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Clarvida - Georgia
Augusta, Georgia

Certified Addiction Counselor

CounselorNo weekendsFull-Time

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Job Description

ACT Certified Addiction Counselor

Working with a team of counselors, nurses, therapists, and case managers, you will provide services to adult clients in the community focusing on aspects of substance abuse and other mental health issues.

You will conduct initial and ongoing assessments of client strengths, substance abuse, mental health treatment needs, and biopsychosocial histories.

You will meet with clients regularly to provide individual and group SA counseling, intervention techniques, and crisis assessments, and link clients to community resources such as AA as needed.

Perks of This Role

  • 8:30am-5:00pm weekday schedule
  • Supportive team environment
  • Bonus opportunities for exceeding billable service delivery
  • Stability and growth opportunities working with a national agency

What is ACT: ACT is an Evidence Based Practice that is person-centered, recovery-oriented, and a highly intensive community-based service for individuals who have serious and persistent mental illness.

The service utilizes a multidisciplinary mental health team, including Psychiatrists, Nurses, Social Workers/Counselors, Substance Abuse Counselors, Employment Specialists, Certified Peer Specialists, and Case Managers.

The ACT Team works as one organizational unit providing community-based interventions that are rehabilitative, intensive, integrated, and stage specific. Services emphasize social inclusiveness though relationship building and the active involvement in assisting individuals to achieve a stable and structured lifestyle.

ACT is a unique treatment model in which the majority of mental health services are directly provided by the ACT program in the recipient’s natural environment.

ACT services are individually tailored with each individual to address his/her preferences and identified goals, which are the basis of the Individualized Recovery Plan.

  • Do the Following Apply to You?
  • CAC-I, CAC-II, GCADC-I, CADC, CADC-T or CCIT

Communicate Effectively in Writing and Orally

Have an understanding of and sensitivity to serving the culturally diverse and dual diagnosed mental health population

Valid Georgia Driver’s License, clean Motor Vehicle Record (MVR); Clean Criminal Back Ground Check (no conviction or credible evidence of abuse, neglect, or sexual exploitation)

What We Offer

Full Time Employees

  • Paid vacation days that increase with tenure
  • Separate sick leave that rolls over each year
  • Up to 10 Paid holidays*
  • Medical, Dental, Vision benefit plan options
  • Employee Assistance Program
  • Health, Dependent and Transportation Flexible Spending Accounts
  • Employee, Spouse and Dependent Basic and Optional Life Insurance

All Employees

  • 401K
  • Free licensure supervision
  • Employee Assistance program
  • Pet Insurance
  • Perks @Clarvida- national discounts on shopping, travel, Verizon, and entertainment
  • Mileage reimbursement*
  • Company cellphone

*benefits may vary based on Position/State/County

Application Deadline: Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis until the position is filled.

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Key Responsibilities

You will provide intensive community-based substance abuse and mental health services as part of a multidisciplinary ACT team. Responsibilities include conducting assessments, facilitating individual and group counseling, and linking clients to community resources.

Requirements

Candidates must hold a valid professional certification such as CAC-I, CAC-II, GCADC-I, CADC, CADC-T, or CCIT. A valid Georgia driver's license and a clean criminal background check are also required.

Qualifications

Education
Professional certificate or licensure
Experience
2+ years of experience

Key Skills

Substance abuse counselingMental health assessmentCrisis assessmentIndividual counselingCase managementBiopsychosocial assessmentTreatment planningCommunity resource linkageDocumentationCultural competence

Addiction Medicine — Counselor Career Context

Of the 50 active Substance Use / Addiction Counselor listings this role was benchmarked against, 38% are remote, 20% have no call, 62% require no weekends.

The cost-of-living index for Georgia is 96.3 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 59.8% of Georgia clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Clarvida - Georgia ranks #17 of 34 employers hiring Counselor on WeekdayDoc by average advertised pay.

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Certified Addiction Counselor at Clarvida - Georgia a 6.4 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the Above average in Substance Use / Addiction Counselor — ranked against 1,008 active Substance Use / Addiction Counselor listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no weekend requirements.

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CME allowance
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Sign-on bonus
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Loan repayment
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Relocation assistance
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Work-life snapshot

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Better work-life than 70% of Substance Use / Addiction Counselor listings

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  • No weekends

Living in Augusta

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$178k
Typical market rent
$1,369/mo
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
91.9
State income tax
Up to 5.8%
Sources & methodology

Sources: Zillow home values (Aug 2026), Zillow market rents (Aug 2026).

BEA 2024 · Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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

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About Clarvida - Georgia

Health and Human Services
Fredericksburg, Virginia
501-1,000 employees

Benefits & Perks

Paid vacation days
Sick leave
Paid holidays
Medical Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
Employee Assistance Program
Health Flexible Spending Accounts