MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELOR SUPERVISOR
for sections like About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Use - for any list of duties/requirements/benefits, and
for prose. Do NOT repeat job title as heading. Do NOT put Job ID/requisition numbers as headings. Preserve all substantive info; do not invent or summarize away detail. Remove boilerplate: cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, application instructions. Include a section ONLY when posting has real, specific content for it — never emit heading followed by filler/placeholder text (e.g., "commensurate with experience", "not specified", "N/A", "varies", "TBD") and never create Pay/Schedule/Benefits sections unless posting actually states them. Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones.
We need to parse the posting for substantive content.
The posting includes:
- Position Information: description: Under direction, supervises and manages professional clinical workers in the areas of child protective services, adult services, senior services, or juvenile services; and performs related work as required. This is an Open Competitive/Countywide Promotional recruitment being conducted to fill a current full-time vacancy in the Human Services Agency. The list established from this recruitment may be used to fill future vacancies throughout the County as they occur. For more information on this position, please see the Job Specification at https://www.washoecounty.gov/humanresources/Careers/jobspecs.php
- Minimum Qualifications: Three years of full-time experience performing clinical case work AND a master’s degree from accredited college or university in social work, marriage and family therapy, counseling, psychology or closely related field AND licensure in the State of Nevada to practice as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, a Marriage and Family Therapist or a Clinical Professional Counselor. License Or Certificate License to practice in area of assignment is required at the time of application (licensure must be as a practitioner, not as an intern) and must be maintained for continued employment in this classification. A valid driver's license is required at the time of appointment and must be maintained for continued employment in this classification.
- The Ideal Candidate: multiple sections: Juvenile Services Department, Human Services Agency – Housing and Homeless Services Division, Human Services Agency - CPS Division (current vacancy). Each includes description of ideal candidate responsibilities.
- Conditions of Employment: includes Juvenile Services specifics (not covered by bargaining unit, TB test cost borne by applicant, first aid/CPR certification, background investigation steps). Human Services Agency specifics (covered by WCEA - Supervisory, access to criminal justice systems, background check via Child Abuse and Neglect Registry, additional conditions: background checks via State of Nevada and FBI, fee $40 after Oct 1 2026, TB test cost borne by applicant, residency requirement, salary range info: hired at minimum rate, eligible for annual merit increase of 5% until max, promotion placement at minimum rate or promotional calc whichever greater). Also mention "What Happens Next" about application process, but that's application instructions; we should remove application instructions per instruction: remove application instructions. So we should drop the "What Happens Next" section.
- Also EEO statement at end: remove.
Thus we need to decide which sections to output.
We have substantive content about:
- About the role (position information) – could be "About the role" heading.
- Responsibilities: maybe from ideal candidate sections? Those describe duties: supervising therapists, providing oversight, training, guidance, direct client services, program implementation, data collection, reporting, etc. Could be responsibilities.
- Requirements: Minimum Qualifications (experience, degree, licensure, driver's license). Also license/certificate requirements.
- Qualifications: maybe ideal candidate specifics (bilingual Spanish, CADC, etc.) could be under "Qualifications" or "Skills". But we need to avoid duplication. The instruction: Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones. So we could combine some.
We need to decide on sections: maybe "About the role", "Responsibilities", "Requirements", "Qualifications", "Conditions of Employment". Benefits, Pay, Schedule: we have some pay info: "Washoe County hires all new employees at the minimum rate of the salary range and eligible employees may receive an annual merit increase of 5% until they reach the maximum salary for the classification. Upon promotion, current Washoe County employees are placed at the minimum rate of the salary range for the higher classification of the new position OR a promotional calculation, whichever is greater." That's pay info. So we can include a Pay section.
Schedule: not mentioned. Benefits: not mentioned besides maybe TB test cost borne by applicant (that's a condition). No explicit benefits like health insurance, retirement, etc. So we should not create Benefits section.
Thus sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Conditions of Employment, Pay.
We need to ensure we don't include filler like "commensurate with experience". Not present.
