Mental Health Counselor - Education

Mental Health Counselor

Lead clinical care for teens in our two student homes, on land and at sea.

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

The job at a glance

• Salary

  • $60,000 base + up to $20,000 annual Impact Award (paid quarterly, up to $5,000 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

What you’ll do

Lead clinical care

• 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

Support the homes

• 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 keep quality high

• 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

Go on expeditions

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

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

What you bring

• Master’s 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

Why this role

Your work goes past the therapy hour. You’ll 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.