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Phoenix House Overview

Phoenix House is a nonprofit organization that provides alcohol and substance abuse treatment and prevention services. Headquartered in New York City, it operates in 10 states offering its more than 16,000 clients outpatient and residential services including evaluation, detoxification, day programs and after-school programs for teenagers, and programs to address mental health problems.

The organization had its beginnings in 1967 when a group of addicts in a New York hospital recovery program moved in together to provide mutual support. In 1972, Phoenix House was founded using an approach to treatment developed by Mitchell S. Rosenthal, a psychiatrist with the Addiction Services Agency of New York City. In 1983, Phoenix House opened a residential academy for teenagers with substance abuse problems. They now operate academies in seven states. The U.S. Department of Justice designated the Phoenix House Academy a “model program” in 2005.

Phoenix House Job Information

Phoenix House employs more than 1,600 in its 125 programs in New England, the mid-Atlantic states, New York, California, Florida and Texas. Positions include program directors, case managers, therapists, counselors, childcare workers, human resource and administrative staff, maintenance workers and cooks.

Employee benefits include medical, dental and vision insurance; 403(b) retirement plans, flexible spending accounts and tuition assistance programs. Phoenix House offers paid sick days, holidays, personal leave for full-time employees; these benefits are pro-rated for part-time workers.

What jobs pay the most at Phoenix House?

Corporate Controller is the highest paying job at Phoenix House at $157,000 annually.