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Where a substance misuse worker can go next

5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a substance misuse worker already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

Substance misuse workers provide assistance and counselling to people with substance abuse problems. They monitor their progress, advocate for them, and performe crisis interventions and group therapy. They also assist patients dealing with the consequences of tobacco, alcohol or recreational drugs abuse, which can be problematics as unemployment, physical or mental disorders and poverty.

Also known as substanse abuse social worker, social worker (substance misuse), drug and alcohol worker, addiction social worker, substance mis-use counsellor, substance mis-use mentor, substance abuse social worker, mentor (drugs and alcohol), drug abuse outreach worker, mentor (drugs and alcahol), drug and alcohol social worker, substance misuse adviser.

Professionals 70 skills on file 5 career moves 5 above 60% overlap Closest: education welfare officer, 76%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
education welfare officer 76% covered residential home young people… 73% covered mental health support worker 71% covered residential home adult care w… 70% covered social worker 69% covered substance misuse worker You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from substance misuse worker, each one a link to that move’s record. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a substance misuse worker already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · What the job itself asks for

A substance misuse worker needs 70 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.

Required skill Area
  • dependency on drugs health and welfare
  • inform on the risks of substance and alcohol abuse communication, collaboration and creativity
  • assess clients' drug and alcohol addictions communication, collaboration and creativity
  • illegal substances services
  • apply anti-oppressive practices assisting and caring
  • apply case management communication, collaboration and creativity
  • make legislation transparent for users of social services communication, collaboration and creativity
  • negotiate with social service stakeholders communication, collaboration and creativity
  • negotiate with social service users communication, collaboration and creativity
  • provide support to social services users assisting and caring
Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a substance misuse worker does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

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Substance misuse worker is filed under Professionals, ISCO major group 2. The full index lists all ten groups.

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How these figures were compiled

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a substance misuse worker’s work. 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.