Drug and Alcohol Worker Job Descriptions

The drug and alcohol workers, also known as substance abuse workers, helping people to address substance abuse problems. Workers against people in three broad categories of substance abuse - drugs (illegal, prescription and nonprescription),
alcohol and solvents. The work can be extremely difficult but also very rewarding.
As drug and alcohol worker, which would help customers access services such as counseling, health care and education. Their work could include the following areas:
· The outreach work - to encourage people with substance abuse problems to engage with support services

· Advice and rehabilitation - therapeutic support and treatment of substance abuse causes
· Working in prison (known as the arrest of reference work) - supporting clients arrested for drug offenses
• Education and training - customer support with reading, writing, math, computer skills, job search and CV
· The health - working as a clinical nurse specialist of addiction combined with a general practice or shelter, prescription drug therapy, monitoring of needle exchange programs and other rights
· Promotion - to help customers use housing, employment, health and other services, and acting as spokesman for the clients in the justice system
· Advice and guidance - giving guidance, advice and ongoing support to clients in prisons and detention centers, including support for detoxification programs (drug and alcohol workers in this field are sometimes knowns as CARAT workers).