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Providence
Napa, California

Lead Mental Health Counselor - Adult Day Health

LPC / LMHC 8.0 Work-LifeNo callNo weekendsNo nightsFull-Time

Listed compensation

$49.76-$77.25/hr

The week · per this posting · Monday – FridayWeekdays only

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Posted 24m ago · Verified live

Job Description

Schedule: Monday to Friday Day shift

The Lead Mental Health Counselor provides leadership within the assigned department.

Ensures that clinical standards and regulatory requirements are met, promotes service excellence and effective and efficient use of personnel and material resources, and positively represents the service internally within the organization and externally in the community.

Ensures that services are maintained in accordance with the mission, goals and objectives, policies and procedures of the Providence and the department. Clinical responsibilities are commensurate with Lead responsibilities.

Providence Adult Day Health Napa Valley strives to keep frail elderly, younger other abled adults and people living with Alzhiemer's or related dementia as healthy and as engaged as possible while supporting their caregivers so that they can remain in community. Our Center provides health monitoring, therapy and therapeutic activities to help empower our participants to live active lives with purpose and meaning.

Required Qualifications

  • Master's Degree in Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapy, Psychology, or a related field.
  • 4 years of experience with adult populations and familiarity with a broad range of psychiatric disorders.

Preferred Qualifications

  • 2 years of experience in integrated behavioral health.

Why Join Providence?

Our best-in-class benefits are uniquely designed to support you and your family in staying well, growing professionally, and achieving financial security. We take care of you, so you can focus on delivering our Mission of caring for everyone, especially the most vulnerable in our communities.

Accepting a new position at another facility that is part of the Providence family of organizations may change your current benefits. Changes in benefits, including paid time-off, happen for various reasons. These reasons can include changes of Legal Employer, FTE, Union, location, time-off plan policies, availability of health and welfare benefit plan offerings, and other various reasons.

At Providence, our strength lies in Our Promise of “Know me, care for me, ease my way.” Working at our family of organizations means that regardless of your role, we’ll walk alongside you in your career, supporting you so you can support others. We provide best-in-class benefits and we foster an inclusive workplace where diversity is valued, and everyone is essential, heard and respected.

Together, our 120,000 caregivers (all employees) serve in over 50 hospitals, over 1,000 clinics and a full range of health and social services across Alaska, California, Montana, New Mexico, Oregon, Texas and Washington. As a comprehensive health care organization, we are serving more people, advancing best practices and continuing our more than 100-year tradition of serving the poor and vulnerable.

Posted are the minimum and the maximum wage rates on the wage range for this position. The successful candidate's placement on the wage range for this position will be determined based upon relevant job experience and other applicable factors. These amounts are the base pay range; additional compensation may be available for this role, such as shift differentials, standby/on-call, overtime, premiums, extra shift incentives, or bonus opportunities.

Providence offers a comprehensive benefits package including a retirement 401(k) Savings Plan with employer matching, health care benefits (medical, dental, vision), life insurance, disability insurance, time off benefits (paid parental leave, vacations, holidays, health issues), voluntary benefits, well-being resources and much more. Learn more at providence.jobs/benefits.

Applicants in the Unincorporated County of Los Angeles: Qualified applications with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the Unincorporated Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.

Key Responsibilities

The Lead Mental Health Counselor provides clinical leadership and ensures that departmental services meet regulatory standards and organizational goals. They are responsible for promoting service excellence and managing personnel and resources to support the health and engagement of adult participants.

Requirements

Candidates must hold a Master's degree in Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapy, Psychology, or a related field. A minimum of 4 years of experience working with adult populations and psychiatric disorders is required.

Qualifications

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

Key Skills

Mental health counselingPsychiatric disorder assessmentRegulatory complianceResource managementGeriatric careDementia careCaregiver supportPolicy implementationCommunity representation

Clinical Psychology — Counselor Career Context

The cost-of-living index for California is 110.7 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$132k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $119k in an average-cost state. 63.6% of California clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Of the 50 active Clinical Psychology listings this role was benchmarked against, 60% are remote, 24% have no call, 70% require no weekends.

What does the Clinical Psychology market look like in California?
MeasureThis jobMarket
Work-life score8.0 / 10 · top 10% in clinical psychology (counseling)ranked against 346 Clinical Psychology (Counseling) listingslisting-based score, 0–10
Listed pay$104k–$161kClinical Psychology median $73k (middle half $63k–$99k)40 comparable listings, Nov 2026
Cost-of-living adjusted pay~$119k in purchasing powerCalifornia index 110.7 (US = 100)BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Clinical Psychology listings in California21 active351 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Work settingon-sitepeers: 60% remote · 24% no call · 70% no weekends50 benchmarked listings
Sign-on & loan repaymentnot statedCalifornia counselor listings (all specialties): 12% state a sign-on bonus (median $3k) · 9% offer loan repayment1,000 active listings, Nov 2026
New Clinical Psychology listings201 in the last 30 days110 the 30 days before (+83%)U.S., first seen on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Clinical Psychology pay trend+3.8% vs prior quarter—through Oct 2026
Sources: WeekdayDoc live listing index (346 Clinical Psychology (Counseling) listings), BEA Regional Price Parities (2024); as of Nov 2026. Same values as the Weekday Verdict and Market Insights on this page.

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Lead Mental Health Counselor - Adult Day Health at Providence a 8.0 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as excellent. This places the position in the top 10% in Clinical Psychology (Counseling) — ranked against 346 active Clinical Psychology (Counseling) listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no on-call duties, no weekend requirements, no night shifts.

Top Counselor Jobs

46 matches · ranked by pay

Salary Distribution

46 jobs · 36 employers
19
<$95k
9
$95k-110k
10
$110k-125k
3
$125k-140k
5
$140k+

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks

39 jobs · 36 employers
401k / retirement match
97% this job
CME allowance
49%
Sign-on bonus
41%
Loan repayment
5%
Relocation assistance
3%

Share of similar jobs offering each benefit

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#2

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Work-life snapshot

median 6.7this job 8.0
Among the best 10% of Clinical Psychology (Counseling) listings for work-life

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 346 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • No call
  • No weekends
  • No nights
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About Providence

Hospitals and Health Care
Redondo Beach, California
11-50 employees

Benefits & Perks

401(k) Savings Plan with employer matching
Health care benefits (medical, dental, vision)
Life insurance
Disability insurance
Paid parental leave
Vacations
Holidays
Health issues time off

Living in Napa

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$821k
Typical market rent
$2,815/mo
Residents’ average commute
24 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
112.6
State income tax
Up to 13.3%
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · Napa, CA metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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