CERTIFIED ALCOHOL AND DRUG COUNSELOR II (CADC-II)

Samba Recovery•Jonesboro, GA

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About The Position

The Certified Alcohol and Drug Counselor II (CADC-II) provides substance use disorder counseling services to adults and families in detoxification, residential, partial hospitalization (PHP), intensive outpatient (IOP), or outpatient recovery settings. The role supports stabilization, relapse prevention, individualized recovery planning, group counseling, care coordination, discharge planning, and ongoing recovery support. The CADC-II practices within the recognized scope of addiction counseling, applicable credentialing standards, clinical supervision requirements, and facility policy. The position operates in a structured detoxification and recovery clinic and involves regular interaction with clients experiencing substance use disorders, co-occurring conditions, relapse risk, withdrawal-related concerns, and emotionally sensitive circumstances. The CADC-II works collaboratively with a multidisciplinary clinical team and may work evenings or weekends based on program needs. Mental health diagnosis, psychotherapy, and treatment of non-substance-use mental health disorders may be performed only when permitted by the employee's separate professional license, supervision arrangement, scope of practice, and facility policy. The employee must maintain confidentiality and ethical standards in accordance with applicable requirements.

Requirements

Current CADC-II credential in good standing and recognized in Georgia, or eligibility consistent with agency hiring policy and applicable credentialing standards.
Documented substance use disorder education, supervised clinical experience, and examination requirements consistent with CADC-II credentialing standards.
Ability to practice within the CADC-II scope, including addiction counseling, screening, assessment support, treatment planning, case coordination, group facilitation, and recovery-support services.
Ability to work Monday through Friday, including weekends and evening hours as needed based on client and program needs.
Commitment to maintaining all required continuing education, ethical standards, supervision, and credential-renewal requirements.
Knowledge of substance use disorders, withdrawal stabilization, relapse dynamics, stages of change, recovery planning, family systems, and community recovery resources.
Knowledge of ASAM criteria and evidence-based practices, including CBT, DBT skills, Motivational Interviewing, trauma-informed care, relapse prevention, and 12-Step or other recovery-support approaches.
Familiarity with electronic health record systems, multidisciplinary treatment-team workflows, utilization review, payer documentation, and discharge-planning processes.
Strong communication, organizational, interpersonal, documentation, group-facilitation, and clinical judgment skills.
Ability to work independently within assigned responsibilities while seeking supervision, consultation, or escalation when indicated.
Understanding of HIPAA, 42 CFR Part 2 as applicable, professional ethics, Georgia requirements, accreditation standards, payer requirements, and facility policies.
Ability to remain seated or standing for extended periods, walk throughout the facility, use stairs during emergency drills or situations, communicate effectively in person, by telephone, and through electronic systems, and respond promptly to clinical, behavioral, crisis, or safety situations.
Ability to lift up to 25 pounds.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor's degree in a human services field or other education meeting applicable CADC-II credentialing requirements, preferred or required based on the credentialing pathway.
Experience working with adults with substance use disorders, co-occurring needs, relapse risk, withdrawal-stabilization needs, and recovery-planning needs.
Experience in inpatient detoxification, residential treatment, PHP, IOP, outpatient behavioral health, crisis stabilization, or community mental health.
Experience serving clients with co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders.

Responsibilities

Conduct comprehensive biopsychosocial assessments, substance use screenings, risk assessments, and level-of-care reviews using ASAM criteria as applicable to the program setting.
Develop, implement, review, and update individualized treatment plans, relapse-prevention plans, recovery goals, discharge plans, and continuing-care recommendations.
Provide individual, group, and family counseling for adults and families experiencing substance use disorders and co-occurring needs within the provider's credentialed scope of practice.
Facilitate psychoeducational, process, coping-skills, relapse-prevention, trauma-informed, life-skills, and recovery-oriented groups, including groups informed by 12-Step principles and other recovery-support models.
Monitor client progress, clinical presentation, withdrawal-related needs, safety concerns, treatment engagement, and response to interventions; modify counseling interventions as clinically appropriate.
Provide crisis intervention, safety planning, de-escalation, relapse-prevention support, and referral or escalation to emergency services or a higher level of care when indicated.
Collaborate with psychiatrists, physicians, nurses, case managers, peer support staff, medical providers, families, courts, referral sources, and community resources to coordinate care.
Educate clients and families regarding addiction, mental health, co-occurring disorders, coping strategies, medication adherence as applicable, recovery resources, and aftercare planning.
Maintain accurate, complete, and timely documentation in the electronic health record in accordance with agency policy, Georgia requirements, payer standards, accreditation standards, HIPAA, 42 CFR Part 2 as applicable, and professional ethics.
Participate in clinical supervision, case consultation, treatment-team meetings, staff meetings, utilization-review support, quality-improvement activities, and ongoing professional development.
Perform other duties as assigned.