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Addiction and Mental Health Services
Leicester, North Carolina

Therapist

CounselorFull-Time

Compensation

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Posted 1mo ago

Job Description

Red Oak Recovery Center is a clinician-run treatment program with three campuses established to serve the needs of our clients. Our treatment facilities are located in Leicester, Fletcher, and Ellenboro, NC.

Each campus offers a unique blend of clinical rehabilitation, 12 step addiction recovery, proven addiction therapy services, family counseling, and experiential and adventure therapy. We are seeking Therapists to add to our growing agency who can provide direct clinical support to our clients and their families. For more information about our services, please visit our websites.

  • Red Oak Recovery: Men's Addiction Treatment
  • The Willows at Red Oak: Women's Addiction Treatment

Responsibilities

  • Develop and maintain therapeutic relationships with clients and their families
  • Accurately assess clients and develop individualized treatment goals, using client input, and client strengths, abilities, needs and preferences
  • Provide ongoing therapeutic interventions to assist clients in overcoming challenges
  • Produce assessments, treatment plans, and other records in a timely manner
  • Work in collaboration with other professionals as part of a treatment team
  • Complete and upload all documentation to EMR within one week of service or as indicated by supervisor
  • Complete pre-admission assessments, clinical assessments, treatment plans, weekly progress notes, group notes, discharge summaries and transition plans
  • Develop and maintain relationships with referring professionals
  • Initiate appropriate referrals to aftercare programs
  • Utilization review and ASAM for insurance companies

Minimum Qualifications

  • Master’s degree in human service field
  • Licensed as LCMHC, LCSW, or LMFT or license eligible
  • Experience in facilitating group therapy
  • Experience with experiential therapy

Preferred Qualifications

  • LCMHC, LCSW, or LMFT and LCAS or pursuing LCAS
  • Dually licensed in both addiction and mental health treatment (or willing to seek both)
  • Experience working with adults in an eco-therapeutic setting

Employee Benefits

  • Medical Insurance with Telemedicine options available to full-time employees after 30 days
  • Vision & Dental insurance available to full-time employees after 30 days
  • Voluntary Accident Coverage, Critical Illness Coverage and Hospital Indemnity Insurance options
  • Employee provided Life Insurance and Voluntary Life Insurance options
  • Retirement 401k
  • PTO & Wellness
  • Employee Assistance Program provided to promote employee wellness and a variety of services
  • Company paid professional development and training
  • Employee discounts through local retailers

Red Oak Recovery does not discriminate in employment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity), national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, genetic information, age, membership in an employee organization, retaliation, parental status, military service, or other non-merit factor. In addition to federal law requirements, Red Oak Recovery complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities.

Requirements

Candidates must hold a Master's degree in a human service field and possess a valid license such as LCMHC, LCSW, or LMFT. Experience in facilitating group and experiential therapy is required for this role.

Qualifications

Education
Master's degree (postgraduate degree)
Experience
2+ years of experience

Key Skills

Clinical assessmentTreatment planningAddiction counselingCrisis interventionASAM criteriaCase managementTherapeutic relationship buildingDischarge planningAftercare planning

Addiction Medicine — Counselor Career Context

Of the 50 active Addiction Medicine listings this role was benchmarked against, 56% are remote, 30% have no call, 60% require no weekends.

The cost-of-living index for North Carolina is 94.3 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 59.2% of North Carolina clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Addiction Medicine pay on WeekdayDoc is up 2.3% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).

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CME allowance
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Sign-on bonus
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Loan repayment
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PSLF eligible
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Work-life snapshot

median 6.0this job 1.5
Below most Addiction Medicine (Counseling) listings for work-life

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 1,281 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

Living in Leicester

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$440k
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
96.5
State income tax
Up to 4.8%
Sources & methodology

Sources: Zillow home values (Aug 2026).

BEA 2024 · Asheville, NC metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.

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Benefits & Perks

Medical Insurance with Telemedicine
Vision & Dental Insurance
Voluntary Accident Coverage
Critical Illness Coverage
Hospital Indemnity Insurance
Life Insurance
Retirement 401k
PTO & Wellness