A profession in peril: the realities of the job make it difficult to attract new addiction counselors.(NAADAC: SPECIAL COVERAGE)

From: Addiction Professional | Date: July 1, 2007| Author: Milne-Glasser, Kristin L. | Copyright information 
 
"Help wanted: Addiction counselor to provide counseling for the city's 
home-Jess; hours vary. Good writing skills and solid work ethic. Must be 
state-certified. $16 per hour."

I recently answered this ad, introducing myself as a private, for-profit treatment provider with a state-certified program next door to the city's homeless shelter. I welcomed the program's HR director to our addiction treatment community and wished him the best of luck in staffing his start-up...

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