Drug Treatment Counselor

This position is located in Northern Alabama and serves the Birmingham and Huntsville areas.

Pay

Salary Range: $34,730.40 - $58,111.20. The starting salary is determined based on education, experience, or a combination of both.

Benefits

• Insurance
• Annual leave
• Sick leave
• Paid holidays
• State of Alabama RSA Retirement

About the role

This is a full-time professional position that provides supportive guidance and direction to inmates in a substance abuse treatment setting. The Drug Treatment Counselor will provide compassionate guidance, direction, and support to participants suffering from drug and/or alcohol dependency through education, group processing, and individual interactions.

Responsibilities

• Manage all aspects of a Substance Abuse Treatment file from pre-treatment through aftercare.
• Document progress and behaviors.
• Develop appropriate and individualized treatment plans and assist with post-recovery strategies.
• Facilitate individual sessions.
• Facilitate group sessions using ADOC approved curricula as a guide.
• Identify behaviors that inhibit treatment and recovery.
• Facilitate risk/needs assessments.
• Complete monthly reports.
• Attend routine Substance Use Treatment meetings and annual training.

Requirements

• Graduation from an accredited four-year college or university with a bachelor's degree in any major.
• One (1) year experience in substance abuse counseling.

Notes:

• Substance abuse counseling experience above the minimum will substitute for the required degree on a year-for-year basis (minimum education: High School Diploma/GED).
• "Substance Abuse Counseling" is defined as implementing the techniques and philosophy of a specific addiction recovery model such as 12-step or therapeutic community, observing, recording, and orally describing the behavior and thinking processes of substance abusers, and developing aftercare plans.
• Volunteer substance abuse counseling which includes these tasks will be credited on a 40-hour work week.