Career Opportunities

Job Description: The NORA Adult Counselor is responsible for the provision of all adult services.

Responsibilities Include: Preparing and facilitating groups, lectures,  individual and family counseling.  Preparing and facilitating all comprehensive client assessments including, but not limited to drug/alcohol, psycho-social, family, and cultural.  Developing and updating individual treatment plans for each client according to standards and policies. Maintaining accurate, complete, and timely records and reports on each assigned client including, but not limited to, progress notes, progress reports, and termination summaries.

General Requirements: Two (2) years experience in a related field.  Demonstrated competence in the twelve core functions of chemical dependency counseling.  Excellent oral, written, and interpersonal communication skills.

Job Description:

The Behavioral Health Technician is responsible for keeping order
and security in the building

Responsibilities Include:

• Monitoring the sign-in/out book.
• Monitoring all program activities and maintaining record
  of them in the shift log book.
• Answering residents’ questions that do not demand a counselor’s immediate attention.
• Supervising clients as they complete daily chores.
• Monitoring the use of the telephone.
• Collecting urine samples and breath tests from residents as needed.
• Observing and documenting clients while they take medications.
• Enforcing all program rules and regulations.

General Requirements:

• Two years of sobriety. (actively working on a program of recovery)
• Ability to maintain an orderly and constructive atmosphere and ensure equitable treatment of residents.
• Ability to work independently without supervision.
• Good verbal and interpersonal skills.
• Basic knowledge of crisis intervention.

Education:

• High School Diploma or GED.

Travel:

• Minimal

Job Description: Promotes a recovery-based approach to client care with an emphasis on respect, self-direction, and empowerment by providing peer support, personal assistance, education on community resources, and other supportive services for individuals with a substance use disorder.

Responsibilities Include:

• Provide one-on-one coaching and support to those in need.
• Respond as needed to referrals to community stakeholders.
• Participate in community and program staff meetings.
• Use the strength-based model when working with individuals.
• Respect the rights and dignity of those they work with.
• Openly share their personal recovery and resiliency stories with colleagues and those they serve.
• Role model recovery and resiliency.

General Requirements:

• Must meet the State of Ohio’s Certification as a Peer Specialist.
• a valid driver’s license with less than six (6) points and proof of auto insurance is mandatory.
• Possessing a current maintained stable recovery history.

Education:

• High School Diploma or GED

Travel:

• Minimal, mostly confined to the Ohio area

Salary:

• Based on experience

Job Description: The Adolescent Life Coach functions as part of a team in the provision of behavioral health
treatment to adolescents (ages 12-17) with SUD and/or Mental Health issues.

Responsibilities Include:

• Provide support and job coaching to adolescent clients through motivational interviewing.
• Attend and participate in weekly clinical team meetings
• Maintain effective relationships with key community partners including coordination of services provided by Towards Employment, Ohio Means Jobs (Cuyahoga County) and
  ICON.
• Track and monitor participant progress with counselors.
• Provide intervention and support services.
• Contribute to the formulation and implementation of the participant’s problem-solving and social skills development.
• Conduct outreach in the community to identify and engage at-risk youth.
• Attend community events to promote brand awareness of services offered at NORA.
•  Ability to learn online data entry tools to collect and report performance data using approved measurements during client intake, 3 months, 6 months, and discharges.
• Ability to attend, participate, and co-facilitate, if necessary, basic life skills group sessions.

Supervisory Relationships:

• Reports to the BSW Team Leader.

Qualifications for Position:

• Bachelor’s Degree in the humanities preferred.  High School Diploma required.
• Licensed in the State of Ohio by the Board as a CDCA or Peer Support Specialist.

Prior Experience Required::

• At least 1 year working with adolescents with behavioral health issues.

Skills and Knowledge Required:

• Knowledge of evidence-based practices for serving adolescents.
• Knowledge of culturally competent trauma-informed services for African-Americans.
• Knowledge of grant requirements and applicable federal regulations.
• Working knowledge of community resources.
• Excellent interpersonal skills.
• Ability to effectively communicate clearly and concisely in both oral and written format.

Job Description: The Licensed Counselor functions as part of a team in the provision of behavioral health treatment to adolescents (ages 12-17) with SUD and/or Mental Health issues.

Duties include:

Responsibilities Include:

• Provide evidence-based individual, group, and family counseling interventions to a caseload of 4-6 youth and their families.
• Administer SUD/mental health assessments to diagnose and/or provide objective function measures, as necessary.
• Conduct clinical assessments, and formulate treatment and discharge plans in collaboration with clients.
• Provide the project EBP for adolescents utilizing the culturally adapted Integrated Co-occurring Disorders (ICT), with fidelity.
• Help each participant develop a participant-driven Recovery Support Team (RST) made up of the participant, parent/caregiver, team members, providers of other support services, representatives of all participant-involved systems, relatives, friends, etc.
• Serve on the Recovery Support Team (RST) of each client and help monitor progress on recovery plans of care (RPOC).
• Assure the coordination and integration of all services defined in the treatment plan and Recovery Plan of Care.
• Deliver treatment and generate documentation in compliance with applicable clinical, ethical, and regulatory standards. Orient all employees to clinical/ethical/regulatory standards.
• Responsible for accurate documentation and maintaining case files as required by agency policy, government regulations, and applicable local, state, and federal codes.

Supervisory Relationships:

• Reports to the Clinical Supervisor.

Qualifications for Position:

• Master’s Degree in a counseling profession. Dual licensure (SUD, MH) preferred.
• Licensed in the State of Ohio by the Board as a LISW, LICDC, or LPC.

Prior Experience Required::

• Two years’ clinical experience in behavioral health. At least 1 year working with adolescents with behavioral health issues.

Skills and Knowledge Required:

• Knowledge of evidence-based practices for serving adolescents.
• Knowledge of culturally competent trauma-informed services for African Americans.
• Knowledge of grant requirements and applicable federal regulations.
• Working knowledge of community resources.

Personal Qualities:

• Ability to effectively communicate clearly and concisely in both oral and written format.

The Northern Ohio Recovery Association (NORA) is currently seeking a qualified external evaluator to assess our Bridge to Success Workforce (BSW) Program, a behavioral health and workforce development initiative supporting individuals in recovery.

The evaluator will:

• Develop and implement an evaluation plan
• Track outcomes aligned with program goals
• Analyze quantitative and qualitative data
• Produce interim and final evaluation reports
• Provide recommendations for program improvement

Qualifications:

• Experience evaluating workforce and/or behavioral health programs
• Understanding of recovery services and second-chance employment
• Strong analytical and reporting skills
• Master’s degree in public health, evaluation, or related field preferred

Application Instructions:

Please submit a cover letter, CV or resume, and a brief proposal outlining your evaluation approach and any questions to Dorenda Swanson, dswanson@norainc.org by Friday, June 6, 2025.

We welcome proposals from diverse candidates, including those with lived experience in recovery.