Drug and Alcohol Counsellor - ANZSCO 272112
- Assessment Authorities: VETASSESS
Drug and Alcohol Counsellor provides support and treatment for people with drug and alcohol dependency problems, develops strategies which assist them to set goals and affect and maintain change, and provides community education. May work in a call centre.
Alcohol and drug counsellor may perform the following tasks:
- provide support to explore alternatives with clients who experience difficulties with alcohol and/or drugs
- provide alcohol and/or other drug withdrawal services
- work with clients who are under the influence or alcohol and/or drugs
- provide emergency response intervention
- provide needle exchange services
- assist with the implementation of health promotion and community intervention and education programs on drug and alcohol awareness
- identify and help children and young people at risk of harm
- provide information and support on health, wellbeing and parenting
- provide emergency response to individuals at risk of self-harm or suicide
- act as an advocate on behalf of clients
- assist with the evaluation and preparation of reports requesting funding for programs and new projects
- arrange clients to be referred to other appropriate specialist professionals or support workers.\par
This occupation belongs to Short-term Skilled Occupation List (STSOL) . STSOL consists of the list of the occupations which are high in demand in Australia. If you want to apply for Australia sponsored Permanent Residency (subclass 190) your occupation must be listed in the relevant STSOL list and you must have an invitation/sponsorship from the state government. This list is also a part of the Australia Point system. If eligible, you can live and work in Australia for an indefinite period of time.
If your occupation is on STSOL, you may be eligible to apply for the following visa subclasses:
- Skilled Nominated visa (subclass 190)
- Training visa (subclass 407)
- Skilled Work Regional (Provisional) visa (subclass 491) - State or Territory nominated
- Temporary Skill Shortage visa (subclass 482) - Short-term stream
- Skilled Employer Sponsored Regional (Provisional) visa (Subclass 494)
Are you Eligible to Live and Work in Australia as a Drug and Alcohol Counsellor?
Drug and Alcohol Counsellor is classified as Group A occupations by Vetassess. The criteria for skills assessment of Group A occupations is to hold qualification(s) assessed at Australian Bachelor degree or higher degree with a highly relevant field of study and at least one year of post-qualification highly relevant employment in the last five years.
According to Vetassess, A Drug and Alcohol Counsellor provides support and treatment for people with drug and alcohol dependency problems, develops strategies which assist them to set goals and affect and maintain change, and provides community education (ANZSCO). A highly relevant field of study would be Counselling, which is the study of the practice and skills required to provide guidance on personal, social and psychological problems (ASCED). Qualifications in Psychology without studies and supervised practical training in counselling will not usually be assessed positively.
If you wish to check your eligibility to migrate permanently to Australia as a Drug and Alcohol Counsellor, please fill out the below assessment form. The assessment is free. After submitting the form, a registered migration consultant will look into the information and advise you of the outcome of the assessment via your email address.
