SUBSTANCE ABUSE COUNSELOR

Job Summary:


Are you looking to utilize your counseling education, experience and skills in assisting offenders and justice-challenged individuals in making better life decisions that affect their families and the community? Do you want to gain real clinical experience? This is the perfect opportunity for you. Apply now!

The Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation & Reentry (ADCRR) is seeking a Substance Abuse Counselor, who will be responsible for clinically assessing and treating offenders and/or justice-challenged individuals.
Job Duties:
- Delivers substance abuse education classes and group therapy
- Conducts one-on-one clinical assessments and counseling sessions
- Maintains clinical records
- Participates in clinical staffing’s or meetings
- Develops individual substance abuse treatment plans with program participants
- Coordinates transitional pre-release planning with case managers and maintains accurate statistical data
- Interacts with community resource providers and security staff
- Travels/ Drives on state business
- Performs other duties appropriate to the assignment
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities (KS As):
Knowledge of:
- Addiction and treatment practices and protocol
- Counseling, teaching and facilitation techniques and processes
- Correctional security practices
- Personal computers and various software programs including, Microsoft Office and Google suites
- Business English, grammar and spelling

Skill in:
- Verbal and written communications
- Developing and maintaining interpersonal relationships
- Organizational and time management
- Active listening
- Collecting and maintaining accurate data, documents and clinical records

Ability to:
- Effectively deliver program curriculum in a classroom environment
- Interact professionally with offenders in a group setting and one-on-one situations
- Interact professionally with security staff and the public
- Work in a secured correctional environment
- Apply Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation & Reentry (ADCRR) policy and procedures
- Collect and maintain statistical data
- Work as a team member and independently with minimal supervision
Selective Preference(s):
Prefer Independent level license
Pre- Employment Requirements:
Must be licensed in the State of Arizona as a Licensed Associate Substance Abuse Counselor (LASAC), Licensed Independent Substance Counselor (LISAC), Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC), Licensed Associate Counselor (LAC), Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW), Licensed Master Social Worker (LMSW), or as a Psychologist.

Employment is contingent on the selected applicant passing a background investigation and a drug test consistent with Arizona Revised Statutes.

If this position requires driving or the use of a vehicle as an essential function of the job, then the following requirements apply. Any employee operating a motor vehicle on State business must possess and retain a current, valid class-appropriate driver’s license, complete all required training, and successfully pass all necessary driver’s license record checks. The license must be current, unexpired, and neither revoked nor suspended. Employees who drive on state business are subject to driver’s license record checks, must maintain acceptable driving records, and must complete all required driver training. An employee who operates a personally owned vehicle on state business shall maintain the statutorily required liability insurance (see Arizona Administrative Code (A. A. C. ) ).

All newly hired State employees are subject to and must successfully complete the Electronic Employment Eligibility Verification Program (E- Verify).
Benefits:
We offer an excellent and affordable comprehensive benefits package to meet the needs of our employees:
- Vacation and sick days with 10 paid holidays per year
- Paid Parental Leave- Up to 12 weeks per year paid leave for newborn or newly-placed foster/adopted child (pilot program).
- Robust and affordable insurance plan to include medical, dental, life, short-term and long-term disability options
- Exceptional retirement program
- Optional employee benefits such as deferred compensation plans, credit union membership, and a wellness program
- An incentivized commuter club and public transportation subsidy program

Additional INCENTIVES for this classification:
- Paid license renewals
- Paid conferences and workshops when possible
- Evidenced-based group curriculum
- Minimal paperwork and no billing
- Ability to be creative in using evidence-based practices
- Ability to be part of program development opportunities
- Ability to help ADCRR achieve its goal of reducing recidivism
- Ability to receive clinical supervision for independent licensure
- Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation & Reentry prison complexes are approved sites for the National Health Service Corps Substance Use Disorder Workforce Loan Repayment Program (up to 75,000 in repayment for 3 years of employment). For more information go to:


Learn more about the Paid Parental Leave pilot program . For a complete list of benefits provided by The State of Arizona, please visit our
Retirement:
Positions in this classification participate in the Arizona State Retirement System (ASRS). Enrollment eligibility will become effective after 27 weeks of employment.

Current ADCRR Employees: Consult with your respective Human Resources Liaison if you are in a different retirement plan than the one indicated above.