We need to use
for each section heading.
Inside sections, use
for prose,
- for lists.
We need to preserve all substantive information; do not invent or summarize away detail. So we need to include all details from the posting, but we can combine similar info.
Let's extract details:
About the role (position information):
- Under direction, supervises and manages professional clinical workers in the areas of child protective services, adult services, senior services, or juvenile services; and performs related work as required.
- This is an Open Competitive/Countywide Promotional recruitment being conducted to fill a current full-time vacancy in the Human Services Agency.
- The list established from this recruitment may be used to fill future vacancies throughout the County as they occur.
- For more information on this position, please see the Job Specification at https://www.washoecounty.gov/humanresources/Careers/jobspecs.php
That's substantive.
Responsibilities: from ideal candidate sections.
We have three ideal candidate sections: Juvenile Services Department, Housing and Homeless Services Division, CPS Division (current vacancy). They have overlapping responsibilities but also specific.
We need to capture all responsibilities without duplication? The instruction: preserve ALL substantive information; do NOT invent or summarize away detail. So we should include each bullet point as given, but we can combine similar points if they are identical? However summarizing might be considered summarizing away detail. Safer to keep each distinct responsibility as separate list items, but we can group by division.
We could create a
with items for each responsibility, maybe grouped under subheadings? But we cannot add extra headings besides for sections; we could use
to introduce each division then
for its responsibilities.
We must not invent headings; we can use for prose.
Thus for Responsibilities section, we can have a
introducing that responsibilities vary by division, then list each division's responsibilities in
.
But we need to ensure we don't lose any detail.
Let's extract each division's responsibilities:
Juvenile Services Department:
- experience providing therapy and case management to at-risk adolescents and their families
- knowledge of mental health services and other community resources, including how to effectively navigate them
- oversee a mental health services unit for both detention and probation services within the Jan Evans Juvenile Justice Center
- provide oversight and support to therapists in detention who deliver supportive therapy, crisis therapy, and assessments to youth
- may also supervise therapists assigned to a community-based therapy program that upholds high-quality assurance standards
- provide guidance, supervision, and training to Juvenile Services staff
- prior mental health supervisory experience is required
Human Services Agency – Housing and Homeless Services Division:
- experience providing therapy and casework to children and families, to include crisis services and response
- lead a team of licensed Mental Health Counselor staff, clinical interns, and Case Workers, offering training, guidance, and supervision, as well as direct client services
- responsible for taking part in and leading agency teams and initiatives, including program implementation, data collection, and reporting on a Local, State, and Federal level
- provide oversight and guidance to the Mental Health Counselors, clinical interns, and caseworkers making up our clinical services team for Child Protective Services and/or Children’s Mobile Crisis Response Team
- ideal candidate will be bilingual in Spanish, be a Certified Alcohol & Drug Abuse Counselor or Certified Alcohol & Drug Abuse Counselor Intern or Licensed Alcohol & Drug Counselor or Licensed Clinical Alcohol & Drug Abuse Counselor
Human Services Agency - CPS Division (current vacancy):
- experience providing therapy and casework to children and families
- lead a team of licensed Mental Health Counselor staff, clinical interns, and Case Workers, offering training, guidance, and supervision, as well as direct client services
- responsible for taking part in and leading agency teams and initiatives, including program implementation, data collection, and reporting on a Local, State, and Federal level
- provide oversight and guidance to the Mental Health Counselors, clinical interns, and caseworkers making up our clinical services team for Child Protective Services
- ideal candidate will be bilingual in Spanish, be a Certified Alcohol & Drug Abuse Counselor or Certified Alcohol & Drug Abuse Counselor Intern or Licensed Alcohol & Drug Counselor or Licensed Clinical Alcohol & Drug Abuse Counselor
Note: The last two have similar responsibilities; we can keep both but note they are similar.
We also have "Conditions of Employment" details.
Conditions of Employment:
Juvenile Services:
- Mental Health Counselor Supervisor position located at the Juvenile Services Department is not covered by a bargaining unit.
