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Little Rock, Arkansas

Addictions Counselor - Certified

CounselorIncludes callFull-Time

Compensation

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Job Description

Responsibilities

Addictions Counselor

The Addictions Counselor provides quality direct and indirect patient care to individuals with chemical dependency. Maintains accurate program and patient documentation, including medical record, develops and implements a plan of treatment, in conjunction with members of multi-disciplinary team, conducts groups, Communicates with referral sources and other appropriate parties regarding patients' progress, Coordinates patients' discharge planning and implementation.

Pinnacle Pointe Behavioral Health is one of Arkansas premier adolescence mental health facilities offering hope and healing for children and teens who struggle with behavioral health issues.

We provide an environment that puts patient care first through excellent care, comfort, and security to the patients and families we treat, at their most vulnerable times.

When you work at Pinnacle Pointe Behavioral Health, you are never alone, as you are part of a large network of peers and leaders that routinely exchange ideas and review current topics within the industry.

With us, you have the opportunity to grow, learn, and advance in your career through robust continuing education opportunities and career advancement with UHS!

  • Benefit Highlights
  • Challenging and rewarding work environment
  • Competitive Compensation & Generous Paid Time Off
  • Excellent Medical, Dental, Vision and Prescription Drug Plans
  • 401(K) with company match and discounted stock plan

SoFi Student Loan Refinancing Program

Career development opportunities within UHS and its 300+ Subsidiaries!

About Universal Health Services

One of the nation’s largest and most respected providers of hospital and healthcare services, Universal Health Services, Inc. (UHS) has built an impressive record of achievement and performance. Growing steadily since its inception into an esteemed Fortune 500 corporation, annual revenues were $13.4 billion in 2022.

During the year, UHS was again recognized as one of the World’s Most Admired Companies by Fortune; and listed in Forbes ranking of America’s Largest Public Companies. Headquartered in King of Prussia, PA, UHS has approximately 94,000 employees and continues to grow through its subsidiaries.

Operating acute care hospitals, behavioral health facilities, outpatient facilities and ambulatory care access points, an insurance offering, a physician network and various related services located all over the U.S. states, Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and the United Kingdom. www.uhs.com

Qualifications

Education: Master's Degree from an accredited college or university in Social Work, Psychology, Counseling, or related mental health field.

Lincensure: LADAC Licensed Alcohol Drug Abuse Counselor and/or CADC Certified Alcohol Drug Counselor

Experience: Minimum of two (2) years experience in a psychiatric health care facility with direct experience in individual, family and group therapies. Experience in crisis intervention is desired. Must have strong clinical assessment skills.

EEO Statement

All UHS subsidiaries are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and teammates. UHS subsidiaries are equal opportunity employers and as such, openly support and fully commit to recruitment, selection, placement, promotion and compensation of individuals without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), genetic information, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

Notice

At UHS and all our subsidiaries, our Human Resources departments and recruiters are here to help prospective candidates by matching skillset and experience with the best possible career path at UHS and our subsidiaries. We take pride in creating a highly efficient and best in class candidate experience.

During the recruitment process, no recruiter or employee will request financial or personal information (Social Security Number, credit card or bank information, etc.) from you via email.

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Qualifications

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

Key Skills

Chemical dependency counselingTreatment planningGroup therapyPsychiatric careFamily therapyIndividual therapy

Addiction Medicine — Counselor Career Context

Of the 50 active Counselor listings this role was benchmarked against, 46% are remote, 32% have no call, 68% require no weekends.

Counselor pay on WeekdayDoc is down 3.3% vs. the prior quarter (through Aug 2026).

The cost-of-living index for Arkansas is 86.9 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 61.1% of Arkansas clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Top Counselor Jobs

36 matches · ranked by pay

Salary Distribution35 jobs · 30 employers

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<$85k
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$85k-110k
10
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9
$135k-160k

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks25 jobs

401k / retirement match
88% this job
CME allowance
56% this job
Sign-on bonus
48%
Loan repayment
28% this job
Relocation assistance
4%

Share of similar jobs offering each benefit

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Harmony United Psychiatric Care · Winter Garden, Florida

$60-$70/hr
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#4

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Work-life snapshot

median 6.1this job 1.5
Below most Addiction Medicine (Counseling) listings for work-life

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 1,276 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • Includes call

Living in Little Rock

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$217k
Typical market rent
$1,212/mo
Residents’ average commute
19 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
89.4
State income tax
Up to 4.9%
Sources & methodology

Sources: Zillow home values (Aug 2026), Zillow market rents (Aug 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.

BEA 2024 · Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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

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About UHS

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501-1,000 employees

Benefits & Perks

Competitive Compensation
Generous Paid Time Off
Medical, Dental, Vision and Prescription Drug Plans
401(K) with company match
Discounted stock plan
SoFi Student Loan Refinancing Program
Career development opportunities