Evening Triage Counselor
Listed compensation
$23 per hour
The week · per this posting
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Job Description
The Center for Youth: Started BY YOUTH FOR YOUTH. We partner with youth to realize their full potential, by creating opportunities, removing barriers and promoting social justice.
Overview
The Evening Triage Counselor is responsible for providing crisis counseling and responsive care for youth ages 12-21. The Counselor completes a comprehensive assessment that identifies immediate needs as well as longer term developmental and/or treatment needs. This position also provides crisis counseling for families, information dissemination and referral services, as needed.
Schedule: Full time Monday- Friday 12p-8pm
Responsibilities
- Triage/ assessment and intake
- Assessment of substance use/abuse, problem gambling and other risk factors
- Individual and family crisis counseling/crisis intervention
- Referral readiness and referral
- Youth advocacy
- Case management
- Community outreach and networking with other agencies/ providers
- Parent group facilitation (research/science based curricula) as needed
- Transportation of clients, when required
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's Degree in Human Service or related field AND 2 years' experience OR equivalent combination
- A valid driver's license
Skills
- Counseling approaches and techniques
- Strong time management and multi-tasking skills
- Excellent literacy and communication skills
- Knowledge of community resources
- Pay Rate: $23 per hour
- The Center for Youth Provides Equal Employment Opportunities
Requirements
Candidates must have a Bachelor's Degree in Human Services or a related field with at least 2 years of experience, or an equivalent combination. A valid driver's license is also required for the position.
Qualifications
- Education
- Bachelor degree
- Experience
- 2+ years of experience
Work-Life Balance Analysis
WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Evening Triage Counselor at Center for Youth Services a 6.0 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the top 35% of all Youth Counseling counselor listings evaluated on our platform. Contributing factors include no weekend requirements.
Youth Counseling — Counselor Career Context
Of the 50 active Counselor listings this role was benchmarked against, 44% are remote, 36% have no call, 58% require no weekends.
The cost-of-living index for New York is 107.9 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$48k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $44k in an average-cost state. 64.6% of New York clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
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- No weekends
Living in Rochester
- Typical 3-bedroom home value
- $247k
- Typical market rent
- $1,476/mo
- Residents’ average commute
- 19 min
- Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
- 97.0
- State income tax
- Up to 10.9%
Sources & methodology
Sources: Zillow home values (Aug 2026), Zillow market rents (Aug 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.
BEA 2024 · Rochester, NY metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.
City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.