Mental Health Counselor Education

Youll keep a reduced caseload supervise our registered interns and shape how the whole residential team responds to each young person. Youll also be at family dinners run weekend adventure therapy and lead behavioral health on our Caribbean sailing expeditions.

• Salary

  • $60000 base up to $20000 annual Impact Award (paid quarterly up to $5000 per quarter)

• Reports to

  • Head of Staff

• You lead

  • Registered interns

• Caseload

  • 12 youth a week 6 in each of our two student homes 1-hour sessions

• Schedule

  • Weekly sessions up to 16 hours a week of in-home support a weekend adventure therapy group and 2 weeks aboard each expedition (5 expeditions a year)

• Benefits

  • $250/month toward health insurance 401(k) with up to 6% match 10 days PTO laptop and cell phone provided

• Travel

  • Sailing expeditions aboard Whatever It Takes Trinidad to St. Maarten

• Coordinate all therapeutic services for youth in residential care and independent living

• Provide individual therapy to 12 youth a week plus family and group therapy

• Complete in-depth assessments for every youth who enters one of our homes and risk assessments for any youth showing self-harming or homicidal behavior

• Write initial and master treatment plans lead 30-day treatment team meetings and run 6-month plan reviews

• Partner with our psychiatrist to monitor and coordinate medication management

• Provide up to 16 hours a week of therapeutic support inside both homes including family dinners

• Lead a weekly adventure therapy group on a weekend day

• Build treatment plans with Residential Change Agents the Program Director the Case Manager and other partners

• Train staff across teams and give youth-specific feedback

• Supervise and mentor registered interns through case reviews and ongoing development

• Review treatment plans assessments and clinical documentation for quality and compliance

• Coordinate and process Medicaid billing for BHOS services

• Lead behavioral health aboard our sailing expeditions 2 weeks per expedition

• Bring experiential mental health curriculum and therapeutic support to youth while underway

• Masters degree or higher in Counseling Social Work Marriage and Family Therapy Psychology or a related field

• Active Florida licensure as an LMHC LCSW or LMFT

• Florida Qualified Supervisor designation or the ability to obtain it

• 5 years of clinical experience ideally with adolescents in foster care residential treatment or behavioral health

• Supervisory or clinical leadership experience preferred

• Strong knowledge of trauma-informed care crisis intervention and child welfare

• A passion for helping youth who have faced serious adversity build healthy independent lives

Your work goes past the therapy hour. Youll be at the dinner table on the water and in the hard moments with a team that believes healing comes from consistent relationships and real experiences.