
Licensed Mental Health Counselor
Lawrence, MAJob$68–75K/yrSeen 6 days agoSeen in employer's feed 6 days ago
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The Licensed Mental Health Counselor will provide trauma-informed, home- and community-based services to youth in foster care and their families. The role supports emotional healing, placement stability, and family success through counseling, assessment, crisis support, and care coordination. The counselor partners with foster and biological families, child welfare agencies, schools, community providers, and internal care teams.
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Mentor South Bay , provides Early Intervention, Applied Behavioral Analysis (ABA), Behavioral Health and Mental Health Outpatient services across Massachusetts and Connecticut. For over 35 years, we’ve provided a collaborative, team-based approach dedicated to helping children, adults, and families reach their fullest potential. If you are passionate about making a difference in the lives of individuals and families, join our mission-driven team and experience a career well lived.
Licensed Mental Health Counselor – Foster Care & Family Support
Salary: $68,000–$75,000
Are you a licensed or license-eligible Mental Health Counselor who wants your work to truly matter? Join a mission-driven team providing trauma-informed mental health services to youth in foster care and the families who support them.
In this role, you’ll deliver home- and community-based counseling services focused on emotional healing, placement stability, and long-term family success. You’ll partner closely with foster families, biological families, child welfare agencies, and internal care teams to support youth through complex life transitions.
What You’ll Do
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Provide individual, family, and group counseling to youth involved in the foster care system
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Lead family-centered interventions that strengthen relationships and promote stability
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Conduct intakes, biopsychosocial assessments, and ongoing clinical documentation
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Respond to crises and provide on-call or scheduled crisis support as needed
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Coordinate care and case management with DCF/child welfare, schools, and community providers
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Participate in multidisciplinary team meetings to guide treatment planning
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Deliver services in homes, schools, and community settings
What We’re Looking For
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Master’s degree in Counseling, Social Work, Psychology, Marriage & Family Therapy, or related field
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Licensed or license-eligible (LMHC, LCSW, LICSW, LMFT or equivalent)
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Experience or strong interest in foster care, child welfare, trauma, or family systems
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Ability to work independently in the community and collaborate within a team
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Strong clinical documentation and organizational skills
What We Offer
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Competitive salary: $68,000–$75,000
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Meaningful, mission-driven work supporting foster youth and families
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Supportive leadership and collaborative clinical team
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Ongoing training and professional development
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Benefits package (health, PTO, holidays, CE support, etc.)
Sevita is a leading provider of home and community-based specialized health care. We believe that everyone deserves to live a full, more independent life. We provide people with quality services and individualized supports that lead to growth and independence, regardless of the physical, intellectual, or behavioral challenges they face.
We’ve made this our mission for more than 50 years. And today, our 40,000 team members continue to innovate and enhance care for the 50,000 individuals we serve all over the U.S.
As an equal opportunity employer, we do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, or gender identity), national origin, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, citizenship, or any other characteristic protected by law
How this job compares
Set against the 519 open Mental Health Counselor jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 28, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$68–75K/yr
- Massachusetts median$70–85K/yr60 salary ranges
- US median$69–85K/yr221 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $72K, is 8% below the Massachusetts median midpoint ($78K) — in the lowest quarter of Mental Health Counselor salary ranges in Massachusetts.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 91 open Mental Health Counselor jobs in Massachusetts and 519 across the US. 13% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Massachusetts
- OptiMindHealth50 open
- Riverside Community Care12 open
- Beth Israel Lahey Health7 open
- 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 (182 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a master's degree; 314 of the 519 open Mental Health Counselor jobs (61%) ask for a master's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 28, 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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