Counselor, Women's Recovery Program at CHC Addiction Services – Akron, Ohio

CHC is a non-profit social service agency in the Akron area whose mission is to treat, inspire, support and empower individuals and families impacted by the disease of addiction. CHC has been a critical part of Ohio’s efforts to treat and prevent substance use disorders since 1974.

We are currently looking for a Counselor for our Women’s Recovery program. The Counselor provides direct service to patients through both group and individual counseling.

Duties include: Provide gender specific, trauma informed therapeutic counseling for individual clients which includes individual and group counseling; Interview patients and coordinate assessment; summarize and evaluate problems areas and patient strengths; Develop treatment plans; complete appropriate case recording requirements per agency procedure; Provide patient access to individualized treatment; Monitor and facilitate progress through treatment, modify treatment as needed and inform patient of alternate treatment procedures that are available; Participate and present patient cases weekly in clinical supervision meetings and seek additional professional consultation as needed; Prepare discharge summary and aftercare planning according to agency procedure.