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Amergis Healthcare Staffing, Inc.-Allied is seeking a travel Substance Use Counselor for a travel job in Canon City, Colorado.

• Specialty: Substance Use Counselor
• Discipline: Therapy
• Start Date: ASAP
• Duration: 26 weeks
• 40 hours per week
• Shift: 10 hours, days
• Employment Type: Travel

Position Details

Modality:

CAS - Certified Addiction Specialist

Openings:

1

Shifts:

TBD - must be completely flexible. Likely 4x10s or 5x8s.

Shift Days:

Weekdays

Hours per Week:

40

Contract Length:

26 Week(s) 

Start Date:

09/24/2026 - must be flexible with DT start dates, please refer to company page for next available start

Details of Assignment:

This position provides substance use disorder services to the inmate population, to include formal and informal behavioral health evaluations, diagnostic assessments, and clinical interventions. Responsibilities include, but are not limited to: Serves as consultant for unit staff regarding assessment, diagnosis, and treatment planning; Monitors inmate treatment and documentation to assure compliance with standards and to assure continuity of care; Assures accurate Information System behavioral health needs levels, and provides group, brief, and individual treatment; Provides clinical direction to non-clinical staff in behavioral health care and treatment of inmates. Assures continuity of care for inmates by making appropriate referral and providing necessary information and documentation for receiving units, facilities, or agencies; Provides crisis intervention in conjunction with clinical standards regarding mental health professional privilege level; Documents both handwritten and electronically in an accurate and timely manner to provide comprehensive inmate behavioral health records; Communicates directly with inmates regarding their behavioral health care such as consequences of maladaptive behavior and desired and undesirable effects of prescribed behavioral health medication; Listens to inmate concerns and provides counseling and direction; Communicates to advise, counsel, inform and/or guide staff within the clinical unit, the facility, clinical and administrative supervisors and outside agencies to ensure continuity and direction of behavioral health care; Communicates and responds to complaints, problems, transfers, classifications, and inmate behavioral management issues; Responsible for maintaining standards of the program or work unit through compliance with all applicable professional, departmental, organizational and unit standards; Promotes and is accountable for the safety and security of the clinical and correctional environment through conscientious observations, and sensitive item contraband control.

Facility Info

Client provides care across a full continuum that mirrors community healthcare but is delivered inside a secure correctional setting. Services range from routine primary care—such as sick call and chronic disease management—to urgent and emergent medical response supported by 24‑hour on‑call providers. Facilities also operate inpatient and intensive mental health programs, Residential Treatment Programs for individuals with higher‑acuity behavioral health needs, and infirmary units for medically fragile patients. In addition, client maintains special medical needs housing, dialysis services, and end‑of‑life or hospice‑level care, allowing them to manage both short‑term and long‑term medical complexity within the system.

Medical Unit Types:

Inmates spend 8 to 12 hours a day out of their cell. ACC is a Level II, Minimum Restricted Facility. ACC offers a wide range of programming designed to prepare inmates for re-entry into society including academic and specialized vocational training and numerous other life-skill opportunities. ACC inmates benefit from work assignments in facility programs, labor crews, and supporting Correctional Industries in areas such as Canteen, Service Station, Transportation, and K9/Dog Training.

The Drug and Alcohol Therapeutic Community located at ACC is an ACA accredited program providing special housing and program arrangements. The atmosphere at ACC and the Therapeutic Community is highly conducive to affording participants the opportunity to progress through an effective and rewarding program with positive reinforcement, support and guidance from work supervisors, correctional and program staff.
Client provides care to incarcerated adults across all state‑run facilities. Patients are 18 years and older, with a wide range of medical, psychiatric, and behavioral health needs. Clinical Services functions similarly to a community health system and is accredited through the American Correctional Association.
Client provides care across a full continuum that mirrors community healthcare but is delivered inside a secure correctional setting. Services range from routine primary care—such as sick call and chronic disease management—to urgent and emergent medical response supported by 24‑hour on‑call providers. Facilities also operate inpatient and intensive mental health programs, Residential Treatment Programs for individuals with higher‑acuity behavioral health needs, and infirmary units for medically fragile patients. In addition, client maintains special medical needs housing, dialysis services, and end‑of‑life or hospice‑level care, allowing them to manage both short‑term and long‑term medical complexity within the system.

Security Levels:

Level II