drug and alcohol addiction counsellor

ESCO occupation · 52 essential, 2 optional skills. Click a skill to find jobs that mention it.

Essential skills

build helping relationship with social service users support the positiveness of youths reflexion follow health and safety precautions in social care practices assess the development of youth counselling methods assess clients' drug and alcohol addictions behavioural therapy apply quality standards in social services legal requirements in the social sector handle conflicts manage stress in organisation promote inclusion psychology cooperate at inter-professional level provide social counselling promote human rights deliver social services in diverse cultural communities maintain records of work with service users promote the safeguarding of young people communicate with social service users assess social service users' situation perform therapy sessions respond to individuals' extreme emotions social sciences undertake continuous professional development in social work adolescent psychological development dependency on drugs demonstrate leadership in social service cases have emotional intelligence maintain a non-emotional involvement communicate professionally with colleagues in other fields accept own accountability organise relapse prevention social justice maintain the trust of service users supervision of persons encourage counselled clients to examine themselves promote social change psychological theories human psychological development client-centred counselling relate empathetically cognitive behavioural therapy refer social service users use motivational incentives in addiction counselling report on social development listen actively manage social crisis apply socially just working principles prepare youths for adulthood help clients make decisions during counselling sessions

Optional & specialised skills

Other matches: substance misuse worker · social counsellor · housing support worker · benefits advice worker · educational counsellor

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