POSITION: Addictions Counselor

DEPARTMENT: Family Preservation Services (Northeast and Southeast, KS)

Starting Salary: $50,000- $55,000 (Annually)

(Starting salary depends on education and experience)

RESPONSIBILITIES: Passionate about helping families? Enjoy being in charge of a work schedule that is flexible and diverse. Are you seeking to have a larger impact on the prevention aspect of the child welfare system? Cornerstones of Care is seeking dynamic child welfare professionals who are committed to helping families create lasting change so they can remain safely together. Our Family Preservation Addiction Counselor is a passionate, innovative change-maker who will coach a small caseload of families surrounding drug/alcohol addiction and help them locate the resources they need for long-term treatment and recovery. The Addiction Counselor serves as a piece of a professional family support team who works together providing resources, making referrals, teaching new coping skills, and supporting families. The Addiction Counselor has a high degree of autonomy in scheduling and completing their work which includes a combination of working from home, in the office, as well as completing home visits. This position will require some travel in Northeast Kansas.

QUALIFICATIONS: This position requires a bachelor's degree from an accredited university in Social Work or a related field with substance use disorder counseling experience and must be licensed by the Kansas Behavioral Sciences Regulatory Board to practice in Kansas. Must be at least 21 years of age and pass a background check, and physical and drug screening. This position also requires a valid driver's license and proof of current vehicle insurance.

BENEFITS: Cornerstones of Care offers a competitive benefits package, which includes 9 Paid Holidays , Paid Time Away (unlimited Time Away for Salaried positions), or Paid Time Off (accrued PTO for all benefit-eligible team members) for hourly positions. All team members who work 30 hours or more are eligible for medical(prescription)/dental/vision; prescriptions; accident and critical illness insurance; pet insurance; short-term disability; long-term disability(employer paid); term life and accidental death and dismemberment (AD&D); health savings account (HSA); flexible spending account (FSA); retirement (401K with employer match); employee assistance program (EAP); YMCA membership deductions; Tuition Reimbursement Program and Public Service Loan Forgiveness. To view a detailed Summary of Benefits please visit the Job openings page of our website at www.cornerstonesofcare.org and in the left-hand margin use the benefits dropdown to download the current guide.

CORNERSTONES OF CARE'S ORGANIZATIONAL COMMITMENTS:

• Nonviolence - helping to build safety skills and a commitment to a higher purpose.
• Emotional Intelligence - helping to teach emotional management skills.
• Social Learning - helping to build cognitive skills.
• Open Communication - helping to overcome barriers to healthy communication, and learn conflict management.
• Democracy - helping to create civic skills of self-control, self-discipline, and administration of healthy authority.
• Social Responsibility - helping to rebuild social connection skills, and establish healthy attachment relationships.
• Growth and Change - helping to work through loss and prepare for the future.

Questions?

Please contact: Cornerstones of Care, Human Resources Department

8150 Wornall Rd., Kansas City, MO 64114

Phone: (816) 508-3500 Fax: (816) 508-1757

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Cornerstones of Care is an

Equal Opportunity Employer