Licensed Addiction Counselor

JOIN OUR TEAM AS A LICENSED COUNSELOR AND RECIEVE $5000 AS A RECRUITMENT BONUS!

The ND Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (ND DOCR) has a rewarding opportunity as a full time, Licensed Addiction Counselor in the Treatment Department serving the North Dakota State Penitentiary in Bismarck, ND. This position provides crisis intervention, and group and individual therapeutic counseling services to residents.

The North Dakota State Penitentiary is a maximum-security facility dedicated to dynamic security and successful reentry. Our mission is: Transforming lives, influencing change, strengthening community.

Join our team of correctional professionals!

As a Licensed Addiction Counselor, you will provide case management, crisis intervention, and group therapeutic counseling services to individuals, families, and clients at our maximum-security facility that focuses on building skills to allow transitioning residents into the community. These services include the assessment and treatment of complex cases such as mental, emotional, and behavioral disorders.

• Interview clients to collect necessary information to evaluate the need for services.
• Analyze information obtained through records, testing, consultative reports, and related professional sources to appraise interests, aptitudes, abilities, and related characteristics; participate as a member of a triage team to develop and maintain treatment and rehabilitative plans for each client.
• Provide direct case management, counseling or psychotherapy and addressing problems of a complex nature to individuals, family, and group clients.
• Provide individual skills work to clients as assigned.
• Coordinate or facilitate appropriate therapeutic services to clients through the use of community service providers.
• Serve as a counselor to high-risk clients such as sex offenders, potentially violent, and/or severely mentally ill.
• Aid clients in utilizing offered programs and applying the skills learned to affect successful transition into the community.
• Observe and monitor client behavior to determine effectiveness of counseling techniques.
• Consult with other staff members involved with the client to assess treatment and rehabilitation plan progress.
• Provide ongoing recommendations regarding client treatment and rehabilitation plans.
• Prepare and maintain case records for each client according to appropriate reporting guidelines.
• Work with community partners to assist in recovery and rehabilitation of the client utilizing individual, group, and family counseling.
• Provide training, evaluation, or supervision of other staff and/or students in the counseling field as needed.

To be considered for this position, you must have one of the following: Salary is dependent upon experience

Addiction Tech/Trainee - Bachelor's degree with emphasis in related field; or high school diploma (or GED) and one year of experience in appropriate function. Must have completed all but two academic courses required, for the addiction counseling field, in a bachelor's or master's degree program, in addiction studies or closely related social science or health care field. Individuals in this class must complete all coursework, training and/or tests, and successfully obtain an addiction counselor license, from the North Dakota Board of Addiction Counseling Examiners, within two years of the date hired.

Addiction Counselor I - Requires a bachelor's degree in Addiction Counseling, Addiction Studies, Social Work, Counseling or Psychology, AND current licensure as an Addiction Counselor by the North Dakota Board of Addiction Counseling Examiners.

Addiction Counselor II - Requires a bachelor's degree in Addiction Counseling, Addiction Studies, Social Work, Counseling or Psychology, Licensure as an Addiction Counselor (LAC) by the ND Board of Addition Counseling Examiners, AND two years of experience as a Licensed Addiction Counselor. A Master's Degree in one of the majors listed above will substitute for one year of experience. Only professional-level addiction counselor experience in a private or public facility is qualifying and given credit.

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Application Procedures

All applications for open DOCR positions must be made via the Careers site. Paper submissions will not be accepted. Application materials must be received by 11:59 PM on the closing date listed above. All potential applicants must attach and/or upload the following documents:

• Cover Letter
• Resume
• Transcripts

Application materials must clearly explain how experience and education are related to the minimum qualifications and job duties.

Applicants who are residents of ND and eligible to claim veteran's preference must upload a Form DD214. Claims for disabled veteran's preference must include a current statement of disabled status from the Veteran's Affairs Office.

Contact Rick Peterson at 701-328-6773 or rapeters@nd.gov, or TTY 800-366-6888 for more information or assistance in the application or interview process.

Equal Employment Opportunity

The State of North Dakota and this hiring agency do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex (including sexual orientation and gender identity), genetics, religion, age or disability in employment or the provisions of services and complies with the provisions of the North Dakota Human Rights Act.

As an employer, the State of North Dakota prohibits smoking in all places of state employment in accordance with N.D.C.C. Sect. 23-12-10.