Lead Mental Health Counselor - Adult Day Health
Listed compensation
$49.76-$77.25/hr
The week · per this posting · Monday – FridayWeekdays only
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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
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.
| Measure | This job | Market |
|---|---|---|
| Work-life score | 8.0 / 10 · top 10% in clinical psychology (counseling) | ranked against 346 Clinical Psychology (Counseling) listingslisting-based score, 0–10 |
| Listed pay | $104k–$161k | Clinical Psychology median $73k (middle half $63k–$99k)40 comparable listings, Nov 2026 |
| Cost-of-living adjusted pay | ~$119k in purchasing power | California index 110.7 (US = 100)BEA Regional Price Parities (2024) |
| Clinical Psychology listings in California | 21 active | 351 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026 |
| Work setting | on-site | peers: 60% remote · 24% no call · 70% no weekends50 benchmarked listings |
| Sign-on & loan repayment | not stated | California counselor listings (all specialties): 12% state a sign-on bonus (median $3k) · 9% offer loan repayment1,000 active listings, Nov 2026 |
| New Clinical Psychology listings | 201 in the last 30 days | 110 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 |
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.
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