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Where a drug and alcohol addiction counsellor can go next

5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a drug and alcohol addiction counsellor already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

Drug and alcohol addiction counsellors provide assistance and counselling to individuals and families dealing with drug and alcohol addictions, monitoring their progress, advocating for them, performing crisis interventions and group therapy. They also assist the persons with the consequences of their addictions which can be unemployment, physical or mental disorders and poverty. Drug and alcohol addiction counsellors may also prepare educational programs for high-risk populations.

Professionals 54 skills on file 5 career moves 2 above 60% overlap Closest: social counsellor, 74%

social counsellor 74% covered social pedagogue 61% covered community health worker 50% covered substance misuse worker 47% covered residential home young people… 45% covered drug and alcohol addictio… You are here
Fig. 2 — the 5 nearest destinations from drug and alcohol addiction counsellor. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a drug and alcohol addiction counsellor already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · A bigger jump

Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.

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drug and alcohol addiction counsellor is filed under Professionals, ISCO major group 2. The full index lists all ten groups.

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How these figures were compiled

Coverage is the share of the target role’s weighted skill requirement a drug and alcohol addiction counsellor already meets, counting required skills in full and supplementary ones at 0.35. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.