Substance abuse clinician vs clinical social worker

Differences between substance abuse clinician and clinical social worker 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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Clinical social worker example responsibilities.

• Understand manage care, Medicare and Medicaid benefits.
• Screen, identify, diagnose using DSM nomenclature, treat and manage mental health and/or substance abuse problems.
• Provide clinical services to patients in rehabilitation and oncology including assessment, crisis intervention, grief therapy, and discharge planning.
• Provide individual, group, family therapy, team coordination, discharge planning, utilization review and MSW student supervision.
• Participate in weekly interdisciplinary team meetings to determine Medicare length of skil nursing stay.
• Facilitate therapy, symptom management, and rehabilitation groups for mental health clients in partial hospitalization setting.
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