Substance Abuse & Behavioral Disorder Counselors
Counsel and advise individuals with alcohol, tobacco, drug, or other problems, such as gambling and eating disorders. May counsel individuals, families, or groups or engage in prevention programs.
Also called: Case Manager, Chemical Dependency Counselor (CD Counselor), Counselor, Substance Abuse Counselor (SA Counselor)
Knowledge:
- psychology
- sociology and anthropology
- customer service
- administrative services
Skills:
- listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions
- talking to others
- understanding people's reactions
- looking for ways to help people
- noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it
Abilites:
- communicate by speaking
- listen and understand what people say
- notice when problems happen
- use rules to solve problems
- do two or more things at the same time
- pay attention to something without being distracted
Personality:
Description: People interested in this work like activities that include helping people, teaching, and talking.
They do well at jobs that need
- Concern for Others
- Integrity
- Stress Tolerance
- Cooperation
- Dependability
- Self Control
Technology:
- Addison Health Systems WritePad EMR Systems
- Athena Software Penelope Case Management
Data base user interface and query software
- Database software
- EAG Economic Analysis Group CaseTrack
- Email software
- Microsoft Outlook
