Addiction Specialist

Work location: Valašské Meziříčí. Also suitable for persons with disabilities. Job responsibilities: - Providing activities within preventive, therapeutic, and rehabilitation care in the field of substance abuse and addiction prevention and treatment, - Providing individual or family-based professional addiction counseling, - Supporting clients during the change process, collaborating with clients on risk prevention, supporting the development of client competencies, - Conducting comprehensive addiction diagnostics without physician referral, - Conducting analysis and assessment of health and social situation, including consideration of broader contexts and impacts on the client's personal, family, and wider situation, recommending follow-up care, - Providing professional support to family members and close persons, - Organizing and facilitating self-help group activities for the target population, - Providing aftercare activities for individuals after addiction treatment and support during outpatient treatment, - Preparing professional reports, liaising with partner organizations, - Maintaining client work records, - Participating in methodological, client-focused, and organizational meetings of the implementation team, - Participating in professional training and supervision. Requirements: - Professional qualification to practice as an addiction specialist according to § 21a of Act No. 96/2004 Coll., - Clean criminal record, health fitness, and clarified relationship to drugs and drug users, - Communication skills, ability to empathize and build relationships, - Reliability, responsibility, ability to work in a team and independently, - PC skills, - An advantage: previous volunteer work or employment experience in addiction services or other social services, completed or ongoing psychotherapy training. We offer: 25 days of vacation, opportunity for further professional development, work under supervision. First contact: Ms. Olšáková, by email at [email protected].