Explore Our Career Opportunities

Burke is a great place to start or expand your career. With more than 500 employees, Burke is one of the largest employers in East Texas. Burke employees are as committed to their communities as they are to their clients and profession. Our employees make it possible to deliver the care our clients expect, award-winning mental health and developmental disability care.

We are looking for friendly, dedicated individuals who want to work for one of the state’s leading mental health and developmental disability services organizations.


31 Career Opportunities at Burke


This position delivers direct physical therapy and consultative services, as recommended by the interdisciplinary team, to developmentally delayed and/or medically at-risk children from birth to age three in a community-based setting. In accordance with Texas licensure requirements, Physical Therapist Assistants must work under the supervision of a licensed Physical Therapist.


Support Staff
Nacogdoches, TX75965

This position is responsible for but not limited to: completing fee contracts, communication with insurance and financial services for authorization of services, fee collections, greeting clients and visitors, answering a very busy multi-line phone system, assists in coverage of reception area, record keeping, scheduling and maintaining appointments for physicians, therapists and clinical staff, data entry, and filing as well as other duties as assigned.


New Posting Grant Accountant
Lufkin, TX75901

The accountant is responsible for completing complex and advanced accounting functions, with primary responsibility for managing federal and state grants. This position serves as an informational source for all Financial Services staff; monitoring current practices to ensure compliance with regulations; assisting in maintaining the efficient and effective operations of Financial Services. This position reports directly to the CFO but works closely with other accountants, the accounting manager, and all Center department managers and staff to generate timely and accurate financial statements; serves as team leader of projects necessary to improve efficiencies and streamline functions of all Financial Services processes. The accountant accesses confidential vendor, payroll and consumer data; utilizes job-related equipment, including, but not limited to PC, scanner, printer.


New Posting Billing Specialist
Lufkin, TX75901

The Billing Specialist role is responsible for carrying out departmental functions such as managing all insurance updates (Medicaid, Medicare, private insurance, and private pay) and assisting with authorizations. The position collaborates with staff and payors to identify performance trends and improve processes, while requiring a strong understanding of medical insurance billing and accounts receivable practices. Success in this role demands the ability to complete detailed work quickly and accurately, communicate clearly and professionally, and build effective working relationships with patients, staff, and third-party payers.


New Posting Part - Time Mental Health Specialist
Lufkin, TX75901

The PT Mental Health Specialist will provide safety monitoring of resident clients and assists in establishing and maintaining an environment that is therapeutic for persons with mental illness on the Extended Observation and Crisis Residential Units. These programs operate 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Duties will include but may not be limited to the following: monitoring acutely mentally ill adults; intervening when necessary to prevent clients from escalating; facilitating client engagement in treatment services; prompting, supervising and assisting clients in performing basic activities of daily living; and generally observing, documenting, and reporting client conditions and behaviors. May also transport clients to other medical services in the community, when necessary.


New Posting Part - Time Vocational Specialist
Lufkin, TX75901

The Part-Time Vocational Specialist is responsible for the daily management and coordination of client-related services that support the overall success of Burke Industries programs. This role focuses on ensuring the successful implementation of contract terms, maintaining high standards of client care and employee welfare, and supporting a safe and effective service environment. Responsibilities: Work directly with clients to ensure successful implementation of assigned contract terms, oversee and ensure timely completion of all tasks related to assigned contracts, monitor and promote client and employee welfare, ensuring a secure and supportive working environment, ensure compliance with contract requirements and maintain a high level of satisfaction with local partners, and other duties as assigned by the Burke Industries Director.


New Posting Home Manager
Lufkin, TX75901

The Home Manager is responsible for: ensuring the group home runs smoothly, effectively and cost-efficiently by organizing and managing a wide variety of job duties. The Home Manager provides administrative assistance to the Service Director to include, but not limited to, scheduling staff, ensuring all medical appointments are scheduled and transportation assigned, monitoring of hourly residential staff, providing unit/consumer specific staff training and scheduling staff for required agency training, overseeing the upkeep of the home and vehicle, and ensuring compliance with Life Safety and Health Standards by obtaining required inspections. This position is also required to provide/process supporting documentation of all activities and services rendered, assist consumers with personal finances, and maintain financial records.


New Posting Part - Time Crisis Mental Health Clinician
Lufkin, TX75901

The PT Crisis Mental Health Clinician will provide direct care rehabilitative services to adults at the Mental Health Emergency Center that operates 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.


