Resume Skills and Keywords for Substance Abuse Counsellor

Substance Abuse Counsellors are medical professionals who provide mental health assistance to substance addicts. The Counsellors identify their clients’ substance issues, educate them on healthy coping mechanisms and analyze patient recovery progression. The job requirement varies depending upon the workplace, which extends from government and private health clinics, hospitals, rehabilitation centres, and care facilities to outpatient clinics and residential centres. 

Skills required for a Substance Abuse counsellor role

  • Principles and Application of Guidance 
  • Research Methods and Statistics 
  • Grief Counseling 
  • Motivational Speaking 
  • Team Coordination
  • Comprehension Skills
  • Persuasive Speech
  • Interpersonal skills
  • Empathy
  • Patience 

What recruiters look for in a Substance Abuse counsellor's resume: 

  • Adeptness in individual and group therapy sessions
  • Ability to identify issues and create healthy goals, coping mechanisms and treatment plans 
  • Prior experience with vulnerable addicts and contribution in their recovery
  • Soft skills including Empathy and Persistence

What can make your Substance Abuse counsellor stand out:

A strong summary that demonstrates your skills, experience and background in the third sector 

  • A motivated and analytical drug and alcohol counsellor focused on connecting with clients and motivating them to develop healthy coping mechanisms.

Targeted job description 

  • Collaborate effectively with all care team members to assist patients in recovery and help patients become oriented and accustomed to facility operations.
  • Collect available information on social education and economic factors to facilitate the creation of an optimal treatment plan.
  • Coordinate all the daily activities of assigned clients with appropriate substance abuse counsellors and facilitate counselling groups as instructed.

Related academic background 

  • License holder from Rehabilitation Council of India.
  • M.A. (Psychology) from Jesus and Mary College, University of Delhi 2019
  • B.A. (Psychology) from Bhartiye Vidya College in 2017
  • Higher Secondary from Christ Public School in 2014

Resume of Substance Abuse Counsellor in Text Format

MUSKAN GABA 

Substance Abuse Counselor 

8467443982 | gaba.muskan@gmail.com | linkedin.com/in/muskan-gaba |12/28 New Friends Colony, New Delhi 

SUMMARY

A motivated and analytical drug and alcohol counsellor focused on connecting with clients and motivating them to develop healthy coping mechanisms. 

EXPERIENCE/INTERNSHIP

Intern at The Sanctuary | Sept 2018 – Dec 2018

  • Collaborated effectively with all care team members to assist patients in recovery and help patients become oriented and accustomed to facility operations.
  • Collected available information on social education and economic factors to facilitate the creation of an optimal treatment plan.
  • Coordinated all daily activities of assigned clients to appropriate substance abuse counsellors and facilitated counselling groups as instructed.
  • Updated patient records with comprehensive information on a daily basis.

Intern at Intscale Ventures | Jun 2016 – Aug 2016 

  • Documented all behaviours, interventions and responses of different age groups of patients to analyse the behavioral patterns.
  • Recorded the detailed progress regarding each shift’s activities and completed incident reports when needed by the seniors. 
  • Participated in treatment team meetings and provided input and wrote progress notes weekly. 
  • Engaged in treatment team consultations and attended weekly staff meetings. 

PROJECTS

Effects of social media on depression anxiety and stress 

  • The aim of the project was to understand the relationship between Age, Time spent using social media daily, the Number of social media platforms used daily and Mental well-being (Depression, Anxiety and Stress).  
  • A quantitative, correlational coefficient survey was implemented to gather the necessary data from 73 participants. 
  • Analysis of the data displayed that there was a positive, significant correlation between the number of social media platforms across all three negative emotional states, Depression, Anxiety and Stress. 

PROFESSIONAL ENHANCEMENTS

Research Papers 

  • Antisocial personality disorder
  • Drug abuse and sociology

Certifications 

  • License holder from Rehabilitation Council of India.

Seminar 

  • Attended seminar on the topic Drug Abuse at Rameshwaram College.
  • Attended seminar on the topic Cross Cultural Aspects of Addiction.

EXTRA-CURRICULAR

Volunteering 

  • Volunteered at the Rehabilitation camp organised by the Government of India.

Participations 

  • Participated in various debates in college which raised issues related to Substance Addiction.
  • Member of NGO Asra who runs free support groups for people with Substance Abuse.

EDUCATION

M.A. (Psychology) from Jesus and Mary College, University of Delhi | 2019

B.A. (Psychology) from Bhartiye Vidya College | 2017

Higher Secondary from Christ Public School | 2014

SKILLS (TECHNOLOGY/FUNCTIONAL)

  • Principles and Application of Guidance
  • Research Methods and Statistics
  • Grief Counseling
  • Motivational Speaking Team Coordination
  • Interpersonal skills