This part-time contractual position is the full performance level of work, at the licensed Master’s Degree level, counseling clients with substance use disorders by using intervention, treatment and rehabilitation. This position does not supervise other Alcohol and Drug Counselors. This position receives general supervision from an Alcohol and Drug Professional Counselor Supervisor or a program administrator. This position may be required to work evenings and weekends. The work is performed in State addictions programs located in State institutions, facilities and offices including inpatient and outpatient facilities, halfway house facilities and community-based programs. Positions in this classification are evaluated using the classification job evaluation methodology. The use of this method involves comparing the assigned duties and responsibilities of a position to the job criteria found in the Nature of Work and Examples of Work sections of the class specification.

This position is differentiated from the Alcohol and Drug Professional Counselor Provisional on the basis of license status and supervisory control exercised by the supervisor over these employees. This position is licensed and performs the full range of duties and responsibilities under general supervision. The Alcohol and Drug Professional Counselor Provisional is non-licensed and learns to perform duties under close supervision. This position is differentiated from the Alcohol and Drug Professional Counselor Advanced in that the Alcohol and Drug Professional Counselor Advanced is the advanced level of professional alcohol and drug counseling work with expertise in a specialty area.