Counselor
Louisville, KYFull-time$17/hrSeen 2 days agoSeen in employer's feed 2 days ago
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Job overview
Dismas Charities’ Counselor supervises and implements policies and procedures related to counseling and treatment programs and their documentation. The role develops and monitors client program plans, tracks resident progress, coordinates with supervisory staff and community partners, and supports release planning. The position is full-time, on-site, and scheduled for 40 hours per week, Monday through Friday on the day shift.
Skills & qualifications
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Full job description
Experience Required
1 - 20 years
Minimum Education Required
Bachelor's Degree
Compensation
$7.25 / hourly
Hours Per Week
40
Number Of Positions
1
Work Schedule and Shift Requirements
First (Day)
Job Description
JOIN DISMAS and work for one of the nation's largest not-for-profit providers specializing in community-based adult re-entry programs. Dismas Charities provides quality, cost-effective community-based residential and non-residential supervision and treatment services. ENJOY meaningful work, indoor work, competitive pay, and benefits. Do work that POSITIVELY IMPACTS your community, assisting individuals to heal so they can once again be productive and responsible citizens.
General Function: Responsible for the supervision and continued implementation of the agency's policies and procedures in all areas related to the counseling and treatment programs, and all applicable documentation.
Pay $17.00
Schedule: This is a full-time position 40 hours per week
1st Shift
Monday - Friday 8:30am- 5:00pm
Areas of Responsibility:
Responsible for complying with all agency policies and applicable procedures.
Responsible for developing, coordinating, monitoring, evaluating, and documenting individual program planning according to the specific needs of each client, including relevant program goals, referrals, and individual, family, and group counseling strategies.
Responsible for guiding, monitoring, and documenting relevant aspects of resident movement, behavior, and progress.
Responsible for timely use of and timely in the FreshStart Client Management System.
Responsible for timely submission of resident release plans, home confinement plans, and termination letters.
Responsible for communicating all relevant information to supervisory staff, in regard to the agency, the facility, and the resident.
Responsible for providing staff duty coverage as scheduled.
Responsible for attending and participating in all meetings as required.
Responsible for initiating and maintaining cooperative and effective liaison activities with supervising authorities and other agencies, community groups, and professional associations.
In the event of a work stoppage, the Counselor will work all hours necessary to staff the center.
Performs all other work duties as may be assigned.
Minimum Qualifications:
The Counselor Position requires a four-year degree in social human services, criminal justice, or behavioral science program from an accredited college or university.
At a minimum, one year of experience must be working in human services, or community-based services.
Must have personal computer (PC) work experience using current versions of the Windows operating system.
Work experience should include Microsoft Office Suite with a focus on Word and Excel applications.
Should understand basic PC concepts (files, file paths, copying and pasting, deleting, and moving files) as well as the operation of common office machinery.
The candidate must also have good typing, spelling, grammar, organizational, and phone skills.
Equal Opportunity Employer Dismas Charities, Inc. is a federal contractor and provides equal employment opportunity to all persons without regard to r ace, color, r eligion, national origin, gender, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected classification under Federal, State, or Local Law.
Job Type
Full time
Benefits Offered
Not specified
Veteran Preference
No
Place of Work
On-site
Requisition ID
1339642
How this job compares
Set against the 1,917 open Counselor jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 7, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$17/hr
- US median$23–27/hr674 hourly ranges
This rate, $17/hr, is 32% below the US median midpoint ($25/hr) — in the lowest quarter of Counselor hourly ranges across the US.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 26 open Counselor jobs in Kentucky and 1,917 across the US. 11% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Kentucky
- Addiction Recovery Care8 open
- Seven Counties7 open
- Commonwealth of Kentucky3 open
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 1 year of experience; Counselor postings that state a minimum ask for 2 years at the median (731 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 1,108 of the 1,917 open Counselor jobs (58%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 7, 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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