- Juvenile Services employees will be required to have a tuberculosis test. The cost of the test will be borne by the selected applicant(s).
- Juvenile Services will need first aid/CPR certification at the time of appointment.
- After the interview process, top candidates will go through a background investigation process that includes:
- Complete and submit a Personal History Statement and pass an extensive background investigation.
- Submit a set of fingerprints.
Human Services Agency (current vacancy):
- Mental Health Counselor Supervisor position located at the Human Services Agency is covered by the Washoe County Employees Association (WCEA) - Supervisory.
- Certain positions in the Human Services Agency have access to criminal justice agency systems including NCIC and CJIS.
- All felony convictions, gross misdemeanor and certain misdemeanors will prohibit that employee from working with NCIC and CJIS criminal justice systems.
- Additionally, Human Services Agency will run a background check via the Child Abuse and Neglect Registry.
- Additional Conditions (Human Services Agency):
- Background checks will be conducted on selected applicants through the State of Nevada and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).
- Per the Washoe County Background and Reference Checks Policy, new and rehired employees are required to submit to a fingerprint based background investigation.
- Effective October 1, 2026, the $40.00 fee associated with this background investigation will be paid by the employee (if applicable) and deducted automatically from the first paycheck.
- Employment is contingent upon the results of the background check, although a record of conviction will not necessarily bar an applicant from employment.
- Human Services Agency employees will be required to have a tuberculosis test. The cost of the test will be borne by the selected applicant(s).
- Washoe County requires its employees to reside in the state of Nevada or neighboring California communities such as Truckee, South Lake Tahoe or Susanville as of their first day of work.
- Washoe County hires all new employees at the minimum rate of the salary range and eligible employees may receive an annual merit increase of 5% until they reach the maximum salary for the classification.
- Upon promotion, current Washoe County employees are placed at the minimum rate of the salary range for the higher classification of the new position OR a promotional calculation, whichever is greater.
- Upon promotion, current Washoe County employees are placed at the minimum rate of the salary range for the higher classification of the new position OR a promotional calculation, whichever is greater. (
for prose. Do NOT repeat job title as heading. Do NOT put Job ID/requisition numbers as headings. Preserve all substantive info; do not invent or summarize away detail. Remove boilerplate: cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, application instructions. Include a section ONLY when posting has real, specific content for it — never emit heading followed by filler/placeholder text (e.g., "commensurate with experience", "not specified", "N/A", "varies", "TBD") and never create Pay/Schedule/Benefits sections unless posting actually states them. Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones. We need to parse the posting for substantive content. The posting includes: - Position Information: description: Under direction, supervises and manages professional clinical workers in the areas of child protective services, adult services, senior services, or juvenile services; and performs related work as required. This is an Open Competitive/Countywide Promotional recruitment being conducted to fill a current full-time vacancy in the Human Services Agency. The list established from this recruitment may be used to fill future vacancies throughout the County as they occur. For more information on this position, please see the Job Specification at https://www.washoecounty.gov/humanresources/Careers/jobspecs.php - Minimum Qualifications: Three years of full-time experience performing clinical case work AND a master’s degree from accredited college or university in social work, marriage and family therapy, counseling, psychology or closely related field AND licensure in the State of Nevada to practice as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, a Marriage and Family Therapist or a Clinical Professional Counselor. License Or Certificate License to practice in area of assignment is required at the time of application (licensure must be as a practitioner, not as an intern) and must be maintained for continued employment in this classification. A valid driver's license is required at the time of appointment and must be maintained for continued employment in this classification. - The Ideal Candidate: multiple sections: Juvenile Services Department, Human Services Agency – Housing and Homeless Services Division, Human Services Agency - CPS Division (current vacancy). Each includes description of ideal candidate responsibilities. - Conditions of Employment: includes Juvenile Services specifics (not covered by bargaining unit, TB test cost borne by applicant, first aid/CPR certification, background investigation steps). Human Services Agency specifics (covered by WCEA - Supervisory, access to criminal justice systems, background check via Child Abuse and Neglect Registry, additional conditions: background checks via State of Nevada and FBI, fee $40 after Oct 1 2026, TB test cost borne by applicant, residency requirement, salary range info: hired at minimum rate, eligible for annual merit increase of 5% until max, promotion placement at minimum rate or promotional calc whichever greater). Also mention "What Happens Next" about application process, but that's application instructions; we should remove application instructions per instruction: remove application instructions. So we should drop the "What Happens Next" section. - Also EEO statement at end: remove. Thus we need to decide which sections to output. We have substantive content about: - About the role (position information) – could be "About the role" heading. - Responsibilities: maybe from ideal candidate sections? Those describe duties: supervising therapists, providing oversight, training, guidance, direct client services, program implementation, data collection, reporting, etc. Could be responsibilities. - Requirements: Minimum Qualifications (experience, degree, licensure, driver's license). Also license/certificate requirements. - Qualifications: maybe ideal candidate specifics (bilingual Spanish, CADC, etc.) could be under "Qualifications" or "Skills". But we need to avoid duplication. The instruction: Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones. So we could combine some. We need to decide on sections: maybe "About the role", "Responsibilities", "Requirements", "Qualifications", "Conditions of Employment". Benefits, Pay, Schedule: we have some pay info: "Washoe County hires all new employees at the minimum rate of the salary range and eligible employees may receive an annual merit increase of 5% until they reach the maximum salary for the classification. Upon promotion, current Washoe County employees are placed at the minimum rate of the salary range for the higher classification of the new position OR a promotional calculation, whichever is greater." That's pay info. So we can include a Pay section. Schedule: not mentioned. Benefits: not mentioned besides maybe TB test cost borne by applicant (that's a condition). No explicit benefits like health insurance, retirement, etc. So we should not create Benefits section. Thus sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Conditions of Employment, Pay. We need to ensure we don't include filler like "commensurate with experience". Not present. We need to use
for each section heading. Inside sections, use
for prose,
- for lists.
We need to preserve all substantive information; do not invent or summarize away detail. So we need to include all details from the posting, but we can combine similar info.
Let's extract details:
About the role (position information):
- Under direction, supervises and manages professional clinical workers in the areas of child protective services, adult services, senior services, or juvenile services; and performs related work as required.
- This is an Open Competitive/Countywide Promotional recruitment being conducted to fill a current full-time vacancy in the Human Services Agency.
- The list established from this recruitment may be used to fill future vacancies throughout the County as they occur.
- For more information on this position, please see the Job Specification at https://www.washoecounty.gov/humanresources/Careers/jobspecs.php
That's substantive.
Responsibilities: from ideal candidate sections.
We have three ideal candidate sections: Juvenile Services Department, Housing and Homeless Services Division, CPS Division (current vacancy). They have overlapping responsibilities but also specific.
We need to capture all responsibilities without duplication? The instruction: preserve ALL substantive information; do NOT invent or summarize away detail. So we should include each bullet point as given, but we can combine similar points if they are identical? However summarizing might be considered summarizing away detail. Safer to keep each distinct responsibility as separate list items, but we can group by division.
We could create a
- with items for each responsibility, maybe grouped under subheadings? But we cannot add extra headings besides
for sections; we could use
to introduce each division then
- for its responsibilities.
We must not invent headings; we can use
for prose. Thus for Responsibilities section, we can have a
introducing that responsibilities vary by division, then list each division's responsibilities in
- .
But we need to ensure we don't lose any detail.
