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Fairview Health Services
Minneapolis, Minnesota

Substance Use Disorder Counselor

Addiction CounselorIncludes weekendsPart-Time

Listed compensation

$29.29-$41.35/hr

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Job Description

Join our team in driving a healthier future. Fairview is an award-winning nonprofit health care system with more than 35,000 employees. We are committed to high value health, superior outcomes, and an exceptional experience at a lower cost of care. Based in Minneapolis with clinics, hospitals, and facilities located throughout the state, we deliver care for people at all stages of life, and we serve patients who come to us from a variety of backgrounds.

Passionate, innovative employees are essential to our future as we seek to heal, discover, and educate for longer, healthier lives. Innovations in care delivery include trauma-informed and integrative care, HUB sites where patients can access co-located and integrated behavioral health care, EmPATH (Emergency Psychiatric Assessment, Treatment, and Healing) units, and Recovery Services.

Job Overview

The SUD Counselor, working in conjunction with the treatment team and under the direction of the Clinical Systems Manager, Supervisor, Lead Psychotherapist/Counselor, and/or Charge Nurse, is responsible for the therapeutic implementation of the SUD treatment program for clients. This includes planning, coordinating, and delivering SUD counseling services and developing relationships with family members and concerned persons

  • Location: UMMC Riverside
  • Schedule: 0.1 FTE, 8a-4:30p, weekdays and weekends. Must pick up at least 2 shifts per month

Responsibilities

  • Oversees and facilitates comprehensive assessment process for individual clients.
  • Completes comprehensive assessments as required
  • Reviews result of all assessment components and develop a summary of needs
  • Develop treatment plan, which addresses problems identified through assessment
  • Develops treatment plan and goals
  • Actively involves the client and the family in the development of a treatment plan
  • Facilitates one or more of the following components of treatment: orientation, as needed:
  • Individual counseling
  • Group counseling
  • Lectures and family groups
  • Facilitates recreation activities
  • Workshops, psycho-education and skills groups
  • Completes appropriate documentation of care coordination activities
  • Fulfills licensing and accreditation requirements regarding professional development
  • Promotes a culture of evidence based practice by participation in any of, but not limited to, the following activities:
  • Utilizing evidence based policies in clinical practice
  • Attends and participates in learning opportunities about evidence based practice
  • Membership in hospital or unit based practice council/research council

Evidence based practice project (e. g. policy development or poster presentation)

  • Journal club, journal article critique and circulation
  • Literature review
  • Development of standard/pathway/guideline for patient care
  • Presentation
  • Research study

Required Qualifications

If Working with Adolescents

  • Has completed a minimum of 30 hours course work or one 3-credit semester college course in adolescent development
  • Has 150 hours of supervised experience as an adolescent counselor either as a student or staff member
  • 18 years of age or older (21 years old if primary position is in the Adolescent Residential Program)
  • No felony conviction or have been incarcerated as a result of a felony conviction in the last three years
  • Has not had a chemical use problem during the last two years

Licensed Alcohol & Drug Counselor (LADC) or temporary license under special considerations

Preferred Qualifications

Bachelor’s Degree in human services, counseling, psychology, or other related

1-3 years preferred. Experience with specific age population.

Benefit Overview

Fairview offers a generous benefit package including but not limited to medical, dental, vision plans, life insurance, short-term and long-term disability insurance, PTO and Sick and Safe Time, tuition reimbursement, retirement, early access to earned wages, and more! Please follow this link foradditional information: fairview.org

Compensation Disclaimer

An individual's pay rate within the posted range may be determined by various factors, including skills, knowledge, relevant education, experience, and market conditions. Additionally, our organization prioritizes pay equity and considers internal team equity when making any offer. Hiring at the maximum of the range is not typical. If your role is eligible for a sign-on bonus, the bonus program that is approved and in place at the time of offer, is what will be honored.

EEO Statement

EEO/Vet/Disabled: All qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to any lawfully protected status

Requirements

Candidates must hold a Licensed Alcohol & Drug Counselor (LADC) credential or a temporary license. A bachelor's degree in human services, counseling, or psychology is preferred, along with 1-3 years of relevant experience.

Qualifications

Education
Bachelor degree
Experience
2+ years of experience

Key Skills

Substance use disorder counselingClinical assessmentTreatment planningTrauma-informed careCrisis interventionFamily counselingClinical documentation

Addiction Medicine — Counselor Career Context

Of the 50 active Substance Use / Addiction Counselor listings this role was benchmarked against, 54% are remote, 12% have no call, 50% require no weekends.

The cost-of-living index for Minnesota is 98.6 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$73k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $75k in an average-cost state. 63.4% of Minnesota clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

How many Substance Use / Addiction Counselor jobs are remote?
MeasureThis jobMarket
Cost-of-living adjusted pay~$75k in purchasing powerMinnesota index 98.6 (US = 100)BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Substance Use / Addiction Counselor listings in Minnesota240 active13,747 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Oct 2026
Work settingon-sitepeers: 54% remote · 12% no call · 50% no weekends50 benchmarked listings
Sign-on & loan repaymentnot statedMinnesota Counselor listings: 15% state a sign-on bonus (median $2k) · 31% offer loan repayment240 active listings, Oct 2026
Sources: WeekdayDoc live listing index, BEA Regional Price Parities (2024); as of Oct 2026. Same values as the Weekday Verdict and Market Insights on this page.

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Salary Distribution

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7
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Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks

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401k / retirement match
80% this job
CME allowance
51%
Loan repayment
26%
PSLF eligible
20%
Sign-on bonus
11% this job

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Work-life snapshot

median 6.1this job 1.5
Below most Substance Use / Addiction Counselor listings for work-life

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

  • Includes weekends
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About Fairview Health Services

Hospitals and Health Care
Minneapolis, MN
10,000+ employees

Benefits & Perks

Medical Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
Life Insurance
Short-Term Disability
Long-Term Disability
PTO
Sick and Safe Time

Living in Minneapolis

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$362k
Typical market rent
$1,747/mo
Residents’ average commute
22 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
104.8
State income tax
Up to 9.8%
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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