Substance abuse clinician vs substance abuse technician

Differences between substance abuse clinician and substance abuse technician 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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Substance abuse technician example responsibilities.

• Work with outside counsel to develop patent and trademark portfolio and manage patent litigation.
• Coordinate community base services, identifies high-risk patients, veterans and provides case management and crisis intervention services.
• Provide care to chemically dependent patients in short-term social model detox program working directly with patients/families in all areas of recovery.
• Collect sample for DNA testing.
• Compose written reports of data collect from patient evaluation and present to department chief for thorough analysis of patient diagnosis.
• Maintain the integrity of all specimens under DOT/non-DOT guidelines.
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