Associate Counselor
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Job Description
Associate Counselor (DR&A and PHP)
Resident in Counseling, Resident MFT, or Clinical Social Worker - Supervisee
We offer competitive salaries, full benefits package, Paid Time Off, and opportunities for professional growth.
As an Associate Counselor, you are under the supervision of a licensed counselor within their discipline and is actively working to complete state specific requirements for credentialing purposes in pursuit of full independent certification and/or licensure or is working to maintain current certification, where applicable.
You will oversee aspects of a patient’s treatment with appropriate scope of practice. This includes coordination and continuity of care from admission through discharge and follow-up of patients while under supervision.
You will also promote performance improvement and service delivery by conducting individual and group sessions directed towards addressing the causes and effects of the patient’s addiction.
Benefits
- 18 days PTO (Paid Time Off)
- 8 paid holidays
- 401k with company match
- Company sponsored ongoing training and certification opportunities.
- Full comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, vision, short term disability, long term disability and accident insurance.
- Substance Use Disorder Treatment and Recovery Loan Repayment Program (STAR LRP)
- Discounted tuition and scholarships through Capella University
Requirements
- Bachelor's or master's degree specializing in psychology, counseling, or social work from an accredited college or university as may be required by the state in which the facility operates.
- Associate, assistant, or resident level of licensure or certification in counseling, social work, or addiction, as may be required by the state in which the facility operates.
- One (1) year experience in substance use, mental health, or related field.
- Residents/supervisees may be credentialed as any of the following:
- Residents in Counseling;
- Residents in Social Work;
- Supervisee in Clinical Social Work;
- CSAC; or
- CSAC Supervisee.
Responsibilities
- Interface with the clinical team in decision-making process involving patients to include attending all clinical meetings.
- Assess the counseling needs of the patient.
- Assess the patient for addictive substance use disorders utilizing the ASAM assessment tool within the biopsychosocial assessment.
- Obtain previous records that are relevant to the current treatment episode.
- Prepare the substance abuse counseling portion of the patient treatment plan.
- Provide substance abuse counseling services specified in the patient treatment plan.
- Reassess patients and revise the substance use counseling portion of the patient treatment plan, as necessary.
- Develop the patient discharge/continuum of care plan to ensure movement to the appropriate levels of care.
- Participate fully as a member of a multidisciplinary team for assigned patients.
- Facilitate intervention for crisis-orientated issues utilizing a multi-disciplinary team approach for assigned patients.
- Document all counseling and education services, assessments, reassessments, referrals, and follow-up in the patient’s clinical record.
- Maintain patient caseload (including all case management and utilization review updates, treatment planning duties, and clinical charting as required).
- Provide coordination of support services for the patient and their family and record the services provided in the clinical record.
- Facilitate family therapy as assigned.
- Contact and coordinate with referral sources (i. e., legal, school, employer, etc.).
- Carry out administrative and clinical functions as requested.
- Attend team meetings and complete all training courses timely as required.
- Other duties as assigned.
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Qualifications
- Education
- Master's degree (postgraduate degree)
Key Skills
Addiction Medicine — Counselor Career Context
Of the 50 active Addiction Medicine listings this role was benchmarked against, 38% are remote, 46% have no call, 74% require no weekends.
In Virginia, the Addiction Medicine weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$61k (54 salary observations; 173 listings), vs ~$62k nationally (1,336 salary observations; 3,917 listings). Monthly aggregates cover 2026-01-01 through 2026-10-01; these are not the modal's selected comparable-job medians.
The cost-of-living index for Virginia is 101.1 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 61.1% of Virginia 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 Associate Counselor at Pinnacle Treatment Brand a 6.9 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the top 25% in Addiction Medicine (Counseling) — ranked against 1,262 active Addiction Medicine (Counseling) listings on WeekdayDoc.
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