Substance Abuse Counselor - Chattanooga, TN(OBOT)

About the role

Since 2005, Crossroads Treatment Centers has been at the forefront of treating patients with opioid use disorder, providing accessible, high-quality, evidence‑based medication assisted treatment (MAT) across outpatient clinics in Georgia, Kentucky, New Jersey, North and South Carolina, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia. The Substance Abuse Counselor role supports this mission by delivering individual counseling, assessments, treatment planning, and care coordination for highly complex patients.

Responsibilities

• Provides individual counseling to highly complex patients
• Conducts clinical assessments to appropriately assess patient’s treatment needs
• Designs and updates the patient’s treatment plan, including care coordination, referrals, and discharge planning
• Manages assigned caseload and compliance with clinical treatment requirements
• Collaborates with nurses and providers to provide holistic treatment services
• Facilitates urine drug screening for patients

Requirements

General experience working with underserved populations in a clinical setting; lived addiction experience is a plus. Qualified candidates must hold one or more of the following certifications/licenses: LMSW, LCSW, LAPC, LPC, or LADAC.

Benefits

• Consistent schedule with early start and end times
• Advancement opportunities with a clear, climbable structure into Counselor levels (1, 2, 3) based on certification or license held
• Targeted caseload following state regulations, ranging from 40‑55 patients
• Excellent training for those new to the field, including supervision for candidates in the process of becoming fully certified or licensed
• Opportunity to save lives every day
• Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
• Paid Time Off (PTO)
• Variety of 401K options including a match program with no vesture period
• Annual Continuing Education Allowance (in related field)
• Life Insurance
• Short/Long Term Disability
• Paid maternity/paternity leave
• Mental Health Day
• Calm subscription for all employees

Schedule

Expected hours for this role are 37‑40 hours per week, 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM CST, Monday through Friday.