
Most entry level jobs will be called something like project worker, team worker or support worker. They may be in community projects, housing organisations or within some part of the criminal justice system - many areas employ drugs and alcohol workers to do arrest referral work in custody suites or in prison teams.
We have described what is expected from some of these roles in the keyworking section of the site.
Two resources that are useful to get started are listed below.
- A Career as a Drugs Counsellor - DrugScope
- Careers Guidance from the Federation of Drugs and Alcohol Professionals
Role profiles.
There are large numbers of role profiles that describe the kinds of things that people can be expected to do.- Drugs and Alcohol Job Profile
- Drug and Alcohol Youth Worker
- Worcestershire Drugs and Alcohol Team, Project Worker
- Careers Profiles Database - drugs and alcohol worker