
Listed compensation
$23.35/hr
The week · per this posting · weekdays assumed
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Job Description
Riverside Community Care
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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
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.
| Measure | This job | Market |
|---|---|---|
| Listed pay | $49k | Mental Health Counseling median $68k (middle half $52k–$82k)16 comparable listings, Nov 2026 |
| Cost-of-living adjusted pay | ~$46k in purchasing power | Massachusetts index 105.8 (US = 100)BEA Regional Price Parities (2024) |
| Mental Health Counseling listings in Massachusetts | 76 active | 788 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026 |
| Work setting | on-site | peers: 68% remote · 30% no call · 60% no weekends50 benchmarked listings |
| Sign-on & loan repayment | not stated | Massachusetts Counselor listings: 11% state a sign-on bonus (median $3k) · 17% offer loan repayment524 active listings, Nov 2026 |
| New Mental Health Counseling listings | 330 in the last 30 days | 227 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 |
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