LICENSED ALCOHOL AND DRUG COUNSELOR (LADC)

About Us

Newport Healthcare is a nationwide behavioral healthcare organization dedicated to transforming young lives through evidence-based care.

To that end, we have assembled the best teen and young adult mental health treatment staff in the country, and we want you to join us.

While our experts guide our clients to sustainable healing, our job is to support our valued staff members, and we do that through offering industry-competitive salaries, career growth and skills expansion, student loan repayment and tuition reimbursement, and a company commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion, among other advantages.

Be part of a team that's dedicated to providing compassionate care based in authentic connection, mutual respect, and unconditional love and experience the rewards of making a difference in the lives of young people and their families each and every day.

Empowering Lives. Restoring Families .

Responsibilities

The Licensed Alcohol and Drug Counselor (LADC), performs ASAM assessments, as well as plans and provides treatment and case management for clients with SUDs and CODs.

Essential Duties :

• Conduct ASAM assessments, including participating in the development of diagnostic impressions for SUDs or Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT).
• Create treatment plans for SUDs and CODs, including initial, ongoing, continuity of care, discharge, and planning for relapse prevention.
• Make referrals.
• Service coordination and case management for SUDs and CODs.
• Provide counseling with individuals with SUDs and CODs.
• Facilitate SUD and COD specific groups.
• Collaborate and assist the LADC supervisor relating to the ongoing development of SUD programming and training.
• Provide education for clients, family, and community.
• Timely completion of documentation (may include assessments, treatment plans, progress and group notes, discharge summary) according to established standards.
• Comply with professional and ethical responsibilities.
• Comply with supervisory responsibilities for a Licensed Alcohol and Drug Counselor.
• Support and collaborate with recovery community members to provide on-site, off-site, and virtual community support meeting opportunities.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree from an accredited institution in a health and human services counseling field preferred.
• Current Licensed Alcohol and Drug Counselor with Alcohol and Drug credential from the state where service are being provided.

Pay range for this position is $23.91-$32.87 / hr. depending upon education and experience

Benefits include :

Medical / Dental / Vision

Company paid Life Insurance

PTO / Sick

Voluntary STD / LTD

Flexible Spending Accounts

401k

Newport Healthcare is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Newport Healthcare provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.

Newport Healthcare is committed to ensuring equal employment opportunity, including providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with a disability.

Applicants with a physical or mental disability who require a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process please email