New Posting Part - Time Residential Assistant
Nacogdoches, TX75965

The PT Residential Assistant (RA) is responsible for providing guidance and care for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities living in a residential setting. Work involves supervising day-to-day living activities; providing active treatment; perpetuating a harmonious, home-like environment; and working with other professionals. The RA assists the Day Programmer in providing active treatment as scheduled. The RA is also responsible for ensuring that the group home environment is kept safe and clean according to Life Safety and Health standards. Daily documentation includes activity notes, medication inventory records, and progress reports. Other documentation is required on an as-needed basis. Reliable transportation is required.


New Posting Mental Health Clinician
Lufkin, TX75901

The Mental Health Clinician will provide direct care rehabilitative services to individual adults, as well as potentially work with children/adolescents and their families, enrolled in services with chronic mental illness in the office and community/home settings. Will perform services according to the individual’s approved and prescribed rehabilitation plan, and according to Burke and Medicaid standards and requirements. This worker will perform emergency assessment duties as needed. Proficient and timely documentation skills required. Self-discipline, flexibility, and time-organization skills are a must. Service provision will occur to individuals residing in Angelina, Trinity, Sabine, Newton, and Houston counties. Performs under the supervision of the unit Clinical Coordinator. This position will require travel to remote areas.


The Mental Health Service Director is responsible for managing, supervising and oversight of all operations related to the allocation and administration of state funds and state service requirements for mental health services. Counties include Angelina, Houston, Trinity, Newton, and Sabine. Responsible for the supervision of clinical managers and office managers as well as the management of unit budget, management of facilities, and maintaining quality of care specific to state mandated Resiliency and Disease Management services. Also responsible for overseeing utilization management of services provided, records management, and performance evaluations for clinical staff. Will operate within an Electronic Health Record (EHR) and standard Microsoft Office products. This position is based out of the Lufkin clinic and will report to the Behavioral Health Senior Program Director.


HR Specialist
Lufkin, TX75901

Are you an HR pro who thrives on helping people, solving problems, and keeping things running behind the scenes? At Burke, we’re looking for someone like you to join our Human Resources team as an HR Specialist.

In this role, you’ll work on a little bit of everything, recruitment, onboarding, payroll, benefits, compliance, and HR systems. You’ll play a key part in helping our team support Burke’s mission of improving mental health and well-being across East Texas.


New Posting Mental Health Clinician
Nacogdoches, TX75965

This position provides mental health skills and support services to children, adolescents, and their families that reside in Nacogdoches, Shelby, and San Augustine counties. This worker will perform case management, skills training, and other services according to the consumer’s approved and prescribed treatment plan. This position also provides services in accordance with agency and Medicaid standards and requirements. Duties also include conducting emergency assessments as warranted and intake assessments. Proficient and timely documentation, self-discipline, flexibility, and organizational skills are a must. Traveling within the six-county region is required.


Adult Psychiatrist
Lufkin, TX75901

We are seeking a dedicated Adult Psychiatrist to join our team and provide exceptional psychiatric care to our community.


Registered Nurse/Nights
Lufkin, TX75901

Registered Nurses are part of a multidisciplinary treatment team and are responsible for providing nursing care services to acutely mentally ill adult residents at the Mental Health Emergency Center. This program operates 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.


New Posting Part - Time Vocational Specialist
Lufkin, TX75901

The PT Vocational Specialist will be responsible for the overall daily management of clients and daily activities. Responsibilities include working with apprenticeship program to assist in training client/employee with classroom and hands-on-learning experiences; client-employee welfare and safety; compliance with contract terms and local customer satisfactions; client/employee training and oversee related documentation, inventory control, vehicle and equipment upkeep; and other duties as assigned.


New Posting Part - Time Vocational Specialist
Nacogdoches, TX75965

The PT Vocational Specialist will oversee the daily management of clients, providing support in skills development, and socialization training. This role includes assisting with activities of daily living (such as meal monitoring and medication administration), ensuring a safe and supportive environment, and facilitating community integration. Other duties as assigned. This position will provide vocational services in Nacogdoches County.


New Posting Part - Time Residential Assistant
Lufkin, TX75901

The PT Residential Assistant provides training and care for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities who live in a residential environment (Alternate Living Unit). Work involves supervising day-to-day living activities for all consumers assigned to that unit. The direct-care staff must be able to: create a harmonious, homelike environment; work with other professional and para-professional staff; daily documentation; and maintain the ALU in a safe manner.


New Posting Part - Time Residential Assistant
Lufkin, TX75901

The PT Residential Assistant provides training and care for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities who live in a residential environment (Alternate Living Unit). Work involves supervising day-to-day living activities for all consumers assigned to that unit. The direct-care staff must be able to: perpetuate a harmonious, homelike environment; work with other professional and para-professional staff; daily documentation; and maintain the ALU in a safe manner.


