Counselor- Recovery Services-Female Only
Listed compensation
$21/hr
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- Employment & setting
- Full-Time
- Call expectations
- Not specified
- Weekends
- Includes weekends
Job description
Join Advocates as a Substance Use Counselor – Recovery Services, Female Only in Worcester, MA, US.
Benefits & Compensation
- Pay rate: $21/hr.
- Healthy work-life balance
- Generous perks of employment
- Room for advancement
Work Schedule
- Full-Time position.
- No explicit call, weekend, or night shift information provided.
Apply to join Advocates as a Substance Use Counselor – Recovery Services, Female Only.
Key Responsibilities
The counselor provides cognitive and motivational services to individuals in residential substance use treatment to support community reintegration. Responsibilities include managing client risk, facilitating recovery groups, coordinating discharge planning, and maintaining clinical documentation.
Requirements
Candidates must have at least a high school diploma or GED and a minimum of one year of supervised counseling experience in substance use disorder treatment. A valid driver's license and access to an insured vehicle are also required.
Key Skills
Substance Use Counseling — Counselor Career Context
Of the 50 active Counselor listings this role was benchmarked against, 24% are remote, 30% have no call, 74% require no weekends.
The cost-of-living index for Massachusetts is 105.8 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$44k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $41k in an average-cost state. 63.2% of Massachusetts clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
Counselor pay on WeekdayDoc is up 6.8% vs. the prior quarter (through Aug 2026).
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