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Conduct assessments of client needs and resources at both the individual and community level, including analysis of social and political barriers that may impede health.
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Plan, facilitate, implement interventions and evaluate the outcome of services for those served.
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Engage in practices and techniques that encompass group facilitation, psychosocial assessment, behavioral change and motivating practices working with diverse populations.
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Utilize a variety of counseling skills and abilities to function effectively as chemical dependency counselors in a variety of settings.
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Demonstrate the ability to adhere to professional ethical standards, including confidentiality, sensitivity when working with diverse populations and responsibility for professional growth.
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Seek, find, evaluate and use information and employ informant technology to engage in life long learning.
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Develop and promote healthy practices, self-awareness and self-care applying this personally, with clients, colleagues and other professionals.
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Develop and maintain effective working relationships with clients, colleagues, and supervisors.
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Work together with individuals and groups to assess needs, promote strengths, manage problems, set goals, develop or access resources, implement and assess action plans.
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Examine the relationship between self, community, and environments, evaluating potential impacts and consequences of actions, and making choices and contributions based on that evaluation
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Explain the characteristics and treatment demands of chemically dependent/substance abusing clients.
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Identify, analyze and evaluate rhetorical strategies in one’s own and others’ writing in order to communicate effectively.
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Apply/utilize written computer skills to maintain appropriate client and agency reports, records, and documents.
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Employ and interpret clear, concise, and open communications skills including verbal, nonverbal, and written communications in a professional manner.
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Utilize mathematical, symbolic, logical, graphical, and statistical analysis for the interpretation and solution of problems in the natural world and human society.
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Gather, assemble, and interpret data through various methods necessary to determine consumers’ strengths and barriers that interfere with their ability to overcome adversity or achieved valued life goals.
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Use critical thinking skills to make sound and reasoned decisions regarding common ethical dilemmas encountered in various practice settings.
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Apply appropriate diagnostics criteria for substance related disorders, and criteria for other mental health disorders that commonly co-occur with addictive disorders.
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