Office Addiction Counseling and Social Advocacy Diploma Program
100% of the program is online - At Rockford Career College, learning online doesn’t mean learning alone. Read how we support our students.
What Is Addiction Counseling?
- Overseeing individual or group therapy focused on addiction recovery and behavioral improvements.
- Providing emotional support for individuals.
- Helping patients navigate the various stages of addiction recovery.
- Being a constant supporting shoulder and mentor.
What Career Options Are Available with an Office Addiction Counseling and Social Advocacy Diploma
- Addiction Centers
- Hospitals
- Employee Wellness Programs
- Outpatient Recovery
- At Home Care
- And other environments
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, employment of Substance Abuse and Behavioral Disorder Counselors is projected to grow 16% in Illinois from 2018 to 2028.1
What You Will Learn in our Office Addiction Couseling and Social Advocacy Program
- Learn and apply theories of addiction, substance assessment, and counseling techniques.
- Apply ethics and boundary considerations and practice an understanding of diversity and tolerance for others.
- Develop motivational interviewing skills.
- Understand the neurobiology of addiction, family addiction dynamics, and special population considerations in addiction counseling.
- Demonstrate knowledge of group process, case management, crisis intervention, trauma and recovery, and vocational rehabilitation.
Why Choose Our College?
- Making student success our #1 priority.
- Designing courses that develop critical skill sets and expanding our student’s knowledge base for a life-time career.
- Ensuring that the skills businesses need are the skills we teach.
- Offering affordable programs that typically take less time to complete and have smaller class sizes than those of other schools.
- Offering on-campus, hybrid, and completely online diploma and degree programs that provide more flexibility to fit your life-style.
- Having the best career services team that has done the networking for you with numerous local employers and are here to help.
All of us here at Rockford Career College are here to help you succeed, whether it’s our free tutoring, helpful financial aid options, or connecting you with businesses for that great job. We may have changed names and locations over the years, but our goal remains the same: To prepare you for quick entry into the workforce.
Job Opportunities:
Ms. Bell stated that someone who had the background that this program will provide and was certified would be very desirable to hire.
Deborah Bell
Operations Manager
Empowered for Excellence
Financial Aid available to those who qualify.
Program length – 9 months
100% of the program is online
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After you complete the Addiction Counseling Technician Diploma Program, you could continue with our 5-Month online Addiction Counseling AAS program at Stautzenberger College (Rockford Career College is a Branch Campus of Stautzenberger College-Maumee).
That's only 14 months total to get an associate degree.
Reference:
1https://www.onetonline.org/link/localtrends/21-1011.00?st=IL&g=Go, retrieved 1/11/2022.