SUBSTANCE ABUSE COUNSELOR SENIOR *$5,000 New Hire Incentive

About the role

The Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation & Reentry (ADCRR) seeks a Correctional Substance Abuse Counselor Senior to provide clinical assessments and treatment services to inmates.

Responsibilities

• Delivers substance abuse education classes, conducts therapy groups and one-on-one counseling sessions
• Provides guidance and leadership to Associate and Technician level counselors
• Reviews and approves treatment plans
• Completes intake assessments, DX, discharge summaries, treatment plans, and progress notes
• Completes clinical supervision for associate-level counselors
• Travels on state business
• Drives on state business

Requirements

• Must be licensed by the Arizona Department of Behavioral Health Examiners as an Associate or Independent Clinician
• Must have and retain a current, valid state-issued driver's license appropriate to the assignment

Qualifications

• Knowledge of addiction and treatment practices and protocol
• Counseling, teaching, and facilitation techniques
• Adult learning processes
• Security practices
• Methods and practices of classroom teaching
• Interpersonal relationships
• Oral and written communications
• Organizational and time management
• Teaching techniques
• Active listening
• Attention to detail/observation
• Ability to effectively deliver program curriculum in a classroom environment
• Interact professionally with inmates in a group setting and one-on-one situations
• Interact professionally with security staff and the public
• Work in a secured prison environment

Skills

• Knowledge of addiction and treatment practices and protocol
• Counseling, teaching, and facilitation techniques
• Adult learning processes
• Security practices
• Methods and practices of classroom teaching
• Interpersonal relationships
• Oral and written communications
• Organizational and time management
• Teaching techniques
• Active listening
• Attention to detail/observation
• Ability to effectively deliver program curriculum in a classroom environment
• Interact professionally with inmates in a group setting and one-on-one situations
• Interact professionally with security staff and the public
• Work in a secured prison environment

Benefits

• Vacation and sick days with 10 paid holidays per year
• Roadmap to ASRS enrollment eligibility after 27 weeks of employment
• Robust and affordable insurance plan including medical, dental, life, short-term and long-term disability options
• Exceptional retirement program
• Optional employee benefits such as deferred compensation plans, credit union membership, and a wellness program
• Commuter club and public transportation subsidy program
• Additional incentives including paid license renewals, manageable caseloads, and paid conferences and workshops
• Opportunities for program development and creative practice implementation
• Ability to help reduce recidivism by 25% in 10 years
• Access to the National Health Service Corps Substance Use Disorder Workforce Loan Repayment Program

Pay

• Independent license - $70,799*
• Associate license - $67,200*
• Hiring incentive of $5,000 effective until 06/30/2023, with $2,500 upfront and the remaining $2,500 after three (3) months of employment

Schedule

• Travel selective preference