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Addiction Counselor

Samaritan Daytop Village

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Location
RICHMOND HILL, NY
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Job overview

The Addiction Counselor develops treatment plans with program or clinical leadership and supports patients through assessment, referrals, treatment access, and recovery. The role uses strengths-based and trauma-informed approaches, collaborates with patients and treatment teams, provides consultation to referral resources and families, and monitors patient involvement with providers to address barriers to care.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Treatment PlanningStrengths-Based ApproachTrauma-Informed CareClinical ConsultationPatient EngagementAssessmentReferral Coordination

Full job description

  • Develops a treatment plan in concert with the Program Director or Clinical Supervisor that reflects an understanding of specialized Track issues related to the physical, medical, cognitive, and psychosocial needs and specific diagnosis. * Uses a strengths-based and trauma-informed approach to work collaboratively with patients and internal and external treatment team members to help support patients in their treatment and recovery. * Provides clinical consultation to referral resources, Mentors, family members, and others to help support patients in their recovery. * Works closely with patients to engage them in the decision-making process and help them understand the benefits of assessment and accessing the appropriate level of care as indicated. * Collects and reviews referral information upon assignment of patients from the referral source and consults with others as needed to support coordination of services and scheduling of patient interviews. * Based on assessments, make referrals to the most appropriate programs and agencies in an effort to help patients access the right level of care to best meet their treatment needs. * Assists patients with scheduling an admission or first appointment date at the program or facility where they are referred. * Monitors patient access to and involvement with treatment and other providers to help address barriers to treatment and the recovery process. ##

How this job compares

Set against the 2,008 open Counselor jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 27, 2026.

Pay
  • This postingNot listed
  • New York median$55–66K/yr126 salary ranges
  • New York median$21–25/hr254 hourly ranges
Openings
Olive Jobs lists 419 open Counselor jobs in New York and 2,008 across the US. 11% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in New York
Experience
Counselor postings that state a minimum ask for 2 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 1 to 3 years (752 postings).
Education
1,125 of the 2,008 open Counselor jobs (56%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 27, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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