Youth Services Counselor

Position Summary:  Serves as Counselor for the Youth Services Bureau of Monroe County with focus on both Binkley House Emergency Youth Shelter and adolescent programming for community groups.  Responsible for providing community-based and short-term intervention counseling for youth and their families, and providing training and group facilitation for youth, parents, volunteers, and community organizations. 

Must participate in an on-call rotation with other clinical staff and must be available to respond to phone calls to provide clinical support to youth and shelter staff. At times, on-call support may need to be provided in person at the facility.

Qualifications:  Master’s Degree in counseling, social work, or related field, working towards licensure, with previous experience in marriage and family therapy or related counseling discipline.

Salary:  2026 Starting Salary $63,461 (no Monroe County Government work experience).  Based on full time 40-hour work week. (PAT C job classification).  Monroe County operates with complete pay transparency. Employees receive pay increases at 3, 8, 14, 20, and 25 years of employment, and cost-of-living adjustments are evaluated annually.

Monroe County Government benefits:

• Pension program (14.2% of salary total invested on your behalf w/ 10-year vestment period at no cost to the employee, with potential to voluntarily add up to 10% of post-tax total to fund)


• Free primary healthcare for all health insurance participants via employer-provided health clinic


• Health / dental / vision insurance w/ 80% employer contribution


• Government holidays or floating holiday package for those in 24/7 facilities


• Exempt positions earn Flex benefit time for hours worked over their 2-week minimum


• Retirement counselor resources


• 6 weeks paid parental leave after 1-year of full-time employment


• Perks & discounts program with local / national / international opportunities


• EAP program for employees and their families