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.


33 Career Opportunities at Burke


New Posting Home Manager (Internal Only)
Nacogdoches, TX75965

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 assists consumers residing in the home in achieving their maximum level of independence through assessment of their needs, development of treatment strategies, and implementation of the Person Directed Plan.


New Posting Part - Time Residential Assistant
Lufkin, TX75901

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.


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.


New Posting Support Staff
Nacogdoches, TX75965

This position interacts daily with the public, visitors to the office, and Burke staff. This position requires support staff to maintain an effective working relationship with consumers and staff.


New Posting Support Staff
Lufkin, TX75901

The Support Staff function primarily as clerical support for a closed-door mail-order pharmacy.


New Posting Licensed Vocational Nurse
Lufkin, TX75901

The LVN will be part of a multidisciplinary treatment team and is responsible for providing nursing care services to acutely mentally ill adult residents at the Extended Observation Unit and the Crisis Residential Unit as assigned. They will also be assigned to detox clients to deliver quality nursing care to those undergoing medical drug and alcohol detox, utilizing the CIWA and OWS rating scales. These units operate 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 contracts to be completed each day within Angelina Burke Industries Program. Also responsible for supervising and driving the mowing crew to contracts ensuring all goals and documentation is completed daily. Assist supervisor with monitoring contract schedules and workers welfare and safety, maintain a safe working and training environment and other duties as assigned.


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.


The PT Vocational Specialist will be responsible for the overall daily management of clients and daily activities.


Mental Health Clinician
Nacogdoches, TX75965

The Coordinated Specialty Care program is a specific team-based program designed to provide early intervention services for individuals with first episode psychosis between the ages of 15 to 30.


The Part - Time Residential Assistant (RA) provides training and care for individuals who live in a residential facility (ICF/MR 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.


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.


Registered Nurse
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.


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.


Part - Time Vocational Specialist
San Augustine, TX75972

The PT Vocational Specialist will be responsible for the overall daily management of the workshop and litter crew.


Part - Time Crew Member
Nacogdoches, TX75965

The PT Crew Members are part of a work crew removing litter from along designated roadways.


Part - Time Crew Member
San Augustine, TX75972

The PT Crew Members are part of a work crew removing litter from along designated roadways.


Part -Time Crew Member
San Augustine, TX75972

The PT Crew Members are part of a work crew removing litter from along designated roadways. 


The PT Habilitation Specialist is responsible for the overall daily management of the Day Service program including but not limited to day habilitation training, daily documentation, completing weekly progress notes, implementing, and maintaining a daily group training schedule, individual training, assisting consumers with contracts and other duties as assigned by the supervisor.


Respite Provider
Lufkin, TX75901

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


The PT Residential Assistant (RA) is responsible for providing guidance and care for individuals with intellectual development disability living in a residential setting.


Part - Time Courier
Lufkin, TX75901

The Courier provides transportation and supervision to individuals with IDD (Individuals with Developmental Disabilities) on a daily or as needed basis.


The PT Residential Assistant (RA) is responsible for providing guidance and care for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities living in a residential setting.


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.


The Part-Time Residential Assistant provides training and care for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities who live in a residential environment (Alternate Living Unit).


The PT Residential Assistant provides training and care for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities who live in a residential environment (Alternate Living Unit).


Adult Psychiatrist
Lufkin, TX75901

Performs psychiatric evaluations and medication management appointments with consumers as appropriate.


This position can serve as either a Paraprofessional (meets all required criteria) or Professional (meets all preferred criteria). 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).


Residential Assistant
Lufkin, TX75901

The 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.


The PT Residential Assistant (RA) is responsible for providing guidance and care for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities living in a residential setting.


Mental Health Clinician
Lufkin, TX75901

The Coordinated Specialty Care program is a specific team-based program designed to provide early intervention services for individuals with first episode psychosis between the ages of 15 to 30. The Mental Health Clinician will provide Psychosocial Rehabilitation, skills, and Case Management services to enrolled adults and juveniles ages 15-30 with chronic mental illness in the community/home setting.


Part - Time Vocational Specialist
Nacogdoches, TX75965

The PT Vocational Specialist will be responsible for the overall daily management of the workshop and litter crew.