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Mental Health Counselor / Clinical Day School

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Compensation
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Location
Manchester, CT
Work Authorization
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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

Bachelor's degree

Job overview

The Mental Health Counselor / Clinical Day School position supports teachers in providing individualized instruction to students and helps maintain daily classroom routines. The counselor creates a safe, structured therapeutic milieu using age-specific behavioral management practices and monitors student arrivals and dismissals according to established policy and protocol. The role reports through the Educational Coordinator to the Director of Adolescent Education.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Individualized InstructionClassroom ManagementBehavioral ManagementInterpersonal SkillsLeadership SkillsTeam Orientation

Qualifications

Bachelor's in Education or Related FieldSpecial Needs Adolescent Experience

Full job description

Work where every moment matters. Every day, more than 40,000 Hartford HealthCare colleagues come to work with one thing in common: Pride in what we do, knowing every moment matters here. We invite you to become part of Connecticut’s most comprehensive healthcare network. The Greater Manchester Region has approximately 2,500 employees. It includes Manchester Memorial Hospital, a 249-bed community hospital, Rockville General, a campus of Manchester Memorial Hospital, a 102-bed facility, a large multispecialty provider group and visiting nurse services. The Greater Manchester Region serves a region of 300,000 people in 19 towns. POSITION SUMMARY: This position reports through the Educational Coordinator to the Director of Adolescent Education. Performs a variety of duties that include assisting the teacher in providing individualized instruction to students, managing daily classroom routines and creating and maintaining a safe, structured therapeutic milieu with age-specific behavioral management practices. Follows established policy and protocol in monitoring students' arrivals and dismissals from the Clinical Day School program. Contributes to creating a caring and compassionate environment through Hartford HealthCare’s Core Values of Teamwork, Communication, Respect and Caring. EDUCATION/CERTIFICATION: * This position requires a Bachelors degree in Education or a related field. EXPERIENCE: * Prior experience working with special needs adolescents is preferred. Age-specific competencies are required. COMPETENCIES: * The duties of this position require strong interpersonal and leadership skills and a demonstrated strength in team orientation. We take great care of careers. With locations around the state, Hartford HealthCare offers exciting opportunities for career development and growth. Here, you are part of an organization on the cutting edge – helping to bring new technologies, breakthrough treatments and community education to countless men, women and children. We know that a thriving organization starts with thriving employees-- we provide a competitive benefits program designed to ensure work/life balance. Every moment matters. And this is your moment. Job: *Behavioral Health Organization: *Manchester Hospital Inc. Title: Mental Health Counselor / Clinical Day School Location: Connecticut-Manchester-71 Haynes Street (10627) Requisition ID: 26166702

How this job compares

Set against the 580 open Mental Health Counselor jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 3, 2026.

Pay
  • This postingNot listed
  • US median$67–85K/yr249 salary ranges
  • US median$30–38/hr151 hourly ranges
Openings
Olive Jobs lists 580 open Mental Health Counselor jobs across the US. 12% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Experience
Mental Health Counselor postings that state a minimum ask for 2 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 1 to 3 years (190 postings).
Education
This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 385 of the 580 open Mental Health Counselor jobs (66%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 3, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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