Substance Use Counselor III; LPC or LSW

Requisition
34509
-Posted
10/21/2026

- COMM

- Gurnee

- IL

Alpharus Health is a national nonprofit behavioral health provider dedicated to helping people build healthier lives. For nearly 60 years, we have provided substance use and mental health treatment that helps individuals, families, and communities find healing, hope, and lasting wellbeing. Our mission is simple:
We help people build healthier lives. By combining clinical expertise with a person-centered approach, we help people build the skills, resilience, and support systems needed to create meaningful, lasting change.

Consider joining our team, where your impact can be truly meaningful. Our organization focuses on delivering high quality clinical services as a recognized leader in evidence-based treatment proven to get results. By joining our team, you'll be working for an organization that values you and aims to be an employer of choice. You can expect to be part of a vibrant culture that emphasizes teamwork and professional growth.

When you join us, you have the opportunity to find both personal and professional fulfillment by aligning your career with your values.

Monday through Thursday from 12:30pm-9:30pm and Friday day shift hours

• Conducts comprehensive assessments and develops and implements complex treatment plans for clients with co-occurring disorders.
• Maintains patient caseload, including conducting comprehensive assessments, preparing individualized treatment plans. Maintains regular contact with insurance providers to report client treatment progress and obtain required certifications for continued stays. Reports caseload activities and progress to supervisor.
• Prepares and conducts group counseling or therapeutic encounter sessions to address specific social or psychological issue to promote the development of effective life skills to support a healthy, drug-free lifestyle.
• Prepares and conducts individual counseling sessions to assist patients with overcoming dependencies, adjusting to life, and making life changes.
• Develops and implements complex treatment and discharge plans for patients and conducts intensive or comprehensive interventions (family or domestic violence counseling, etc.).
• Designs, implements, and integrates intensive service programs for the site to address particular social or psychological problems affecting portion of patient population, e.g., domestic violence, sexual assault, grief, etc.
• Serves on variety of department or site committees necessary to plan and evaluate treatment programs and client services. Develops and contributes to improvement of treatment protocols, procedures and outcomes.
• Documents treatment plans, narrative progress notes, interventions, treatments, evaluations, discharge summaries, and treatment plan reviews. Maintains patient records and charts to ensure organizational, regulatory, accreditation, and contractual standards.
• Serves as a professional resource to clinical team by auditing patient records to ensure compliance with required documentation and service delivery by providing assessments of special needs clients; and consults with clinical staff to resolve complex case problems by implementing case-appropriate procedures, modalities and techniques.
• Develops and conducts in-service and continuing education programs on subjects related to assigned specialty for other Counselors or Technicians.
• May provides supervision to treatment team as needed.

• Master’s degree in psychology, social work, mental health counseling, substance use disorder counseling or related field required.
• Minimum of 2 years counseling experience in the…