Outpatient Counselor

Community Bridges, INC • Mesa, AZ

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About The Position

Community Bridges, Inc. (CBI) is an integrated behavioral healthcare organization providing a continuum of services, including residential, outpatient, inpatient, patient-centered medical homes, medication-assisted treatment, and crisis care. It serves people experiencing crisis, opioid use disorder, homelessness, and mental illness across Arizona, Oklahoma, and the District of Columbia. CBI describes itself as a nonprofit provider of substance use and behavioral health programs, including prevention, education, and treatment using evidence-based models.

The Outpatient Counselor works with other members of the treatment team to ensure each participant receives the services needed to achieve the goals in their individualized treatment plan. The counselor becomes familiar with newly assigned participants, provides appropriate counseling based on best-practice models, and delivers educational presentations to participants and/or their families as needed.

CBI describes its facilities as state-of-the-art and its treatment approach as “no wrong door.” The organization emphasizes employee support, professional development, work-life balance, and opportunities for growth.

Requirements

• Master’s degree in counseling, marriage and family therapy, or social work from a CSWE-accredited program.
• At least one year of full-time behavioral health experience.
• Independent- or associate-level licensure with the Arizona Board of Behavioral Health Examiners as a psychologist, social worker, counselor, marriage and family therapist, or addiction counselor. Addiction counselor licensure applies to residential programs only.
• Be in good standing with the Arizona Board of Behavioral Health Examiners and meet requirements to provide clinical supervision toward licensure.
• Valid identification.
• Arizona Fingerprint Clearance Card.

Responsibilities

• Work with other treatment team members to ensure each participant receives services necessary to achieve the goals in their individualized treatment plan.
• Become familiar with each newly assigned participant.
• Provide appropriate counseling services based on best-practice models.
• Provide educational presentations to participants and/or their families as needed.

Benefits

• Generous paid time off accrual, described as five weeks.
• Medical, dental, vision, disability, life, and supplemental insurance plans.
• Hospital indemnity and critical illness coverage.
• Pet insurance.
• Dependent care and health care savings accounts.
• 401(k) with employer match, 100% vested upon enrollment.
• Wellness programs.
• Tuition reimbursement and scholarship programs.
• Licensure reimbursement options.
• Incentives.
• Competitive pay rates.
• Ongoing training, support, and professional development.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time