Substance abuse clinician vs addiction therapist

Differences between substance abuse clinician and addiction therapist duties and responsibilities

Substance abuse clinician example responsibilities.

• Provide clinical assessments, psychotherapy, and case management for patients and clients recovering from mental health disorders and substance addiction.
• Provide individual and group treatment and rehabilitation for youth diagnose with substance abuse and co-occurring disorders.
• Provide all forms of intervention, from assessment to aftercare, to patients suffering with substance-relate, psychiatric and co-occurring disorders.
• Facilitate psychoeducational and rehabilitation groups using standard group techniques.
• Assess and treat elementary school students with articulation, language, and autism spectrum disorders under an apprenticeship model of supervision.
• Assist team of professionals with developing ISP's, IEP's, and needs assessments to determine proper treatment.
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Addiction therapist example responsibilities.

• Demonstrate working knowledge of community mental health services identify in the Medicaid guidelines and attain contractual outcomes within designate time frames.
• Conduct psycho-educational support groups on addictive behaviors, patterns and relapse prevention and perform psycho-social assessments on patients.
• Provide individual and group therapy to chemically dependent and mental health patients in a residential setting.
• Perform initial evaluations and intakes, make eligibility determinations, conduct rehabilitation planning and problem solving, and counseling.
• Work closely with a license orthotist/prosthetist to obtain orthotics for children who require them.