Course Description
Course Description: The Addictions and Community Services Worker program has been designed to prepare the graduate for an entry-level position in any facility that deals with alcohol and drug abuse clients.
DURATION
52 weeks or 1180 hours
MODULES
- Psychology
- Case File Management
- Introduction to Intake Procedures and Treatment Planning
- Communications Fundamentals
- Ethics
- Group Facilitation Concepts
- Community Resources and Networking
- Interviewing Techniques
- Fundamentals of Addiction
- Fundamentals of Pharmacology
- Preventive Health Promotion
- Relapse Prevention and Intervention
- Secondary Traumatic Stress
- Introduction to Software Applications
- Working with Families
- High Risk Populations
- Youth Issues
- Community Services Worker Certificates
- Student Success Strategies
- Professional Skills
- Career and Employment Strategies
- Practicum
