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Worcester, Massachusetts

Counselor- Recovery Services-Female Only

CounselorIncludes weekendsFull-Time

Listed compensation

$21/hr

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Employment & setting
Full-Time
Call expectations
Not specified
Weekends
Includes weekends
Posted 36m ago · Verified live

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

Clinical servicesTreatment adherence monitoringIndividual service plan developmentCrisis managementCustomer serviceCommunicationInterpersonal skillsMultitaskingTime management

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).

Top Counselor Jobs

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Salary Distribution35 jobs · 28 employers

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<$70k
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$70k-80k
2
$85k
4
$90k-100k
4
$100k+

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks29 jobs · 28 employers

401k / retirement match
90%
CME allowance
66%
Sign-on bonus
21%
Loan repayment
10%
PSLF eligible
7%

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Work-life snapshot

3.0/ 10
Listing-based score

A signal to investigate—not a guarantee about the workplace.

  • Includes weekends
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About Advocates

Non-profit Organizations
Framingham, MA
1,001-5,000 employees

Benefits & Perks

Healthy work-life balance
Generous perks of employment
Room for advancement