What Kind of Job Can You Get Working at a Rehab Center?
Question by Adrianna Gabriella j: What kind of Job can you get working at a rehab center?
I’ve always been fascinated with drugs that people get addicted too, and the people who are hooked on them. I’ve always wanted to help them because I’ve always felt my sister had a problem that had not been fixed. Is a rehab center the best place to get a job at? if so, what kind of schooling do I need and what career path should I choose to be involved in this career path. I need so much information about it because my counselor told me I need to start thinking about college and what I want to do with the rest of my life. Please help me! It would mean SO much to me.
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Answer by Bobbeta
well if you want to actually learn a lot about the people i think you get a lot from being a doctor or you could be a receptionist, nurse
Answer by raysny
Over 90% of rehab centers in the US are 12step based, AA/NA. Most of the rest are Narconon, a Scientology based program, or heavily religious. Courts, government agencies, and employee assistance programs mandate 12step rehabs.
Almost everyone who works at a 12step rehab have had their own problems with alcohol and/or drugs and are AA/NA members. I’m sure you don’t want to go out and become an alcoholic or addict to qualify. The pay isn’t very good, and there is a huge turnover due to relapses, but many of the people who work in rehabs have a spotty employment record and some sort of arrest record so it’s the best they can do.
What you can do is take some courses in Human Services and first of all, see if that’s what you really want to do.
In the past twenty years or so, the courts governing 16 states have ruled that AA is “religious in nature” and mandated 12step treatment to be a violation of the Establishment Clause. Hopefully, more to soon follow. What this means for you, is that there are more treatment opportunities that are not 12step based over the coming years.
I’m a mental health care worker, I work for an ACT program (Assertive Community Treatment), primarily with those who have coexisting substance abuse problems. We use Motivational Interviewing with our clients. About half of all people with mental health disorders have substance abuse problems and about half the people with substance abuse issues have a mental illness. Integrated Treatment, treating both problems, is a growing field. It has been found to be counterproductive to use two different treatment methods, especially when they are often at odds with each other.
Feel free to email me.