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Conifer Park
Syracuse, New York

CASAC Addiction Counselor

Counselor 8.0 Work-LifeFull-Time

Listed compensation

$19.45-$37.62/hr

The week · per this posting · Monday – Friday

Ask the employer about call expectations, weekend coverage, nights and shift pattern and time off.

Posted 1mo ago

Job Description

Description

Conifer Park is looking for novel clinicians who are ready to change lives in our licensed facility located in Syracuse, NY. We provide outpatient treatment, with cutting edge support for those struggling with substance-use-disorder (SUD).

A Conifer Park clinician provides comprehensive clinical case management services that include: assessments; individual, group and family treatment; treatment plan coordination; discharge planning; and intervention with client support systems, including social service programs and managed care.

5,000k Sign-on bonus eligible

Responsibilities

Provides/ensures comprehensive evaluation of patient's functioning as defined by facility policy and procedures.

Coordinates the development and implementation of the multidisciplinary treatment plan; coordinates treatment plan review; performs these activities within established time frames.

Documents patient progress and own interventions in case record. Need to remain within time frames of regulatory requirements.

Provides individual, group and family treatment (psycho-education, life skills) as identified in patient treatment plans and requested by program director.

Performs utilization review, provides progress reports and develop aftercare plans in conjunction with referring persons/agencies, EAPs and managed care/insurance entities.

Participates in quality improvement activities facilitating innovation

Maintains professional competence in their discipline and treatment specialty areas of addiction medicine, through continuing education and supervision.

Schedule: Full Mondays - Fridays 7:00am- 3:30pm

Requirements

  • QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS:
  • Required qualifications are CASAC-T, CASAC certification or LMSW, LMHC
  • Experience working specifically with outpatient substance abuse counseling preferred
  • Bilingual Language Speakers Preferred

Benefits

  • Sign On Bonus - $5,000k
  • 401k Plan
  • Health, Vision and Dental Insurance

Generous Paid Time Off

  • We are an equal opportunity employer according to all current standards.
  • INDMP

Qualifications

Education
Professional certificate or licensure

Key Skills

Treatment PlanningIndividual CounselingGroup CounselingFamily CounselingLife Skills TrainingAssessmentDocumentation

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates CASAC Addiction Counselor at Conifer Park a 8.0 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as excellent. This places the position in the top 5% in Addiction Medicine (Counseling) — ranked against 1,285 active Addiction Medicine (Counseling) listings on WeekdayDoc.

Addiction Medicine — Counselor Career Context

Of the 50 active Substance Use / Addiction Counselor listings this role was benchmarked against, 42% are remote, 40% have no call, 60% require no weekends.

The cost-of-living index for New York is 107.9 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$59k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $55k in an average-cost state. 64.6% of New York clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

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401k / retirement match
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CME allowance
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Sign-on bonus
32% this job
Loan repayment
10%
PSLF eligible
6%

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Work-life snapshot

median 6.1this job 8.0
Among the best 10% of Addiction Medicine (Counseling) listings for work-life

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

  • On-site

Living in Syracuse

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$219k
Typical market rent
$1,541/mo
Residents’ average commute
18 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
95.7
State income tax
Up to 10.9%
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · Syracuse, NY metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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

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About Conifer Park

Individual and Family Services
Schenectady, New York
201-500 employees

Benefits & Perks

Sign-On Bonus $5,000
401k Plan
Health, Vision and Dental Insurance
Generous Paid Time Off