Licensed Therapist (Multiple Opportunities)

ISSUED: 09/16/2026

CLOSES: OPEN

**Position:**LICENSED THERAPIST (Multiple Opportunities)

Salary:$66,447 annually, negotiable depending on qualifications

**Division:**Residential Treatment and Family Counseling

**Department:**YOUTH SERVICES

**Department:**YOUTH SERVICES

**Division:**Residential Treatment and Family Counseling

**Hours:**8:00 A.M. to 7:00 P.M., Monday – Thursday; may be required to work flex hours to accommodate client/program needs.

Other:

Valid Florida Driver’s License and PBC Risk Management Department driving history approval prior to appointment.

THESE ARE AT-WILL POSITIONS.

Must pass a Level 2 background check prior to appointment.

Use the Job ID based on the Position Location as follows

Location

Job ID

345 S. Congress Avenue, Delray Beach; 50 Military Trail, WPB

36226

Provides group, individual, and family therapy and counseling services in school- and community-based settings to youth and adolescents and their families who are experiencing emotional, behavioral, and school difficulties, family discord, truancy, poor peer choices, and other issues. Conceptualizes and analyzes issues presented by the family; prepares intake reports, psychosocial summaries, genograms, treatment plans; maintains case notes using a computerized database; participates as a member of a multidisciplinary treatment team. Interacts with schools, social service agencies, and other professionals to provide client services as needed and to educate the public on Youth/Family Counseling services and the Youth Services Department.

QUALIFICATIONS

This position requires qualified applicants to possess the following:

• A Master’s Degree in Psychology, Social Work, Mental Health Counseling, Marriage and Family Therapy, or related field; minimum of one (1) year of experience with individual, family, and group counseling or psychotherapy for children/adolescents.

NECESSARY SPECIAL REQUIREMENT

Qualified applicants MUST possess the following at time of application:

• A current FL License as a Clinical Social Worker, Mental Health Counselor, Marriage and Family Therapist, or Psychologist as defined by the Department of Business and Professional Regulation (COPY of current License must be uploaded to online application within three [3] business days of application submittal).

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

Preferred qualifications include:

• Experience performingcrisis/risk assessments (must specify on application),
• Experience utilizing a trauma-informed approach such as the Sanctuary Model,
• Knowledge of education, legal, and local child and family resources welfare system (must specify on application), and
• Bi/trilingual (English/Spanish/Creole).

All employees of Palm Beach County may be required to work before, during and/or after a natural or man-made disaster or hurricane.

In accordance with Affirmative Action requirements of Sec. 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended, and provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, the County provides reasonable accommodation. If you need a reasonable accommodation for interviewing or initial employment, please notify the Palm Beach County BCC Human Resources Department. EO/AA Employer M/F/D/V; (Drug Free Work Place).