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Daymark Recovery Services
Rockingham, North Carolina

Human Service Counselor-CADC

Addiction CounselorFull-Time

Listed compensation

$23.07-$24.03/hr

The week · per this posting · weekdays assumed

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Posted 3mo ago

Job Description

Job DetailsJob Location: Richmond Center - Rockingham, NC 28379Company Mission Statement: Our mission is to inspire and empower people to seek and maintain recovery and health. Daymark Recovery Services, Inc. is a mission driven, comprehensive community provider of culturally sensitive mental health and substance abuse services. Comprehensive

Benefits

Package: Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance Flex Spending Account Health Spending Account Company-Paid Life Insurance Short Term Disability 401(k) Paid Holidays Paid Vacation and Sick Leave Employee Assistant Program Referral Bonus Opportunities Extensive Internal Training Program PayScale: $23.07/hr.-$24.03/hr.

Summary: Under direct and indirect supervision, provides, and/or administers a wide range of psychosocial evaluation/assessments, provides substance use counseling, and crisis intervention services in a high-intensity clinical environment which requires a high degree of independent decision-making.

Most aspects of this job require clinical assessment, evaluation, and intervention skills to Substance Use and Co-occurring disorders individuals that are treated with Substance Abuse Intensive Outpatient (SAIOP) treatment, according to service definition a minimum of three hours per day, three to five days per week.

This can include individual, family, and/or group therapy. Person Centered Plan (PCP) development and implementation are also core functions of this job. Essential Duties and Responsibilities: Provides SAIOP services according to service definition.

Coordinates with the LCAS or LCAS-A and Clinical Supervisor to ensure that the individual has access to counseling supports, psychoeducation, and crisis interventions. Facilitates individual and group counseling sessions. Provides substance use, health, and community services education.

Assists with development of relapse prevention and disease management strategies. Participate in the initial development and implementation, and ongoing revision of PCP. Provide ongoing assessment and re-assessment of the individual based on PCP and goals.

Monitor and document the status of the individual’s progress and the effectiveness of strategies and interventions outlined in PCP. Communicate individual’s progress and the effectiveness of the strategies and interventions as outlined in PCP to individual’s care team.

Provides case management and care coordination for individual. Coordinate with other members of individual’s care team (i. e. MAT provider, TCM provider, PCP, etc). Link and refer individuals to needed services and supports. Provide crisis interventions when clinically appropriate.

All other duties as assigned by supervisor Productivity Gudelines: Outpatient services are expected to have an average of 4 billable hours per day over the course of a year. Vacation and sick leave are not excluded from this expectation.

Official Daymark Holidays and FMLA are excluded from this expectation when reviewed monthly for productivity incentive and annually for the performance evaluation. Group therapy has an enhanced productivity credit. Clinician will receive 1 productivity credit for every 3 people in the group.

Performance Evaluation Standards 3.3 or less hours averaged Rating 1= Needs improvement 3.4 to 4.5 hours averaged Rating 2- Meets Expectations 4.6 to 5.5 hours averaged Rating 3= Above Expectations 5.6 and above Rating 4= Outstanding Education and/or Experience: Education and/or Experience: Must meet qualifications of a behavioral health qualified professional (QP).

An associate’s or bachelor’s degree in a human service field with two years MH/SA/IDD experience with the population served; or a bachelor’s degree in a non-human service field and at least four years of full-time experience working with the MH/SU/IDD population.

Certificates, License, Registration: Must be recognized and in good standing by the NCSAPPB as either a Certified Alcohol and Drug Counselor (CDAC), Certified Substance Abuse Counselor (CSAC) or Certified Alcohol and Drug Counselor-Intern (CADC-I), or Certified Substance Abuse Counselor-Intern (CSAC-I).

Qualifications

Key Responsibilities

The counselor provides substance use counseling, psychosocial assessments, and crisis intervention services in a clinical environment. They are responsible for developing and implementing Person Centered Plans while coordinating care with the individual's treatment team.

Requirements

Candidates must be a behavioral health qualified professional with an associate or bachelor degree in a human service field. Additionally, they must hold a valid certification as a CADC, CSAC, or intern equivalent recognized by the NCSAPPB.

Qualifications

Education
Professional certificate or licensure
Experience
2+ years of experience

Key Skills

Psychosocial assessmentClinical evaluationPerson centered plan developmentIndividual therapyFamily therapyDocumentationClinical decision-making

Addiction Medicine — Counselor Career Context

Of the 50 active Substance Use / Addiction Counselor listings this role was benchmarked against, 32% are remote, 40% have no call, 62% require no weekends.

The cost-of-living index for North Carolina is 94.3 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$49k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $52k in an average-cost state. 59.2% of North Carolina clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

How many Substance Use / Addiction Counselor jobs are remote?
MeasureThis jobMarket
Work-life score6.6 / 10 · top 25% in substance use / addiction counselorranked against 1,008 Substance Use / Addiction Counselor listingslisting-based score, 0–10
Cost-of-living adjusted pay~$52k in purchasing powerNorth Carolina index 94.3 (US = 100)BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Addiction Medicine listings in North Carolina52 active—live on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
All substance use / addiction counselor listings in North Carolina468 active12,744 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Work settingon-sitepeers: 32% remote · 40% no call · 62% no weekends50 benchmarked listings
Sign-on & loan repaymentnot statedNorth Carolina counselor listings (all specialties): 14% state a sign-on bonus (median $5k) · 15% offer loan repayment468 active listings, Nov 2026
New Addiction Medicine listings426 in the last 30 days212 the 30 days before (+101%)U.S., first seen on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Sources: WeekdayDoc live listing index (1,008 Substance Use / Addiction Counselor listings), BEA Regional Price Parities (2024); as of Nov 2026. Same values as the Weekday Verdict and Market Insights on this page. North Carolina figures use all substance use / addiction counselors: too few North Carolina Addiction Medicine postings state pay.

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Human Service Counselor-CADC at DAYMARK RECOVERY SERVICES a 6.6 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the top 25% in Substance Use / Addiction Counselor — ranked against 1,008 active Substance Use / Addiction Counselor listings on WeekdayDoc.

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Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks

26 jobs · 25 employers
401k / retirement match
88% this job
Sign-on bonus
35%
CME allowance
35%
PSLF eligible
15%
Loan repayment
8%

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Work-life snapshot

median 6.1this job 6.6
Better work-life than 80% of Substance Use / Addiction Counselor listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 1,008 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

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About Daymark Recovery Services

Mental Health Care
Concord, NC
501-1,000 employees

Benefits & Perks

Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance
Flex Spending Account
Health Spending Account
Company-Paid Life Insurance
Short Term Disability
401(k)
Paid Holidays
Paid Vacation and Sick Leave

Living in Rockingham

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$196k
Median resident rent
$659/mo
Residents’ average commute
24 min
State income tax
Up to 4.8%
Sources & methodology

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

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