Drug and Alcohol Abuse Counselor

Position Summary

LADGOV Corporation is seeking a Drug and Alcohol Abuse Counselor to provide substance-use prevention, assessment, counseling, intervention, education, and recovery-support services to students in a residential education and vocational training environment.

Essential Responsibilities

• Conduct substance-use screenings, assessments, intake reviews, and other evaluations for students and applicants as required
• Provide individual and group counseling focused on substance misuse, behavioral improvement, recovery support, relapse prevention, and healthy decision-making
• Develop, implement, monitor, and update individualized intervention, counseling, and behavioral-support plans
• Introduce students to appropriate recovery resources, self-help programs, and community-based treatment options
• Monitor student progress and adjust intervention strategies based on documented needs, behavior, and treatment response
• Collaborate with health and wellness personnel, mental health professionals, counselors, educators, residential staff, recreation personnel, and other authorized members of the student-support team

Minimum Qualifications

• Must possess an active, unrestricted substance-abuse counseling license or certification that satisfies applicable Kentucky requirements for the services to be performed
• Must meet all applicable education, training, and professional qualification requirements associated with the required substance-abuse counseling credential
• Must maintain all required professional licenses, certifications, credentials, accreditations, and insurance throughout the period of performance
• Demonstrated knowledge of substance-use assessment, prevention, counseling, intervention, recovery support, case management, and referral practices
• Knowledge of alcohol and drug testing procedures, documentation, and chain-of-custody requirements
• Ability to conduct individual counseling, group counseling, structured interventions, and educational presentations
• Ability to work effectively with adolescents and young adults, including individuals experiencing behavioral, social, emotional, educational, or substance-related challenges
• Ability to recognize co-occurring mental-health and substance-use concerns and coordinate appropriately with other clinical professionals
• Strong interpersonal, organizational, case-management, communication, and documentation skills
• Ability to maintain accurate and confidential clinical and administrative records
• Ability to work independently while functioning effectively as part of a multidisciplinary healthcare and student-support team
• Ability to comply with privacy, confidentiality, infection-control, safety, and security requirements