Substance Abuse Counselor

Avenues Recovery • Scranton, PA

23h • Onsite

About The Position

Avenues Recovery Center is hiring a Substance Abuse Counselor at its Lake Ariel, Pennsylvania location. The counselor provides individualized, evidence-based addiction treatment and is responsible for the clinical needs, services, and aftercare of an assigned client caseload. The role includes delivering individual, group, family, and couple therapy; responding to crises; maintaining thorough clinical documentation; and coordinating care with the Clinical Director, treatment team, and families. The counselor is expected to model honesty, accountability, dignity, respect, and other recovery principles in professional interactions.

The position is based at Avenues Recovery Center at Lake Ariel, a 60-bed residential facility offering drug and alcohol detoxification and inpatient rehabilitation. The center operates with round-the-clock supervision and care and includes primary therapists and clinicians, nurse practitioners, addiction counselors, and behavioral health technicians.

Avenues describes its workplace culture as supportive and fulfilling, with generous PTO and compensation, along with a benefits package that includes retirement matching, insurance options, and other employee benefits.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in psychology, counseling, or a related field.
• Valid state licensure or certification required to practice in the role.
• 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 the clinical needs, services, and aftercare for an assigned client caseload.
• Prevent, intervene, and de-escalate during crises.
• Maintain detailed documentation of client challenges, progress, relapse risk, and interventions.
• Coordinate care with the Clinical Director, treatment team, and family members.
• Model ethics, 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 insurance.
• Accident insurance.
• Critical illness insurance.
• Hospital indemnity insurance.
• Voluntary short-term disability insurance.
• Voluntary long-term disability insurance.
• 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 FSA (DCF).
• Eligibility for HRSA STAR federal student loan repayment.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time