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STEPS Detox
Lake Charles, Louisiana

Residential Addictions Counselor

CounselorIncludes weekendsPart-Time

Listed compensation

$45k-$55k

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Job Description

STEPS Recovery Solutions has experience in working with patients battling addiction. Our treatment team is staffed with caring, compassionate, and qualified clinicians.

If you have experience as a counselor, have a current license, provisional license or a CIT, and have a compassionate, caring heart, then we have a fantastic career waiting for you. Apply today to join our successful, growing work family and become part of a life-changing patient care team.

We have an opportunity for a Counselor to join us and make STEPS Recovery Solutions your new "work home". This position is part time, assisting our full time counselors with afternoon and weekend groups.

To be considered, you must have prior experience as a counselor, have a license or provisional license, and preferably have previous experience in substance abuse/addiction treatment. Please be sure to submit a complete resume with employment dates and include any substance abuse experience.

For immediate consideration, send your resume through this job posting. If you are unable to apply via this job post, you may fax your resume to 888.859.2007. No phone calls or in person visits please so we may focus on patient care.

  • If you join our team, you'll enjoy the following responsibilities:
  • Provide clinical services via individual, group and family therapy.
  • Provide crisis intervention and referrals for patients.
  • Participate in clinical assessments and screenings to aide in the admissions process.
  • Write and submit clinical master admission, discharge and updated treatment plans, and clinical updates for UR review.
  • Conduct assessments and evaluations based on the model/treatment criteria.
  • Engage patients at admission and through their treatment episode to ensure delivery of the best patient care with unconditional positive regard.
  • Document patient notes, interventions, phone calls, and overall patient data, including symptom monitoring.
  • Document weekly progress notes and weekly progress questionnaires.
  • Keep all patient charts up to date.
  • Work collaboratively with the medical and clinical team and provide immediate notification of unusual or potentially high-risk findings.
  • Actively participate in weekly medical and/or clinical staffing of patients.
  • Contact current patients on a regular basis to keep patients engaged.
  • Provide support for clinical services to other team members when needed.
  • Adhere to rules and regulations regarding treatment, such as group size, caseload and referrals.
  • Aggressively implement continuous quality improvement initiatives.
  • Other duties as assigned.
  • You must have the following education, skills and experience to be considered:

Current, unrestricted license – LAC, CAC, RAC, CCS, LMSW, LCSW, LPC (or PLPC), LMFT (or PLMFT), etc. A Counselor in Training (CIT) may be permitted in lieu of a license.

  • Prior experience as a clinician, providing therapy services in addiction treatment or dual-diagnosis.
  • Possess an understanding of the role of 12-step principles in sobriety.
  • Ability to positively interact and develop rapport with patients and their families, professional support staff, team members and various individuals from the community agencies.
  • Ability to effectively communicate both in writing and verbally.
  • High energy with engaging personality and strong people skills.

Ability to read and interpret written information; write clearly and informatively; edits work for spelling and grammar. Ability to speak clearly and persuasively in positive or negative situations; listens and gets clarification; responds well to questions; demonstrates group presentation skills; and participates in meetings.

  • Ability to multi-task and successfully prioritize workload.
  • Working knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel, and Outlook.
  • Job Types: Full-time, Part-time, Internship
  • Pay: $45,000 - $55,000

Schedule: 4-hour shift

  • Evening shift
  • Holidays
  • Weekends as needed

License/Certification

counseling license (LAC, CIT, RAC, PLPC, LPC, LMSW, etc.) (Required)

Work Location: In person

Key Responsibilities

Provide clinical services including individual, group, and family therapy while managing crisis interventions and patient assessments. Maintain accurate clinical documentation, treatment plans, and patient charts while collaborating with the medical and clinical team.

Requirements

Requires a current, unrestricted counseling license such as LAC, CAC, RAC, CCS, LMSW, LCSW, LPC, or CIT. Candidates must have prior experience in addiction treatment or dual-diagnosis and possess strong communication and interpersonal skills.

Qualifications

Experience
2+ years of experience

Key Skills

Addiction counselingClinical assessmentTreatment planningSubstance abuse treatmentPatient documentationClinical chartingGroup therapyIndividual therapyMicrosoft ExcelMicrosoft Outlook

Addiction Medicine — Counselor Career Context

Of the 50 active Addiction Medicine listings this role was benchmarked against, 42% are remote, 30% have no call, 82% require no weekends.

Addiction Medicine pay on WeekdayDoc is down 1.6% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).

The cost-of-living index for Louisiana is 88.2 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$50k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $57k in an average-cost state. 60.8% of Louisiana clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

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CME allowance
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Sign-on bonus
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Work-life snapshot

median 6.0this job 1.5
Below most Addiction Medicine (Counseling) listings for work-life

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 1,288 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • On-site
  • Includes weekends

Living in Lake Charles

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$213k≈ 4.7× annual pay
Typical market rent
$1,375/mo≈ 37% of gross pay
Residents’ average commute
17 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
85.9
State income tax
Up to 4.3%
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · Lake Charles, LA metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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