Located on a beautiful 10-acre campus in the heart of Scottsdale, Devereux Arizona’s 24-hour Residential Treatment Center (RTC) has the capacity to serve 52 children. The RTC is a safe, supportive environment that provides various services to youth, from the ages of 7 to 17, who are experiencing emotional, behavioral, or substance abuse challenges. The Campus features dormitories, a therapeutic K-12 day school, food services, medical/nursing, and therapy services.

The Substance Abuse Clinician provides comprehensive assessment, treatment planning, and evidence-based substance use disorder (SUD) treatment services to individuals within a structured, therapeutic residential setting. This role plays a critical part in multidisciplinary care coordination, contributing to trauma-informed and person-centered programming designed to address co-occurring behavioral health and substance use needs. The Substance Abuse Clinician actively collaborates with youth, families, internal treatment teams, and external partners to promote recovery, enhance coping strategies, and support reintegration into the community or step-down services. Key responsibilities include clinical documentation, psychoeducation, progress monitoring, relapse prevention planning, discharge coordination, and linkage to aftercare services in alignment with The Joint Commission standards and applicable AHCCCS Covered Behavioral Health Services Guide provisions. You demonstrate cultural humility, clinical expertise in adolescent substance use, and a strong commitment to ethical, trauma-informed care.

Salary Range: $60,000 - $66,000 (Associate Level Licensure); $68,000 - $74,800 (Independent Level Licensure)

Schedule: Monday-Friday 9am-5pm (with other hours as needed)

Location: 6436 E. Sweetwater Ave., Scottsdale, Arizona 85254

Benefits and Rewards

We strive to create an inclusive environment, and retain the talented employees who make our organization a great place to work. We offer:

• ASCEND – the first career accelerator program exclusively designed to give behavioral healthcare workers – the career guidance, one-on-one coaching, skills and financial assistance you need to reach your full potential. Full-time employees in career-aligned tracks receive 100% of tuition, fees and textbook costs, up to $15,000 for undergraduate classes (annually), and $25,000 for graduate-level classes(annually)

• Paid time off (24 days per year, increase with years of service); Sick time (64 hours per year)

• Retirement, eM Life for Mental Health and Work/Life Programs, Service Anniversary Awards

• Free access to Payactiv, a platform to get a portion of your earned wages between pay periods

• Quality Low-Cost Benefits (medical, dental, vision, pet insurance) - 30-day benefit eligibility waiting period for new hires! http://benefits.devereux.org

• Master’s Degree in Counseling, Addictions Counseling, or Substance Abuse Counseling
• Required: Current valid license to practice in Arizona with no restrictions. Associate or Independent Level: Licensed Associate Addiction Counselor (LAAC) or Licensed Independent Addiction Counselor (LIAC)
• Proficient computer skills and a working knowledge of Microsoft office programs
• Exceptional communication skills (written and verbal)

OTHER:

• Must be 21 years of age or older (per licensing standards)
• Valid Arizona Driver's License & pass DMV 36-month history check
• Drug test within 24hrs of offer w/ negative results
• Pre-employment Physical and Job Demand Assessment (if applicable)
• Current AZ Fingerprint Clearance Card with no restrictions (or eligibility to obtain with no restrictions). Arizona Revised Statutes Notice (ARS 36-411 Residential care institutions; nursing care institutions; home health agencies; fingerprinting requirements; exemptions; definitions). If a person's employment record contains a six-month or longer time frame during which the person was not employed by any employer, a completed application with a new set of fingerprints shall be submitted to the department of public safety. For more information, visit HERE.
• Ability to attend 2 weeks of full time New Hire Orientation Monday - Friday 8:30am-5:00pm (paid)

Devereux has a zero-tolerance policy for abuse and maintains policies and procedures to systematically reduce the risk of abuse to occur in our organization. Devereux fosters a culture of reporting abuse, and will cooperate with the authorities to the fullest extent possible.

Devereux is committed to the health and safety of our staff. All Devereux centers have formal infectious-disease and emergency-management plans tailored to specifically address the unique aspects of communicable disease prevention including COVID-19. Learn More: https://jobs.devereux.org/#covid.