Substance Abuse Counselor

Avenues Recovery • Keene, NH

3d • Onsite

About The Position

Avenues Recovery Center is hiring a Substance Abuse Counselor for its residential facility in Dublin, New Hampshire, which provides drug and alcohol detox and inpatient rehabilitation services. The counselor provides individualized, evidence-based care to clients and is responsible for their clinical needs, services, and aftercare. The facility is situated on 11 acres in the New Hampshire countryside and is staffed by clinicians, nurse practitioners, nurses, addictions counselors, and behavioral health technicians.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in psychology, counseling, or a related field.
• 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.
• Valid state licensure or certification to practice in this role, such as LADC, MLADC, LSW, LICSW, or LCMHC.

Responsibilities

• Create individualized, evidence-based treatment plans for each client.
• Conduct individual, group, family, and couple therapy sessions.
• Take responsibility for all clinical needs, services, and aftercare for the counselor’s client caseload.
• Prevent, intervene, and de-escalate crises.
• Maintain accurate documentation of client challenges, progress, relapse risk, and interventions.
• Coordinate care with the Clinical Director, treatment team, and families.
• Model ethics, morality, and recovery principles—including honesty, accountability, dignity, and respect—in professional interactions.

Benefits

• Generous paid time off and compensation.
• 401(k) with employer match.
• Medical insurance.
• Dental insurance.
• Vision insurance.
• Accident coverage.
• Critical illness coverage.
• Hospital indemnity coverage.
• Voluntary short-term disability.
• Voluntary long-term disability.
• 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.
• Medical flexible spending account (FSA).
• Dependent care flexible spending account (DCF).

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time