Clinical Addictions Counselor - Outpatient Services

The Orenda Center of Wellness•Frederick, MD

2d•Onsite

About The Position

The Orenda Center of Wellness, LLC is a rapidly growing organization that is looking for a motivated individual to join the team at our outpatient facility located right outside downtown Frederick. We are a fun energetic company doing our part to fight the battle against addiction and mental health stigma. Orenda provides the Medicaid population in our area with a range of treatment services ranging from inpatient addiction care to outpatient long term mental health counseling. We treat all residents and clients as family when at Orenda, ensuring they are provided the highest standard of love, compassion and care while completing their treatment modalities. The clinical addictions counselor role with report directly to our onsite Clinical Manager and work under their licensure supervision each week. As a true dual-diagnosis treatment facility our clients are able to receive both substance use and mental health therapies concurrently throughout their enrollment in services. As a preferred treatment provider, the Orenda Center of Wellness's approach is always the whole life ideal ensuring that each of our clients receives the specifically tailored treatment program that addresses their unique needs.

Requirements

Certificate of completion in addiction counseling, associate degree, bachelor's degree, or Master's degree
Appropriate Maryland state licensing and/or certification such as ADT, CSC-AD, CAC-AD, LGADC, LCADC
Working knowledge of ASAM criteria
Minimum of 1 to 2 years' experience working in the field of addiction treatment and/or mental health counseling as a licensed provider
Experience facilitating therapeutic group and individual sessions
Understanding of treatment planning, clinical notations, dual diagnosis charting and interventional skills
Ability to pass local & federal background checks along with being able to clear a full panel drug screening
Adaptability and motivation to improve clients' lives

Nice To Haves

Comfortable working with a cross spectrum of substances abuse clients and adolescents
Able to facilitate moderate to large groups
Skilled at personal time management
Able to prioritize their daily workload in light of unexpected crisis intervention needs

Responsibilities

Conduct individual, group, and/or family sessions
Facilitate substance use groups for all levels of care
Complete substance use clinical assessments
Document all groups & sessions in our EMR system within the 48-hour time frame deadlines
Handle crisis intervention with strong de-escalation skills
Maintain a caseload of 15 or more clients at a time while keeping current on documentation and clinical deadlines

Benefits

Competitive starting salary
Mon thru Friday work week - flex daytime schedule w/ 1 evening available required
Life Insurance - Company Paid
Cost sharing % on medical, dental and vision coverage
Clinical supervision provided onsite at no additional cost
Paid National Holidays (8)
4.5 Weeks - PTO per year with rollover options
Company offered wellness program
401K Plan - post 1 year of service with employer matching
EAP Program (Immediate Access)