New Posting Part - Time Residential Assistant
Lufkin, TX75901

The PT Residential Assistant provides training and care for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities who live in a residential environment (Alternate Living Unit). Work involves supervising day-to-day living activities for all consumers assigned to that unit. The direct-care staff must be able to: create a harmonious, homelike environment; work with other professional and para-professional staff; daily documentation; and maintain the ALU in a safe manner.


YCOT Therapist
Lufkin, TX75901

This position provides direct clinical services, predominantly advanced individual and group therapy services to children, adolescents, and adults enrolled in YCOT. The therapist will work closely with other YCOT providers and clinical teams in times of crisis. Duties may include completing diagnostic evaluations and comprehensive treatment plans; providing and facilitating emergency and mental health assessments; monitoring the clinical admission and discharge criteria; authorizing and maintaining intervention/case management services; and assisting the clinical coordinators in clinical service delivery. This position will also provide education and outreach to community partners including law enforcement, schools, psychiatric hospitals, emergency detention, and departments. This position will also work closely with DFPS. This position will report to the YCOT Clinical Coordinator and the Crisis Services Director.


The PT Residential Assistant (RA) is responsible for providing guidance and care for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities living in a residential setting. Work involves supervising day-to-day living activities; providing active treatment; perpetuating a harmonious, home-like environment; and working with other professionals.


This position will work predominantly as a Family Partner who is an experienced, trained primary caregiver (parent of an individual with mental illness or serious emotional disturbance). They will work in the children’s clinic as an active member of the Intensive Case Management/Wraparound team to provide peer mentoring and support to the primary caregivers; engaging the family in the treatment process; modeling self-advocacy skills; providing information, referral and non-clinical skills training; maintaining engagement; assisting in the identification of natural/non-traditional and community support systems; and documenting the provision of all family partner services, including both face-to-face and non-face-to-face activities. This position provides Family Partner and/or Peer Support to clients who reside in our six (6) county coverage area and may require occasional travel to Crockett and/or either the Nacogdoches or Livingston clinics. The position is based out of the Angelina Clinic and reports to the Clinical Coordinator.


Intervention Specialist
Livingston, TX77351

This position will be responsible for the coordination of mental health care and intervention services for 12-15 juvenile offenders who are under the supervision of either the Tyler or Polk County juvenile probation departments. This mental health professional will work closely with juvenile probation officers serving this same population and for both Juvenile Probation Departments. The goal will be to work closely with this population to provide intensive services to meet their mental health needs and increase their ability to function within the community setting. Duties will include screening, assessing, treatment and, along with the probation staff, participating in team meetings to determine appropriate resources. Will maintain a database to provide monthly reporting on caseload. Perform duties under the supervision of the unit Clinical Coordinator.


Residential Assistant
Lufkin, TX75901

The PT Residential Assistant (RA) provides training and care for individuals who live in a residential facility (ICF/IDD group home). Work involves supervising day-to-day living activities; perpetuating a harmonious, home-like environment; working with other professionals; routine documentation; maintaining the group home; and other duties as assigned by the supervisor. Reliable transportation is required.


Mental Health Clinician
Woodville, TX75979

The Mental Health Clinician will provide direct care rehabilitative services to individual children/adolescents and their families, as well as potentially work with adults, enrolled in services with chronic mental illness in the office and community/home settings.


Mental Health Clinician
Livingston, TX77351

The Mental Health Clinician will provide direct care rehabilitative services to individual children/adolescents and their families, as well as potentially work with adults, enrolled in services with chronic mental illness in the office and community/home settings. Will perform services according to the individual’s approved and prescribed recovery plan, and according to Burke and Medicaid standards and requirements. This worker will perform emergency assessment duties as needed. Proficient and timely documentation skills required. Self-discipline, flexibility, and time-organization skills are a must. Service provision will occur to individuals residing in Polk, San Jacinto, and Tyler Counties. Perform duties under the supervision of the unit Clinical Coordinator. As this position will require some travel to remote areas, reliable transportation is required.


Part - Time Peer Specialist
Lufkin, TX75901

This position provides direct clinical services, predominantly Whole Health Action Management to adults. Duties may include administration of a health risk assessment; individual and group work with current recipients of mental health services, planning and organizing educational events, documentation of service provision, and other duties that may be assigned.


Part - Time Peer Specialist
Nacogdoches, TX75965

This position provides direct clinical services, predominantly Whole Health Action Management to adults. Duties may include administration of a health risk assessment; individual and group work with current recipients of mental health services, planning and organizing educational events, documentation of service provision, and other duties that may be assigned.


Part - Time Residential Assistant
Nacogdoches, TX75965

Respite Provider
Lufkin, TX75901

Burke Intellectual and Developmental Disability Provider is looking for individuals interested in becoming Respite Providers.