Substance Abuse Counselor

Avenues Recovery • Baton Rouge, LA

1d • Onsite

About The Position

Avenues Recovery Center is hiring a part-time Substance Abuse Counselor for its outpatient facility in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The counselor provides individualized, evidence-based addiction treatment and manages the clinical needs, services, and aftercare of an assigned client caseload. The role involves therapy, crisis intervention, detailed documentation, and coordination with the treatment team and clients’ families. The counselor is expected to model recovery principles, ethics, and respect in all professional interactions.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in psychology, counseling, or a related field.
• Valid state licensure or certification required to practice in the role (LPC, LCSW, PLPC, CIT, RAC, or CSW).
• Excellent observational, collaborative, and interpersonal skills.
• Strong oral and written communication skills.
• Compassionate, dignified character that models recovery principles.
• Ability to set strong boundaries and maintain absolute confidentiality.

Nice To Haves

• Master’s degree preferred.

Responsibilities

• Create individualized, evidence-based treatment plans for each client.
• Conduct individual, group, family, and couple therapy sessions.
• Manage clinical needs, services, and aftercare for an assigned client caseload.
• Prevent, intervene, and de-escalate during crises.
• Maintain thorough documentation of client challenges, progress, relapse risk, and interventions.
• Coordinate care with the Clinical Director, treatment team, and family members.
• Model honesty, accountability, dignity, respect, and recovery principles in professional interactions.

Benefits

• Generous paid time off (PTO) and compensation.
• 401(k) with employer match.
• Medical insurance.
• Dental insurance.
• Vision coverage.
• Accident coverage.
• Critical illness coverage.
• Hospital indemnity coverage.
• Voluntary short-term disability coverage.
• Voluntary long-term disability coverage.
• Employer-paid life and AD&D insurance.
• LifeTime Benefit Term Insurance with long-term care.
• Legal coverage.
• Pet insurance.
• Identity theft protection.
• Employer-paid Employee Assistance Program.
• Flexible Spending Account (FSA) for medical expenses.
• Dependent Care FSA (DCF).

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time