Let's extract each division's responsibilities:
Juvenile Services Department:
- experience providing therapy and case management to at-risk adolescents and their families
- knowledge of mental health services and other community resources, including how to effectively navigate them
- oversee a mental health services unit for both detention and probation services within the Jan Evans Juvenile Justice Center
- provide oversight and support to therapists in detention who deliver supportive therapy, crisis therapy, and assessments to youth
- may also supervise therapists assigned to a community-based therapy program that upholds high-quality assurance standards
- provide guidance, supervision, and training to Juvenile Services staff
- prior mental health supervisory experience is required
Human Services Agency – Housing and Homeless Services Division:
- experience providing therapy and casework to children and families, to include crisis services and response
- lead a team of licensed Mental Health Counselor staff, clinical interns, and Case Workers, offering training, guidance, and supervision, as well as direct client services
- responsible for taking part in and leading agency teams and initiatives, including program implementation, data collection, and reporting on a Local, State, and Federal level
- provide oversight and guidance to the Mental Health Counselors, clinical interns, and caseworkers making up our clinical services team for Child Protective Services and/or Children’s Mobile Crisis Response Team
- ideal candidate will be bilingual in Spanish, be a Certified Alcohol & Drug Abuse Counselor or Certified Alcohol & Drug Abuse Counselor Intern or Licensed Alcohol & Drug Counselor or Licensed Clinical Alcohol & Drug Abuse Counselor
Human Services Agency - CPS Division (current vacancy):
- experience providing therapy and casework to children and families
- lead a team of licensed Mental Health Counselor staff, clinical interns, and Case Workers, offering training, guidance, and supervision, as well as direct client services
- responsible for taking part in and leading agency teams and initiatives, including program implementation, data collection, and reporting on a Local, State, and Federal level
- provide oversight and guidance to the Mental Health Counselors, clinical interns, and caseworkers making up our clinical services team for Child Protective Services
- ideal candidate will be bilingual in Spanish, be a Certified Alcohol & Drug Abuse Counselor or Certified Alcohol & Drug Abuse Counselor Intern or Licensed Alcohol & Drug Counselor or Licensed Clinical Alcohol & Drug Abuse Counselor
Note: The last two have similar responsibilities; we can keep both but note they are similar.
We also have "Conditions of Employment" details.
Conditions of Employment:
Juvenile Services:
- Mental Health Counselor Supervisor position located at the Juvenile Services Department is not covered by a bargaining unit.
- Juvenile Services employees will be required to have a tuberculosis test. The cost of the test will be borne by the selected applicant(s).
- Juvenile Services will need first aid/CPR certification at the time of appointment.
- After the interview process, top candidates will go through a background investigation process that includes:
- Complete and submit a Personal History Statement and pass an extensive background investigation.
- Submit a set of fingerprints.
Human Services Agency (current vacancy):
- Mental Health Counselor Supervisor position located at the Human Services Agency is covered by the Washoe County Employees Association (WCEA) - Supervisory.
- Certain positions in the Human Services Agency have access to criminal justice agency systems including NCIC and CJIS.
- All felony convictions, gross misdemeanor and certain misdemeanors will prohibit that employee from working with NCIC and CJIS criminal justice systems.
- Additionally, Human Services Agency will run a background check via the Child Abuse and Neglect Registry.
- Additional Conditions (Human Services Agency):
- Background checks will be conducted on selected applicants through the State of Nevada and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).
- Per the Washoe County Background and Reference Checks Policy, new and rehired employees are required to submit to a fingerprint based background investigation.
- Effective October 1, 2026, the $40.00 fee associated with this background investigation will be paid by the employee (if applicable) and deducted automatically from the first paycheck.
- Employment is contingent upon the results of the background check, although a record of conviction will not necessarily bar an applicant from employment.
- Human Services Agency employees will be required to have a tuberculosis test. The cost of the test will be borne by the selected applicant(s).
- Washoe County requires its employees to reside in the state of Nevada or neighboring California communities such as Truckee, South Lake Tahoe or Susanville as of their first day of work.
- Washoe County hires all new employees at the minimum rate of the salary range and eligible employees may receive an annual merit increase of 5% until they reach the maximum salary for the classification.
- Upon promotion, current Washoe County employees are placed at the minimum rate of the salary range for the higher classification of the new position OR a promotional calculation, whichever is greater.
- Upon promotion, current Washoe County employees are placed at the minimum rate of the salary range for the higher classification of the new position OR a promotional calculation, whichever is greater. (