Counselor

Salary : $57,407.70 Annually
Location : Rockingham County, NC
Job Type: Full Time Regular
Job Number: 01822
Department: Youth Services
Opening Date: 10/07/2026
Closing Date: Continuous


Summary
Rockingham County is an equal opportunity employer and will comply with federal and state statutes regarding discrimination in employment.

This posting is continuous and will remain posted to fill vacancies as they become available. Applicants that apply to this posting will be considered for any vacancies of this type and will only need to apply once.

• Paid Medical, Dental, Vision & Life Insurance
• Onsite wellness/medical clinic
• Onsite fitness center
• Retirement
• Flexible Spending
• Paid Vacation, Sick & Holidays
• Bereavement
• Community Service Leave
• Weekends Off (varies by position)
• Flexible Work Schedules & Telework Options (varies by position)
• Tuition Reimbursement
• 401-K & 457 Plans with county match up to 1% of base salary

General Definition of Work
Provide comprehensive clinical assessments and clinical treatment for vulnerable and at-risk children and their families, with an emphasis on trauma-focused and family therapy. Work is performed under the limited supervision of the Youth Services Director.

Qualification Requirements
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential function satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable an individual with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Examples of Duties

Examples of Duties

• Provide evidence based clinical treatment/outpatient therapy for vulnerable and at-risk children and their families including Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT), Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Play Therapy, Family Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy; assess psychological/behavioral/emotional status of clients and their families for identifying needs and implement appropriate therapeutic interventions; develop and execute treatment plans based on identified needs using appropriate therapeutic theories and techniques; monitor progress of clients/families on a regular basis, making changes in treatment plans and course of therapy, as indicated.
• Maintain all relevant documents in client chart according to policies including treatment plans, progress notes, and all other records pertaining to the case.
• Make clinical recommendations to DSS, Juvenile Justice and/or Vaya Health MCO regarding the case including custody, placement, and level of care.
• Conduct rigorous clinical assessments in the form of CCAs (comprehensive clinical assessments) or TICCAs (trauma intensive comprehensive clinical assessments) which include administering a battery of standardized assessments for child and caregiver on domains measuring trauma exposures, trauma symptoms, depression, anxiety, substance use, and traumatic brain injury, as well as interviews and evaluations of client, caregiver and collateral contacts, and review of medical, educational and court records, in order to issue a psychological diagnosis and issue recommendations of treatment and/or services in the psychological, medical, safety, familial, social, educational, and community domains.
• Engage in monthly individual clinical supervision with Director (at least 1.5 hours) and monthly group clinical supervision with Director and clinical team (3 hours). These meetings include sharing videos of clinical work, staffing of cases, and clinical training.
• Participate in continuing education as required by licensing boards including ethics and relevant theoretical and clinical topics to maintain and enhance knowledge and skills of empirically supported best practices.
• Collaborate with and coordinate services with partner agencies including Division of Juvenile Justice and DSS.
• Serve as member of Review Team, a team of professionals that meets twice a month to review all the cases in foster care and make recommendations.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• General knowledge of County and Department policies and procedures.
• Thorough knowledge of therapeutic theories particularly in treating children and families.
• General knowledge of applicable State laws, rules, and regulations.
• Thorough knowledge in preparing reports and other types of correspondence.
• General knowledge in the use of standard office equipment and associated software.
• Ability to make arithmetic computations such as computing rates, ratios, and percentages.
• Ability to develop care and treatment plans for children with trauma and similar diagnoses.
• Ability to communicate effectively orally and in writing; ability to establish and maintain effective relationships with adolescents, other employees, officials, and the General public.
• Ability to apply theoretical frameworks to client treatment.
• Ability to assess psychological symptoms.
• Ability to work independently.
• Ability to plan and execute work effectively.
• Ability to formulate narrative reports, create treatment plans and document sessions notes in professional standard.

Physical Activities, Visual Acuity, and Working Conditions for this Position.

