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Frederick, Maryland

Clinical Addictions Counselor - Outpatient Services

CounselorIncludes callIncludes weekendsFull-Time

Listed compensation

$52K - $70K

The week · per this posting · Monday – Friday

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Posted 3mo ago

Job Description

The Orenda Center of Wellness, LLC is a rapidly growing organization that is looking for a motivated individual to join the team at our outpatient facility located right outside downtown Frederick. We are a fun energetic company doing our part to fight the battle against addiction and mental health stigma.

Orenda provides the Medicaid population in our area with a range of treatment services ranging from inpatient addiction care to outpatient long term mental health counseling. We treat all residents and clients as family when at Orenda, ensuring they are provided the highest standard of love, compassion and care while completing their treatment modalities.

The clinical addictions counselor role with report directly to our onsite Clinical Manager and work under their licensure supervision each week.

As a true dual-diagnosis treatment facility our clients are able to receive both substance use and mental health therapies concurrently throughout their enrollment in services.

As a preferred treatment provider, the Orenda Center of Wellness's approach is always the whole life ideal ensuring that each of our clients receives the specifically tailored treatment program that addresses their unique needs.

This role will be responsible for a cross spectrum of clinical duties ranging from but not limited to, conduct individual, group, and/or family sessions, facilitating substance use groups for all level of care, completing substances use clinical assessments, documenting of all groups & sessions in our EMR system within the 48-hour time frame deadlines. The counselor should be comfortable working with a cross spectrum of substances abuse clients and adolescents as well as being able to facilitate moderate to large groups.

Qualified candidates must be skilled at personal time management as well as able to prioritize their daily workload in light of unexpected crisis intervention needs.

Requirements

Certificate of completion in addiction counseling, associate degree. bachelor's degree. Master's degree

Appropriate Maryland state licensing and/or certification such as ADT, CSC-AD, CAC-AD, LGADC, LCADC

Working Knowledge of ASAM Criteria

  • Minimum of 1 to 2 years' experience working in the field of addiction treatment and/or mental health counseling as a licensed provider
  • Experience facilitating therapeutic group and individual sessions.
  • Understanding of treatment planning, clinical notations, dual diagnosis charting and interventional skills
  • Ability to maintain a case load of 15 or more clients at a time while keeping current on documentation and clinical deadlines.
  • Ability to pass local & federal background checks along with being able to clear a full panel drug screening.
  • Ability to handle crisis intervention with strong de-escalation skills.
  • Adaptability and motivation to improve clients' lives are indispensable.

Position Offering

  • Competitive starting salary ---- Range $52,000 to $70,000 annually
  • Mon thru Friday work week - flex daytime schedule w/ 1 evening available required.

Life Insurance - Company Paid

  • Cost sharing % on medical, dental and vision coverage.
  • Clinical supervision provided onsite at no additional cost.
  • Paid National Holidays (8)
  • 4.5 Weeks - PTO per year with rollover options
  • Company offered wellness program
  • 401K Plan - post 1 year of service with employer matching
  • EAP Program (Immediate Access)

Please apply below using the link and completing the requesting informational pre-screenings

Additional Part Time Counselor Roles Available

  • 2 to 3 days or evenings per week
  • Competitive hourly rates
  • PT employee benefit package including PTO included

For further information or question please feel free to contact us directly at HR@theorendacenter.com

Key Responsibilities

Conduct individual, group, and family therapy sessions for clients with substance use and mental health disorders. Responsible for completing clinical assessments and maintaining timely documentation within the EMR system.

Qualifications

Education
Master's degree (postgraduate degree)
Experience
2+ years of experience

Key Skills

Individual CounselingGroup TherapyClinical AssessmentCase ManagementEMR Documentation

Addiction Medicine — Counselor Career Context

Of the 50 active Substance Use / Addiction Counselor listings this role was benchmarked against, 48% are remote, 20% have no call, 54% require no weekends.

The cost-of-living index for Maryland is 105.0 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$61k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $58k in an average-cost state. 62.9% of Maryland clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

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401k / retirement match
86% this job
CME allowance
48%
Sign-on bonus
28%
Loan repayment
14%
Relocation assistance
3%

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Work-life snapshot

median 6.1this job 3.0
Better work-life than 20% of Addiction Medicine (Counseling) listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 1,285 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • On-site
  • Includes call
  • Includes weekends

Living in Frederick

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$421k≈ 8.1× annual pay
Typical market rent
$2,182/mo≈ 50% of gross pay
Residents’ average commute
30 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
108.9
State income tax
Up to 5.8%
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

Ratios use this listing’s gross annual pay. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.

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Benefits & Perks

Life Insurance
Medical Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
Clinical Supervision
Paid Holidays
PTO
Wellness Program