Substance Use Counselor (CADC, CRADC, CRAADC, RADC, or CCJP)

Job Description:
Job Title: Substance Use Disorder Counselor
Location: Trenton, Missouri
Department: Residential Services
Employment Type: Full-Time
Schedule: Flexible

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Qualification Overview:
CADC, CRADC, CRAADC, RADC, or CCJP certification (Required)
Co-occurring disorder credential or experience (Preferred)

Job Summary:
Help individuals overcome addiction, develop recovery skills, and build healthier futures. Join Preferred Family Healthcare as a Substance Use Disorder Counselor and provide compassionate, evidence-based counseling to individuals receiving residential addiction treatment. You’ll build meaningful therapeutic relationships, facilitate individual and group counseling, and help clients make lasting progress toward recovery.

In this role, you’ll conduct substance use assessments, develop individualized treatment plans, provide counseling and crisis support, coordinate transitions of care, and collaborate with a multidisciplinary treatment team. This opportunity is ideal for a credentialed addiction professional who values person-centered care, professional growth, and making a visible difference in the lives of others.

Trenton offers affordable living, outdoor recreation, and the welcoming atmosphere of a close-knit community. It’s an excellent place to build a meaningful behavioral health career while helping expand access to substance use disorder treatment and recovery services.

This position offers…

- Paid Time Off – 29 days per year, including vacation and holiday pay

- Comprehensive Benefits – Medical, dental, vision, retirement, life insurance, and more

- Retirement Savings – Competitive 403(b) plan with up to a 5% employer match for eligible part-time and full-time employees

- Company-Paid Life Insurance – Basic life insurance provided by the company

- Emergency Medical Leave Program – Additional support during qualifying medical circumstances

- Flexible Spending Accounts – Healthcare and dependent-care options

- Health & Wellness Program – Resources that support employee wellbeing

- Employee Assistance Program – Counseling, legal assistance, and financial consultation for you and your household

- Employee Discounts – Savings on hotels, attractions, college tuition, and more

- Mileage Reimbursement – Company paid for qualifying work-related travel

Key Responsibilities:

- Provide individual and group counseling that helps clients understand substance use patterns, strengthen coping skills, and progress toward lasting recovery

- Conduct intake screenings, comprehensive assessments, and other clinical evaluations within required timeframes

- Develop individualized, person-centered treatment plans based on each client’s strengths, needs, goals, and progress

- Facilitate recovery-focused counseling, educational groups, workshops, and evidence-based interventions

- Explore behaviors, attitudes, emotions, triggers, and barriers that may affect recovery and overall functioning

- Collaborate with clinical staff, medical professionals, referral sources, and community partners to coordinate effective treatment and continuing care

- Support clients through transitions, discharge planning, aftercare recommendations, and connections to ongoing recovery resources

- Respond to crisis situations with sound judgment, appropriate intervention, and compassionate support

- Monitor client progress and contribute clinical insight during treatment-team meetings, case consultations, and staffing discussions

- Document assessments, treatment plans, counseling services, progress, and clinical decisions accurately and within required timeframes

- Maintain professional relationships, ethical standards, confidentiality, and compliance with agency, CARF, and state requirements

Education, Experience, and/or Credential Qualifications:
Required

- One of the following credentials recognized by the Missouri Credentialing Board: Certified Alcohol and Drug Counselor (CADC), Certified Reciprocal Alcohol and Drug Counselor (CRADC), Certified Reciprocal Advanced Alcohol and Drug Counselor (CRAADC), Registered Alcohol and Drug Counselor (RADC), or Certified Criminal Justice Addictions Professional (CCJP)

- Knowledge of substance use disorders, addiction treatment, recovery principles, counseling techniques, and caseload management

- Ability to establish therapeutic rapport and provide effective individual and group counseling
Preferred

- Co-occurring disorder credential or experience treating individuals with both substance use and mental health conditions

- Experience in residential treatment, addiction recovery, behavioral health, case management, or community-based services

- Knowledge of trauma-informed care, relapse prevention, motivational interviewing, and evidence-based substance use treatment

Additional Qualifications:

- Strong verbal and written communication skills

- Ability to manage a caseload, organize competing priorities, and complete timely clinical documentation

- Ability to remain calm and use sound judgment during crisis situations

- Commitment to person-centered, recovery-oriented, and culturally responsive care

- Ability to build productive relationships with clients, colleagues, referral sources, and community partners

- Working knowledge of applicable program policies, confidentiality requirements, regulatory standards, and professional ethics

Help People Build a Life in Recovery
Every counseling session can help someone better understand their experiences, recognize new possibilities, and take another step toward lasting recovery. If you’re a credentialed addiction professional who wants to provide meaningful residential substance use treatment in a supportive environment, we encourage you to apply today.

Position Perks & Benefits:
Paid time off: full-time employees receive an attractive time off package to balance your work and personal life
Employee benefits package: full-time employees receive health, dental, vision, retirement, life, & more
Top-notch training: initial, ongoing, comprehensive, and supportive
Career mobility: advancement opportunities/promoting from within
Welcoming, warm, supportive: a work culture & environment that promotes your well-being, values you as human being, and encourages your health and happiness.

Brightli is on a Mission:
A mission to improve client care, reduce the financial burden of community mental health centers by sharing resources, a mission to have a larger voice in advocacy to increase access to mental health and substance user care in our communities, and a mission to evolve the behavioral health industry to better meet the needs of our clients.

As a behavioral and community mental health provider, we prioritize fostering a culture of belonging and connection within our workforce. We encourage applications from individuals with varied backgrounds and experiences, as we believe that a rich tapestry of perspectives strengthens our mission. If you are passionate about empowering local communities and creating an environment where everyone feels valued and supported, we invite you to join our mission-driven organization dedicated to cultivating an authentic workplace.

We are an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer.

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