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Career Guidance Skills communication, collaboration and creativity S1.7 - obtaining information verbally S1.7.1 - interviewing Assess clients' drug and alcohol addictions
Description
Interview clients and assess their addictions in order to establish an appropriate plan for action.
Occupations requiring this skill
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Skill demand overview
- Essential in 2 occupations
- Optional in 4 occupations
- Total: 6 occupations
- Most common in: ISCO major group 2 (Professionals)
Essential for
- Drug and alcohol addiction counsellorDrug and alcohol addiction counsellors provide assistance and counselling to individuals and families dealing with drug and alcohol addictions, monitoring their progress, advocatin…
- Substance misuse workerSubstance misuse workers provide assistance and counselling to people with substance abuse problems. They monitor their progress, advocate for them, and performe crisis interventio…
Optional for
- Social work assistantSocial work assistants are practice-based professionals who promote social change and development, social cohesion, and the empowerment and liberation of people. They interact with…
- Social counsellorSocial counsellors provide support and guidance to individuals in the social work area, to help them solve specific problems in their personal life. It involves addressing personal…
- Marriage counsellorMarriage counsellors support and guide couples and families that are going through crises such as depression, substance abuse and relationship problems. They help improving their c…
- Community health workerCommunity health workers provide advice and information about various health subjects to the community. They can assist with pre-and post-natal care, give nutritional advice and he…
Related skills
- Dependency on drugs
- Communicate with social service users
- Manage social crisis
- Build helping relationship with social service users
- Apply quality standards in social services
- Deliver social services in diverse cultural communities
- Assess social service users’ situation
- Legal requirements in the social sector
- Provide social counselling
- Relate empathetically
- Maintain records of work with service users
- Listen actively
- Promote social change
Last updated on February 18, 2026
