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3.7 KiB
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87 lines
3.7 KiB
Markdown
# Competences — drug and alcohol addiction counsellor
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Source: ESCO v1.2.1 occupation-skill relations (http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/5d758e75-a116-485a-b800-5db08ffd3ba1).
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## Essential
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- **accept own accountability** (skill/competence)
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- **adolescent psychological development** (knowledge)
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- **apply quality standards in social services** (skill/competence)
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- **apply socially just working principles** (skill/competence)
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- **assess clients' drug and alcohol addictions** (skill/competence)
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- **assess social service users' situation** (skill/competence)
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- **assess the development of youth** (skill/competence)
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- **behavioural therapy** (knowledge)
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- **build helping relationship with social service users** (skill/competence)
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- **client-centred counselling** (knowledge)
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- **cognitive behavioural therapy** (knowledge)
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- **communicate professionally with colleagues in other fields** (skill/competence)
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- **communicate with social service users** (skill/competence)
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- **cooperate at inter-professional level** (skill/competence)
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- **counselling methods** (knowledge)
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- **deliver social services in diverse cultural communities** (skill/competence)
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- **demonstrate leadership in social service cases** (skill/competence)
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- **dependency on drugs** (knowledge)
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- **encourage counselled clients to examine themselves** (skill/competence)
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- **follow health and safety precautions in social care practices** (skill/competence)
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- **have emotional intelligence** (skill/competence)
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- **help clients make decisions during counselling sessions** (skill/competence)
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- **human psychological development** (knowledge)
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- **legal requirements in the social sector** (knowledge)
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- **listen actively** (skill/competence)
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- **maintain a non-emotional involvement** (skill/competence)
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- **maintain records of work with service users** (skill/competence)
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- **maintain the trust of service users** (skill/competence)
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- **manage social crisis** (skill/competence)
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- **manage stress in the work place** (skill/competence)
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- **organise relapse prevention** (skill/competence)
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- **perform therapy sessions** (skill/competence)
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- **prepare youths for adulthood** (skill/competence)
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- **promote human rights** (skill/competence)
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- **promote inclusion** (skill/competence)
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- **promote social change** (skill/competence)
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- **promote the safeguarding of young people** (skill/competence)
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- **provide social counselling** (skill/competence)
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- **psychological theories** (knowledge)
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- **psychology** (knowledge)
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- **refer social service users** (skill/competence)
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- **reflexion** (knowledge)
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- **relate empathetically** (skill/competence)
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- **report on social development** (skill/competence)
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- **respond to individuals' extreme emotions** (skill/competence)
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- **social justice** (knowledge)
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- **social sciences** (knowledge)
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- **supervision of persons** (knowledge)
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- **support the positiveness of youths** (skill/competence)
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- **undertake continuous professional development in social work** (skill/competence)
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- **use motivational incentives in addiction counselling** (skill/competence)
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## Optional
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- clinical social work (knowledge)
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- inform on the risks of substance and alcohol abuse (skill/competence)
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- sophrology (knowledge)
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## Market evidence (job-ad analysis, 46 ads, as of 2026-07-11)
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Share of analyzed job ads mentioning the item (threshold ≥ 20 %). Source: JSearch/Adzuna APIs.
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### Hard skills
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- treatment planning — **61 %**
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- clinical documentation — **33 %**
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- crisis intervention — **30 %**
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- case management — **28 %**
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- individual counseling — **26 %**
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- relapse prevention — **22 %**
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- group counseling — **22 %**
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- discharge planning — **20 %**
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### Responsibilities
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- treatment plan development — **20 %**
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