Substance Abuse Supervisor, Clinical pay range
State of North Carolina · class code 32000411
- Class code
- 32000411
- Pay group
- NC18
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- North Carolina
- The State of North Carolina published pay range for Substance Abuse Supervisor, Clinical is $63,927 to $111,871 per year.
- North Carolina Office of State Human Resources (OSHR) keys this classification as class code 32000411.
- This is the range the plan authorises, not the salary of any individual employee.
Class specification
The OSHR class specification for this class is published by North Carolina Office of State Human Resources (OSHR). The passages below are quoted from it as published, not paraphrased, and cut to their opening sentences; the full specification is the authority on duties and qualifications. It was last revised 10/2021.
What the state says the job is
This is professional work providing and/or supervising substance abuse counseling at a state facility such as a regional alcohol and drug abuse center (ADATC), a state psychiatric hospital, a state developmental center, or a correctional facility. Employees are a member of the multidisciplinary treatment team, providing supervision as well as a wide range of advanced therapy and counseling skills so that treatment may be provided to clients with complex substance abuse and/or mental health issues. Cases involve treatment of clients that have addictions to multiple substance(s), chronic mental illness, and/or psycho/social issues (e.g., community-related, family, marital). Employees utilize complex and varied assessment and evaluation tools and in-depth therapeutic treatment methodologies. Treatment may include family and trauma-focused therapy.
Knowledge, skills and abilities
Thorough knowledge of the substance abuse addiction processes, including psychological and physical withdrawal. Thorough knowledge of psycho-pharmaceutical therapies and drug interactions. Thorough knowledge and practical application of advanced therapeutic approaches, group dynamics, crisis intervention, family and trauma-focused therapy. Thorough knowledge of recovery-based community resources, such as Alcoholics Anonymous and Narcotics Anonymous, etc. Thorough knowledge of medical terminology, disease processes, and their treatment as they relate to decisions regarding clinical interventions and appropriate therapies based on medical and/or psychological diagnoses. Skill in establishing r ...
Minimum qualifications
Credentialed as a Certified Clinical Supervisor (CCS) to practice under the provisions of the NC Addictions Specialist Professional Practice Board. <h2
Quoted from the OSHR class specification, read 2026-10-21.
Where this comes from
North Carolina Office of State Human Resources (OSHR) publishes this figure in OSHR salary schedules, joined to Class Specifications. Every number on this page is read from that document; nothing is estimated, modelled or averaged.
Job titles and their salary grades come from the Class Specifications, joined to the salary schedule.