Substance+Abuse

|| View PhotoFile || || || || **Typical Earnings Range** || || |||| Level of Education || || By Nicole Filipek
 * **Core Tasks** [[image:http://cns-1150-winter-2012.wikispaces.com/site/embedthumbnail/placeholder?w=NaN&h=50 width="NaN" height="50"]] ||
 * * Meet with clients to assess the extent of their addictions
 * Develop treatment plans or refer clients to recovery programs
 * Counsel, support, and encourage clients through the recovery process
 * Monitor clients’ progress and write reports
 * Educate the public on addiction prevention
 * **Workplace** [[image:http://cns-1150-winter-2012.wikispaces.com/site/embedthumbnail/placeholder?w=NaN&h=50 width="NaN" height="50"]] ||
 * * Work for detox centres, addiction treatment organizations, and social service agencies, or self-employed
 * Work in offices and meeting rooms
 * Counsel clients one on one, or in groups
 * The work can be stressful
 * Some work regular office hours; others work shifts
 * Some work regular office hours; others work shifts
 * **Earnings** [[image:http://cns-1150-winter-2012.wikispaces.com/site/embedthumbnail/placeholder?w=NaN&h=50 width="NaN" height="50"]] ||
 * * $24,000 to $60,000 a year for most
 * Senior counselors can earn more
 * Earnings depend on location, employer, education, and type of addiction
 * Many are paid on an hourly basis
 * Many are paid on an hourly basis
 * || ||  || [[image:http://cns-1150-winter-2012.wikispaces.com/site/embedthumbnail/placeholder?w=NaN&h=NaN width="NaN" height="NaN" caption="20-40"]] || [[image:http://cns-1150-winter-2012.wikispaces.com/site/embedthumbnail/placeholder?w=NaN&h=NaN width="NaN" height="NaN" caption="40-60"]] ||   ||   ||   ||
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 * $ in thousands per year || ||
 * **Education & Training** [[image:http://cns-1150-winter-2012.wikispaces.com/site/embedthumbnail/placeholder?w=NaN&h=50 width="NaN" height="50"]] ||
 * * An associate or bachelor’s degree is preferred
 * Some earn a master’s degree
 * A license is required in some states
 * Some earn a master’s degree
 * A license is required in some states
 * High School ||  ||
 * 2-year College/ Technical Training || [[image:http://cns-1150-winter-2012.wikispaces.com/site/embedthumbnail/placeholder?w=NaN&h=NaN width="NaN" height="NaN"]] ||
 * 4-year College/University || [[image:http://cns-1150-winter-2012.wikispaces.com/site/embedthumbnail/placeholder?w=NaN&h=NaN width="NaN" height="NaN"]] || ||
 * **Attributes & Abilities** [[image:http://cns-1150-winter-2012.wikispaces.com/site/embedthumbnail/placeholder?w=NaN&h=50 width="NaN" height="50"]] ||
 * * Patient
 * Understanding and empathetic
 * Non-judgmental
 * Communication and listening skills
 * Good with people
 * Good with people