LCDC- Licensed Chemical Dependency Counselor

CounselorNo weekendsNo nightsFull-Time

Compensation

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Job Description

The SUD Counselor provides comprehensive clinical services to clients with substance use disorders in an outpatient setting.

This role involves delivering individualized, group, family, and educational interventions while maintaining accurate and timely electronic documentation in accordance with organizational standards.

The Counselor will manage an assigned caseload, ensuring high-quality, client-centered care that supports recovery, wellness, and long-term behavioral change.

Key Responsibilities

The Counselor conducts clinical substance use assessments, develops recovery plans, and implements individualized treatment strategies tailored to each client's needs.

They deliver direct services through individual counseling, group therapy, family sessions, and educational programming, while facilitating psycho-education classes, support groups, and skill-building workshops to promote recovery and relapse prevention.

The Counselor provides occasional crisis intervention as needed and collaborates with internal and external resources to ensure client safety and well-being.

Maintaining client caseloads, the Counselor ensures that all clinical documentation, including progress notes, treatment plans, and assessments, is accurately entered into case management systems in a timely manner.

Additionally, the Counselor works closely with multidisciplinary teams, including therapists, case managers, and community resource contacts, to coordinate care and comprehensive treatment planning.

All services are provided in adherence to program productivity standards, fiscal responsibility, and regulatory compliance, while participating in ongoing professional development, trainings, and supervision to enhance clinical skills.

Schedule: Monday - Thursday 9am - 8pm.

Minimum Qualifications

Must hold a current Texas license as a Licensed Chemical Dependency Counselor (LCDC) and maintain the license in good standing with all applicable state regulations.

Preferred Qualifications

Must hold a current Texas license as a Licensed Chemical Dependency Counselor (LCDC) and maintain the license in good standing with all applicable state regulations.

Employee Benefits at Full-Time Include

  • Employer-Cost Sharing of Health Insurance (Plus 50% of Elected Dependent Coverage)
  • Employer-Paid Short-Term Disability Insurance
  • Employer-Paid Term Life Insurance
  • Loan Forgiveness Program
  • Pet Insurance
  • Employee Assistance Program
  • Employer-Match Retirement Contributions (Up to 5% of Base Salary)
  • Optional Dental, Vision, Life and Long-Term Disability Insurance
  • Wellness Program
  • 13 Paid Holidays per Year
  • 2 Weeks Paid Vacation Leave per Year with Graduating Accrual Rate
  • 2+ Weeks Paid Sick Leave per Year
  • Tuition discounts for select Colleges

Requirements

Candidates must hold a current Texas license as a Licensed Chemical Dependency Counselor (LCDC) in good standing. The role requires the ability to conduct clinical assessments and implement individualized treatment strategies in an outpatient setting.

Qualifications

Education
Professional certificate or licensure
Experience
2+ years of experience

Key Skills

Substance use counselingClinical assessmentFamily therapyMultidisciplinary collaboration

Addiction Medicine — Counselor Career Context

Of the 50 active Addiction Medicine listings this role was benchmarked against, 48% are remote, 26% have no call, 58% require no weekends.

The cost-of-living index for Texas is 97.1 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 57.7% of Texas clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Addiction Medicine pay on WeekdayDoc is up 2.4% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates LCDC- Licensed Chemical Dependency Counselor at Lakes Regional Community Center a 6.4 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the Above average in Addiction Medicine (Counseling) — ranked against 1,292 active Addiction Medicine (Counseling) listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no weekend requirements, no night shifts.

Location & Logistics

Texas has no state income tax, which can significantly increase take-home pay compared to high-tax states.

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Work-life snapshot

median 6.0this job 6.4
Better work-life than 70% of Addiction Medicine (Counseling) listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 1,292 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • No weekends
  • No nights

Living in Terrell

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$271k
Typical market rent
$1,633/mo
Residents’ average commute
27 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
103.1
State income tax
None
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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

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About Lakes Regional Community Center

Mental Health Care
Terrell, Texas
51-200 employees

Benefits & Perks

Employer-cost sharing of health insurance
Employer-paid short-term disability insurance
Employer-paid term life insurance
Loan forgiveness program
Pet insurance
Employee assistance program
Employer-match retirement contributions (up to 5%)
Optional dental, vision, life, and long-term disability insurance