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Career Guidance Skills communication, collaboration and creativity S1.5 - advising and consulting S1.5.4 - providing medical advice Inform on the risks of substance and alcohol abuse
Description
Provide information in the community about the risks and dangers of substance and alcohol abuse.
Occupations requiring this skill
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Skill demand overview
- Essential in 1 occupations
- Optional in 3 occupations
- Total: 4 occupations
- Most common in: ISCO major group 2 (Professionals)
Essential for
- 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 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…
- 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…
- 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
- Illegal substances
- Regulations on substances
- Provide social counselling
- Deliver social services in diverse cultural communities
- Relate empathetically
- Maintain records of work with service users
- Apply quality standards in social services
- Communicate with social service users
- Assess clients’ drug and alcohol addictions
- Legal requirements in the social sector
- Assess social service users’ situation
- Manage social crisis
- Build helping relationship with social service users
- Promote social change
Last updated on February 19, 2026
