Behavioral Health Counselor - After School Clubhouse

Why Avita?

Avita offers FREE supervision toward licensure & monthly Evidence Based Trainings with CEUs to enhance your skills/maintain your license.  Regular Clinical Care Team Meetings assist in wrapping the appropriate level of services around each individual you serve. 

We recognize our staff when they go above and beyond and provide support when needed.  Avita offers a great benefit package including options for medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short/long-term disability, and many more!  We understand that it’s difficult to save for retirement, so we contribute the equivalent of 3.5% of your salary into a 401k plan that will grow for you.

• 20 days Paid Time Off (PTO) per year with a full “cash out” for unused PTO
• 9 Paid Holidays, 1 Floating Holiday, plus Your Birthday as a Holiday just for you!

Compensation: $38,000 to $55,000 Annually

Avita Community Partners is excited to announce a Mental Health Counselor opportunity to work with youth and adolescents in an after-school clubhouse environment. This position: Provides mental health services to youth and adolescents with a severe and persistent mental illness and/or addictive disease an outpatient setting. Includes individual counseling, diagnostic assessments, group therapy, family counseling and contact within the community. Will participate in clubhouse outings. Activities could include hiking, fishing, zip-lining, amusement parks, and the like. Must be physically capable to lead and participate in planned activities. Will transport clients as necessary.

This position will work a non- traditional schedule: Tuesday-Thursday 12p-8p, Friday 1p-9p and Saturday 9a-5p

Minimum Qualifications:

Master's Degree in Counseling, Marriage and Family Therapy, Social Work, Psychology or a similar degree that will qualify the applicant for licensure as a LAPC, LAMFT, or LMSW within the first six months of employment. (38,000)

OR Associate Licensed ($40,000) Associate Licensure as an LMSW, LAMFT, or LAPC

OR LCSW, LMFT or LPC - Licensure with less than one year of post-licensure experience - $49,483.20, Licensure with one year of post-licensure experience - $52,500, Licensure with three years of post-licensure experience - $55,000

Preferred Qualifications:

Substance Abuse certification, and/or prior work experience in Substance Abuse Work experience in community behavioral health

Avita Community Partners is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate in its service practices or employment practices with regard to race color, religion, disability, gender, sexual orientation, age, or national origin.