Addiction Counselor - ACT Team (Full-Time)

and the job listing Expires on May 30, 2026 FACILITY: Southeastern Mental Health Authority (SMHA ) SCHEDULE: Full-Time, 40 Hours per Week, First Shift, 8:00am – 4:30pm, Monday through Friday UNIT: Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) Team Professional growth and development opportunities Be a vital part of a compassionate team supporting individuals with substance use and mental health challenges Provide hands-on counseling and case management that empowers clients in their recovery journey Connect clients to essential resources, treatment options, and stable housing Make a meaningful impact in public behavioral health Collaborate daily with a multidisciplinary team committed to dignity, respect, and wellness

ABOUT US

DMHAS is a health care agency whose mission is to promote the overall health and wellness of persons with behavioral health needs through an integrated network of holistic, comprehensive, effective, and efficient services and supports that foster dignity, respect, and self-sufficiency in those we serve. SMHA is a community mental health agency operated by the State of Connecticut Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services (DMHAS). Its primary goal is to provide high quality behavioral health services to those in our community with mental health and substance use disorders who are 18 years or older and reside in New London County and its surrounding towns. Services, which include case management, outpatient behavioral health, crisis intervention, respite care, and forensic services, are recovery oriented and offered in a trauma informed and culturally sensitive manner. We support individuals to identify and achieve their own goals in recovery, fostering independence, dignity, and ability. The ACT Team is a multidisciplinary clinical team that delivers comprehensive services to clients who are diagnosed with severe and persistent mental illness and whose needs have not been met by more traditional service delivery approaches. Individuals served by the ACT team have often experienced frequent psychiatric hospitalization and use of hospital emergency rooms, involvement with the criminal justice system, substance abuse, and lack of engagement with traditional outpatient services. By basing treatment in the community, the team can better assist the client with challenges they face. The team provides community support services interwoven with treatment and rehabilitative services and regularly scheduled team meetings with the goal of individualizing client care.

PLEASE NOTE

A comprehensive medical examination, including a drug screening, will be required of all applicants upon a conditional offer of employment. #J-18808-Ljbffr Nichols College