DETOX COUNSELOR OVERNIGHT
Listed compensation
Salary Range: $28.00/hour
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- Employment & setting
- Full-Time
- Call expectations
- Not specified
- Weekends
- Includes weekends
Job description
Join Buckelew Programs as a Detox Counselor – Overnight Shift in San Rafael, California.
Benefits & Compensation
- Pay rate: $28/hr.
- Student loan repayment assistance.
- Medical insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- Life insurance
- Long-term disability insurance
- Employee Assistance Program
- Flexible spending accounts
Work Schedule
- Full-Time position.
- Weekend coverage may be required.
- Night or evening shifts may be required.
This position offers student loan benefits. Work with Buckelew Programs in San Rafael, California.
Key Responsibilities
Provide support to clients through intake, assessment, individual counseling, and emotional support in a residential detoxification facility. Manage facility safety, crisis interventions, medication monitoring, and daily operational chores.
Requirements
Requires a high school diploma and registration or certification as an Alcohol and Drug Counselor. Experience with mental health or co-occurring disorders and familiarity with Twelve-Step recovery programs is preferred.
Qualifications
- Education
- Professional certificate or licensure
- Experience
- 2+ years of experience
Certifications
Key Skills
Addiction Medicine — Counselor Career Context
Of the 50 active Addiction Medicine listings this role was benchmarked against, 46% are remote, 16% have no call, 60% require no weekends.
In California, the Addiction Medicine weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$64k (135 salary observations; 188 listings), vs ~$62k nationally (858 salary observations; 2,153 listings). Monthly aggregates cover 2026-01-01 through 2026-09-01; these are not the modal's selected comparable-job medians.
The cost-of-living index for California is 110.7 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$58k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $53k in an average-cost state. 63.6% of California clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
Addiction Medicine pay on WeekdayDoc is up 7.1% vs. the prior quarter (through Aug 2026).
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- Includes weekends