• Balancing - Maintaining body equilibrium to prevent falling when walking, standing, or crouching on narrow, slippery, or erratically moving surfaces. This factor is important if the amount and kind of balancing exceeds that needed for ordinary locomotion and maintenance of body equilibrium
• Stooping - Bending body downward and forward by bending spine at the waist. This factor is important if it occurs to a considerable degree and requires full use of the lower extremities and back muscles
• Kneeling - Bending legs at knee to come to a rest on knee or knees
• Crouching - Bending the body downward and forward by bending legs and spine
• Reaching - Extending hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction
• Standing - Remaining upright on the feet, particularly for sustained periods of time
• Walking - Moving about on foot to accomplish tasks, particularly for long distances or moving from one work site to another
• Pushing - Using upper extremities to press against something with steady force to thrust forward, downward, or outward
• Pulling - Using upper extremities to exert force to draw, drag, haul or tug objects in a sustained motion
• Lifting - Raising objects from a lower to a higher position or moving objects horizontally from position-to-position. This factor is important if it occurs to a considerable degree and requires the substantial use of the upper extremities and back muscles
• Fingering - Picking, pinching, typing or otherwise working, primarily with fingers rather than with whole hand or arm as in handling
• Grasping - Applying pressure to an object with the fingers and palm
• Feeling - Perceiving attributes of objects, such as size, shape, temperature, or texture by touching with skin, particularly that of fingertips
• Talking - Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word; those activities where detailed or important spoken instructions must be conveyed to other workers accurately, loudly, or quickly
• Hearing - Perceiving the nature of sounds at normal speaking levels with or without correction, and having the ability to receive detailed information through oral communications, and making fine discriminations in sound
• Repetitive Motions- Making substantial movements (motions) of the wrists, hands and/or fingers
• Sedentary Work- Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and/or a negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects, including the human body. Sedentary work involves sitting most of the time. Jobs are sedentary if walking and standing are required only occasionally, and all other sedentary criteria are met
• Employee is required to have close visual acuity to perform an activity such as: preparing and analyzing data and figures; transcribing; viewing a computer terminal; extensive reading; visual inspection involving small defects, small parts and/or operation of machines (including inspection); using measurement devices and/or assembly or fabrication of parts at distances close to the eyes
• None: Employee is not substantially exposed to adverse environmental conditions (typical office or administrative work)

Minimum Qualifications

Minimum Education and Experience: Master's degree in Marriage & Family Therapy, Social Work, Clinical Mental Health Counseling, or related field and moderate experience in the care and treatment of children or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

License or Certification Requirements:

• NC clinical license in Marriage & Family Therapy (LMFT), Social Work (LCSW), Clinical Mental Health Counseling (LCMHC), or the provisional forms of respective licenses.
• Valid North Carolina Driver's License.

Supplemental Information


Note: In accordance with State mandates and the Rockingham County Emergency Operations Plan, Rockingham County Health and Human Services staff from the Divisions of Social Services, Public Health and Integrated Health are required to staff emergency shelters during times of disaster. Please be advised that every staff person is eligible to be assigned to an emergency shelter or Emergency Operations Center.
The Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program is intended to encourage individuals to enter and continue to work full-time in public service jobs. If you have student loans and you are selected for full-time employment with Rockingham County, you may qualify for forgiveness of the remaining balance due on your William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan after you have made 120 qualifying payments on those loans while employed full-time by certain public service employers. Click on the link below to see whether you might qualify.

Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance

For Full Time employees in a regular position, insurance is available and effective the first day of the following month after having worked for an entire month. The County currently pays 100% of the cost for regular employees working at least 30 hours per week. Dependent coverage is also available.
Paid Time Off

This benefit is available to regular employees working at least 20 hours per week. Time off includes:
Vacation/Annual Leave

Sick Leave

Paid Holidays .
Bereavement
Local Government Retirement System

All employees in regular full or part time position are required to contribute to the retirement system. Contributions are taken on a pre-tax basis. The current contribution amount is 6%.
Supplemental Retirement Plans

NC 401(k)- Employees have the option of making contributions on a pre or post tax basis to a 401(k) and on a pre tax basis to a a 457(b) plan. Contributions will be matched by the county, up to 1% or their annual base salary.
Other Insurance

Insurance such as life, short term disability, and cancer care are available to regular employees and can be paid through payroll deduction.
Direct Deposit

All employees are required to have direct deposit.
Other Benefits

Annual longevity payment beginning with the 6th full year of full or part time regular employment