Residential SUD Clinician

Brief Description

Harbor Care seeks a compassionate and dedicated Residential SUD Clinician to join our transformative Women and Children’s Residential Program. In this vital role, you will provide person-centered, trauma-informed substance use disorder treatment to women working toward long-term recovery, directly supporting the unique needs of mothers and their families in a stable residential environment.

As a key member of our multidisciplinary treatment team, you will deliver individual and group counseling, assessments, treatment planning, and crisis intervention while coordinating comprehensive care. If you possess strong clinical judgment, a high level of professionalism, and a profound commitment to empowering women to strengthen their recovery and build lasting positive change, we invite you to apply.

Location: Nashua, NH

Schedule: Full-time, Monday – Friday 8:00am – 5:00pm with flexibility to include weekends. On-call rotation every one to two months.

What You’ll Do

• Conduct comprehensive substance use and behavioral health assessments and identify individualized treatment needs for women admitted to the program.
• Develop, implement, and regularly update individualized treatment plans based on each client’s strengths, needs, goals, and progress.
• Provide individual counseling focused on substance use disorders, recovery, relapse prevention, emotional regulation, trauma, relationships, and other identified clinical needs to the women in the residential program.
• Facilitate therapeutic groups, psychoeducational groups, recovery-focused programming, and skill-building activities within the residential program.
• Utilize trauma-informed, person-centered, culturally responsive, and evidence-based approaches when providing services.
• Support women in understanding how substance use, mental health, trauma, and environmental factors may affect parenting and family functioning.
  
  

Core Responsibilities For All Positions

• Build positive and professional relationships with clients, staff, and community partners
• Maintain accurate and timely documentation, records, or reporting requirements
• Support Harbor Care’s philosophy of care, mission, and organizational values in day-to-day work
  
  

Why Join Harbor Care?

Are you looking for a career where you can make a meaningful impact every day? At Harbor Care, we believe everyone deserves the opportunity to live safe, stable, and healthy lives filled with purpose, respect, and dignity. Our team is dedicated to creating a safe, supportive, and collaborative environment where employees can make a meaningful impact every day while helping strengthen the communities we serve. Harbor Care is an innovative, mission-driven nonprofit providing housing, healthcare, behavioral health services, and substance use treatment across New Hampshire. We believe that stable housing combined with integrated support services creates lasting pathways out of homelessness and toward recovery.

Loan Repayment Opportunities

As part of a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC), you may be eligible for:

• National Health Service Corps (NHSC) Loan Repayment Program ($50K–$250K)
• Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF)
  
  

Requirements

What We’re Looking For

• Master’s degree in social work, counseling, psychology, behavioral health, human services, or a related field.
• Previous experience providing substance use disorder treatment, preferably in a residential or community-based behavioral health setting.
• Experience working with women, parents, families, and/or individuals with co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders preferred.
• Knowledge of trauma-informed care, particularly as it relates to women with histories of trauma, substance use, and behavioral health needs.
• Understanding of SUD assessment, treatment planning, individual and group counseling, relapse prevention
  
  

Competencies

• Clinical assessment and treatment planning
• SUD clinical knowledge
• SUD clinical care
• Women and family-centered care
• Individual and group counseling
• Teamwork and collaboration
• Professional Boundaries
  
  

The Ideal Candidate Is Someone Who Is

• Passionate about helping others
• Adaptable and solution-focused
• Experienced providing short-term Evidence Based Treatment
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced environment
• A strong communicator and team player
• Committed to treating all individuals with dignity and respect
  
  

Harbor Care values diverse experiences and backgrounds. Equivalent combinations of education, work experience, military service, volunteer work, internships, and transferable skills may be considered.

Summary

At Harbor Care, we recognize that impactful clinical work requires meaningful support—and we invest in our team accordingly.

Benefits That Support Your Quality Of Life

At Harbor Care, we recognize that supporting our employees both personally and professionally is essential. We are committed to offering a comprehensive benefits package designed to promote health, financial wellness, work-life balance, and overall quality of life for you and your family. Harbor Care's comprehensive benefit package include:

• $5,000 sign-on bonus
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Employee-paid life insurance options
• Generous paid time off and company-paid holidays
• 401(k) retirement plan with an excellent employer match
• Employee wellness and support resources
• 4 paid CEU days annually $1,500 CEU stipend
• $1,000 annual allowance for licensing and professional fees
• Incentive pay opportunities
  
  

Many of our clinicians describe these programs as truly life-changing.

Most importantly, you’ll be part of a team that values compassion, collaboration, and creating pathways to stability for those who need it most.

Apply today and be part of a mission that transforms lives—every day.

Harbor Care is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are based on qualifications, merit, performance, and organizational needs in compliance with applicable federal, state, and local laws.