Clinical Addictions Counselor - Outpatient Services

The Orenda Center of Wellness, LLC is a rapidly growing organization that is looking for a motivated individual to join the team at our outpatient facility located right outside downtown Frederick. We are a fun energetic company doing our part to fight the battle against addiction and mental health stigma.

Orenda provides the Medicaid population in our area with a range of treatment services ranging from inpatient addiction care to outpatient long term mental health counseling. We treat all residents and clients as family when at Orenda, ensuring they are provided the highest standard of love, compassion and care while completing their treatment modalities. 

The clinical addictions counselor role with report directly to our onsite Clinical Manager and work under their licensure supervision each week. As a true dual-diagnosis treatment facility our clients are able to receive both substance use and mental health therapies concurrently throughout their enrollment in services. As a preferred treatment provider, the Orenda Center of Wellness's approach is always the whole life ideal ensuring that each of our clients receives the specifically tailored treatment program that addresses their unique needs.

This role will be responsible for a cross spectrum of clinical duties ranging from but not limited to, conduct individual, group, and/or family sessions, facilitating substance use groups for all level of care, completing substances use clinical assessments, documenting of all groups & sessions in our EMR system within the 48-hour time frame deadlines. The counselor should be comfortable working with a cross spectrum of substances abuse clients and adolescents as well as being able to facilitate moderate to large groups.

Qualified candidates must be skilled at personal time management as well as able to prioritize their daily workload in light of unexpected crisis intervention needs. 

Requirements:

Certificate of completion in addiction counseling, associate degree. bachelor's degree. Master's degree 

Appropriate Maryland state licensing and/or certification such as ADT, CSC-AD, CAC-AD, LGADC, LCADC

Working knowledge of ASAM criteria 

Minimum of 1 to 2 years' experience working in the field of addiction treatment and/or mental health counseling as a licensed provider

Experience facilitating therapeutic group and individual sessions.

Understanding of treatment planning, clinical notations, dual diagnosis charting and interventional skills 

Ability to maintain a case load of 15 or more clients at a time while keeping current on documentation and clinical deadlines.

Ability to pass local & federal background checks along with being able to clear a full panel drug screening. 

Ability to handle crisis intervention with strong de-escalation skills. 

Adaptability and motivation to improve clients' lives are indispensable.  

Position Offering:

Competitive starting salary ---- Range $52,000 to $70,000 annually

Mon thru Friday work week - flex daytime schedule w/ 1 evening available required. 

Life Insurance - Company Paid

Cost sharing % on medical, dental and vision coverage. 

Clinical supervision provided onsite at no additional cost. 

Paid National Holidays (8)

4.5 Weeks - PTO per year with rollover options

Company offered wellness program 

401K Plan - post 1 year of service with employer matching

EAP Program (Immediate Access)

Please apply below using the link and completing the requesting informational pre-screenings 

Additional Part Time Counselor Roles available:

2 to 3 days or evenings per week 

Competitive hourly rates

PT employee benefit package including PTO included 

For further information or question please feel free to contact us directly at [email protected]