Substance Abuse Counselor II (Outpatient) - LPC or LSW

Substance Abuse Counselor II (Outpatient) – LPC or LSW – Springfield, IL

Post Date:
Jul 10, 2026

Location:

Springfield, IL 62703

Position Type:
Full Time

Requisition Number: 34218

Work Schedule:

Monday – Friday; 8:00 AM – 4:30 PM, with one evening shift of 12:00 PM – 8:30 PM

Gateway Foundation, Inc. is a national non‑profit dedicated to helping individuals with substance use and mental health disorders. Established in 1968, Gateway provides essential tools and knowledge for recovery and operates through its Community Services, Corrections Divisions, and Corporate Headquarters.

• Completing comprehensive assessments of clients’ substance abuse history and treatment requirements and preparing individualized, developmentally appropriate treatment plans
• Providing individual and group counseling and educational programs in accordance with treatment plans
• Documenting treatment and discharge plans and clients’ progress and responses to treatment, as well as maintaining related records and charts
• Performing case management and contributing to client care monitoring
• Caseload typically includes some complex cases requiring more intensive services
• Other duties as assigned

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field or equivalent education and life experience, with a minimum of 100 hours of documented clinical training in counseling theory and practice required
• Current certification as a substance abuse counselor (CADC) or higher licensure (LPC, LSW) in state of hire required
• Minimum 2 years of previous experience in substance abuse or mental health counseling required
• Related work experience with program specific population (adolescent/adult) and outpatient treatment setting required

• Maintains complex 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 effective life skills for a drug‑free lifestyle.
• Prepares and conducts individual counseling sessions to assist dual‑diagnosis clients with overcoming dependencies, adjusting to life, and making life changes.
• Develops and implements complex treatment and discharge plans for clients with dual diagnoses, social or mental health issues; 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 client 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 client records and charts to ensure organizational, regulatory, accreditation, and contractual standards.
• Serves as a professional resource to clinical team by auditing client records to ensure compliance with required documentation and service delivery; provides 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.
• Performs other duties as they might be assigned, including providing clinical supervision to clinical team as needed.

• Master’s degree in psychology, social work, mental health counseling, substance use disorder counseling or related field
• Minimum of two (2) years…