Substance Use Counselor - Assertive Community Treatment

Avita Community Partners is excited to announce a new career opportunity for a full-time Substance Abuse Counselor to join the ACT Team. The Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) Program serves individuals in the community and provides 24 hours, seven days a week support to those individuals with severe and persistent mental illness, substance abuse, and developmental disabilities. This position is based in Gainesville, GA. The job requires:

Specific expertise in providing substance abuse treatment.

Clinical skills and experience to assess, plan and develop, coordinate and provide treatment, rehabilitation and support services to program clients with severe and persistent mental illnesses under the clinical supervision of the team leader and the psychiatrist.

• Provide treatment, rehabilitation and support services.
• Be part of the on call clinical treatment team and rotate 24 hour on-call duties with team members.
• Must be willing to use personal vehicle due to services provided both in the office and in the community.
• Will be assigned rotating on-call duties. 

Minimum Requirements and Credentials:

CACI/NADCI or CACII/NADCII – salary dependent on level of certification

Avita Community Partners gives you the opportunity to live out your passion, in an organization known for high quality care.  We value, reward & recognize hard working committed staff and want you to be surrounded by a healthy team and strong leadership.

We recognize our staff when they go above and beyond and provide support when needed.  Avita offers a great benefit package including options for medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short/long-term disability, and many more!  We understand that it’s difficult to save for retirement, so we contribute the equivalent of 3.5% of your salary into a 401k plan that will grow for you.

• 20 days Paid Time Off (PTO) per year with a full “cash out” for unused PTO
• 9 Paid Holidays, 1 Floating Holiday, plus Your Birthday as a Holiday just for you!

Avita offers monthly Evidence Based Trainings with CEUs to enhance your skills/maintain your credential. Regular Clinical Care Team Meetings assist in wrapping the appropriate level of services around each individual you serve. 

Avita Community Partners is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate in its service practices or employment practices with regard to race color, religion, disability, gender, sexual orientation, age, or national origin.