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Oroville, California

Substance Use Disorder Counselor - CalAIM

Addiction CounselorFull-Time

Compensation

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Posted 3mo ago

Job Description

You Matter

  • Make a difference every day in the lives of the underserved
  • Join a mission driven organization with a people first culture
  • Excellent career growth opportunities

Join Us and Find a Career That Supports

  • Caring for overlooked, underserved, and vulnerable patients
  • Diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging
  • Autonomy in a warm team environment
  • Growth and training

Perks and Benefits In addition to comprehensive benefits including medical, dental, vision, paid time off, and 401k, we foster a work, life balance for team members and their family to support physical, mental, and financial wellbeing including:

  • DailyPay, receive your money as you earn it!
  • Tuition Assistance and dependent Scholarships
  • Employee Assistance Program (EAP) including free counseling and health coaching
  • Company paid life insurance
  • Tax free Health Spending Accounts (HSA)
  • Wellness program featuring fitness memberships and product discounts
  • Preferred banking partnership and discounted rates for home and auto loans

*Eligibility for perks and benefits varies based on employee type and length of service.

Why Us

Now is your moment to make a difference in the lives of the underserved. If there is one unifying characteristic of everyone on our team, it is the deep desire to make a difference by helping society's most vulnerable and often overlooked individuals.

Every day we have the distinct honor and responsibility to show up with non-judgmental compassion to provide hope and healing to those who need it most.

For those whose calling it is to serve others, now is your moment to join our mission to provide quality care to every patient with compassion, collaboration, and innovation, to live our mantra to “Always Do The Right Thing!”, and to collectively do our part to heal the world, one patient at a time.

Wellpath sees hundreds of thousands of unique individuals in their facilities month over month and a very large percent of those individuals receive direct clinical care, which includes lives saved by Narcan.

We offer ongoing training and development opportunities for licensed and unlicensed healthcare team members, and have best in class clinical resources for training, education, and point of care support.

How You Make a Difference

The Substance Use Disorder Counselor evaluates, treats, and supports individuals in their recovery from substance use disorders. This role works as part of an interdisciplinary team to help support positive clinical outcomes and prepare individuals for discharge.

The position promotes continuity of care by collaborating with care teams and supporting ongoing treatment needs. The counselor provides substance use disorder services to justice-involved individuals in alignment with Medi-Cal and CalAIM program requirements.

Key Responsibilities

Conduct SUD screenings, assessments, and provide individual and group counseling while developing person-centered treatment plans.

  • Focus on engagement, stabilization, relapse prevention, and readiness for continued treatment.
  • Collaborate with interdisciplinary teams and contribute clinical input to discharge planning and continuity of care.
  • Coordinate with external providers and agencies to support ongoing treatment and post-release services.
  • Maintain compliant clinical documentation, provide crisis intervention, and ensure confidentiality requirements are met.
  • Qualifications & Requirements

Education

  • High School diploma and certification required.
  • Bachelor’s degree in health services field is preferred.

Experience

  • Experience providing SUD counseling required.
  • Ability to practice independently preferred.
  • Licenses/Certifications
  • Licensure or certification or license/certification eligible as required by state in which employed

We Are an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer

We are committed to fostering, cultivating, and preserving a culture of uniqueness.

We celebrate a variety of backgrounds and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

We encourage you to apply! If you are excited about a role but your experience doesn’t seem to align perfectly with every element of the job description, we encourage you to apply. You may be just the right candidate for this, or one of our many other roles.

Deadline to apply to this position is contingent upon applicant volume. Those positions located in Colorado will have a specific deadline posted in the job description.

We are an Affirmative Action Employer in accordance with applicable state and local laws.

Requirements

Candidates must have a high school diploma and relevant certification, with a bachelor's degree in a health services field preferred. Previous experience providing substance use disorder counseling is required.

Qualifications

Education
Bachelor degree
Experience
2+ years of experience

Key Skills

Treatment planningIndividual counselingAssessmentInterdisciplinary collaborationCase managementPatient care

Addiction Medicine — Counselor Career Context

Of the 50 active Substance Use / Addiction Counselor listings this role was benchmarked against, 56% are remote, 36% have no call, 66% require no weekends.

The cost-of-living index for California is 110.7 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 63.6% of California clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

How many Substance Use / Addiction Counselor jobs are remote?
MeasureThis jobMarket
Work-life score6.6 / 10 · top 25% in substance use / addiction counselorranked against 1,008 Substance Use / Addiction Counselor listingslisting-based score, 0–10
Listed paynot listedSubstance Use / Addiction Counselor median $65k (middle half $53k–$75k)17 comparable listings, Nov 2026
Cost of livingCalifornia index 110.7US average = 100BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Addiction Medicine listings in California113 active—live on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
All substance use / addiction counselor listings in California1,023 active12,846 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Work settingon-sitepeers: 56% remote · 36% no call · 66% no weekends50 benchmarked listings
Sign-on & loan repaymentnot statedCalifornia counselor listings (all specialties): 12% state a sign-on bonus (median $3k) · 9% offer loan repayment1,000 active listings, Nov 2026
New Addiction Medicine listings433 in the last 30 days231 the 30 days before (+87%)U.S., first seen on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Sources: WeekdayDoc live listing index (1,008 Substance Use / Addiction Counselor listings), BEA Regional Price Parities (2024); as of Nov 2026. Same values as the Weekday Verdict and Market Insights on this page. California figures use all substance use / addiction counselors: too few California Addiction Medicine postings state pay.

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Substance Use Disorder Counselor - CalAIM at Wellpath a 6.6 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the top 25% in Substance Use / Addiction Counselor — ranked against 1,008 active Substance Use / Addiction Counselor listings on WeekdayDoc.

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Salary Distribution

50 jobs · 39 employers
16
<$85k
12
$85k-105k
12
$105k-125k
10
$125k-145k

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks

37 jobs
401k / retirement match
97% this job
CME allowance
43%
Sign-on bonus
41%
Loan repayment
8%
Relocation assistance
3%

Share of similar jobs offering each benefit

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$123k-$141k
#2

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$123k-$141k
#3

Mental Health Clinician (LCSW or LMFT), Suicide Risk and Assessment (ASSIST Program)

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#4

Remote Licensed Mental Health Therapist

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Work-life snapshot

median 6.1this job 6.6
Better work-life than 80% of Substance Use / Addiction Counselor listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 1,008 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

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About Wellpath

Hospitals and Health Care
Franklin, Tennessee
5,001-10,000 employees

Benefits & Perks

Medical, dental, vision
Paid time off
401k
DailyPay
Tuition Assistance and dependent Scholarships
Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
Company paid life insurance
Tax free Health Spending Accounts (HSA)

Living in Oroville

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$319k
Typical market rent
$1,436/mo
Residents’ average commute
20 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
101.2
State income tax
Up to 13.3%
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · Chico, CA metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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