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Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers

$51.24K Median Salary 14K Job Openings (Annual Projection) 14.9% Job Growth

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About This Career

Assess and treat individuals with mental, emotional, or substance abuse problems, including abuse of alcohol, tobacco, and/or other drugs. Activities may include individual and group therapy, crisis intervention, case management, client advocacy, prevention, and education.

Reported Job Titles

Case Manager, Clinical Social Worker, Clinical Therapist, Clinician, Counselor, Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW), Mental Health Therapist, Social Worker, Substance Abuse Counselor, Therapist

Skills You'll Need

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Abilities

Oral Comprehension
Oral Expression
Problem Sensitivity
Written Comprehension
Written Expression
Deductive Reasoning
Inductive Reasoning
Speech Clarity
Fluency of Ideas
Speech Recognition
Category Flexibility
Information Ordering
Originality
Flexibility of Closure
Near Vision
Selective Attention

Knowledge

Therapy and Counseling
Psychology
English Language
Customer and Personal Service
Education and Training
Sociology and Anthropology
Public Safety and Security
Medicine and Dentistry
Administration and Management
Philosophy and Theology

Skills

Social Perceptiveness
Active Listening
Speaking
Critical Thinking
Monitoring
Reading Comprehension
Complex Problem Solving
Coordination
Service Orientation
Learning Strategies
Persuasion
Writing
Judgment and Decision Making
Negotiation
Active Learning
Instructing
Systems Analysis
Time Management
Management of Personnel Resources

Technology Skills

Electronic mail software
Presentation software
Medical software
Internet browser software
Desktop publishing software
Office suite software
Spreadsheet software
Document management software
Cloud-based data access and sharing software
Word processing software
Data base user interface and query software
Calendar and scheduling software

Tools

Notebook computers
Desktop computers
Personal computers