ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS

REHABILITATION & REENTRY

Our mission is to enhance public safety across Arizona through modern, effective correctional practices and meaningful engagements.

The Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry (ADCRR) is committed to creating a safe, secure, and humane correctional system. With public safety top of mind, ADCRR and its more than 8,000 officers and professional staff are driven by a heart for public service and a commitment to deliver perfect effort each day. ADCRR is redefining itself as an agency whose daily work centers on transparency, accountability, and fairness.

Address:

Education Programming & Workforce Development
Arizona State Prison Complex (ASPC) – Lewis
26700 South Highway 85
Buckeye, AZ 85326
https://corrections.az.gov/

Salary:  $85,800.00

Grade: 22

Closing Date: 08/11/2026

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The Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation & Reentry (ADCRR) is seeking a dedicated Substance Abuse Program Manager to ensure appropriate programming, reentry services, and treatment are provided in accordance with applicable laws, rules, regulations, policies, and procedures. Directly manages and supervises Correctional Substance Abuse Counselor Seniors, who provide services to the offender population within the assigned facilities/reentry centers. Discusses and makes decisions including offender substance abuse treatment, their health and well-being, safety issues of both offenders and staff, and program objectives of provided treatment. Carries a partial clinical caseload and conducts group and one-on-one counseling sessions and substance abuse groups.

- Assesses counseling services/subordinate work products
- Plans and coordinates meetings and training sessions
- Administers evaluations, approves leave, manages schedules, and tracks absences including FMLA/extended leave
- Ensures counseling services are provided in accordance with applicable law, rules, regulations, policies and procedures
- Provides clinical supervision and signs off on clinical documentation for non-independently licensed counselors
- Works closely with Offender Operations staff to facilitate communication between addiction treatment counselors and security to ensure maximum utilization of program slots and minimize disruption to unit operations
- Carries a partial clinical caseload
- Conducts one-on-one clinical assessments and individual or group counseling sessions
- Facilitates substance abuse education classes and therapy groups with offender participants
- Maintains clinical records and writes individual substance abuse treatment plans and relapse prevention plans, including Arizona Correctional Information System (ACIS) and electronic medical record entries
- Maintains program participation databases and monitors counselor’s ACIS entries
- Assists in troubleshooting obstacles to program participation and operation
- Updates and maintains databases, such as ACIS, regarding offender participation programs
- Prepares reports, both quantitative and qualitative, regarding programs and program participation rates
- Conducts quality control and improvement audits of programs and services offered at ADCRR
- Drives on State business
- Performs other duties appropriate to the assignment

Knowledge of:
- Addiction treatment principles and protocols
- Principles and practices of supervision
- Counseling techniques
- Adult learning processes
- ADCRR policies, procedures, and security practices
- Computers and various software such as Microsoft Office and Google Suite
- Professional English, grammar, and spelling

Skill in:
- Verbal and written communication
- Supervisory and management
- Building and maintaining interpersonal relationships
- Organization and time management
- Counseling, interviewing,