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- Mental health and substance abuse social workers assess and treat individuals with mental illness or substance abuse problems, including abuse of alcohol, tobacco, or other drugs.
- Such services include individual and group therapy, outreach, crisis intervention, social rehabilitation, and training in skills of everyday living.
- They also may help plan for supportive services to ease patients’ return to the community.
- Mental health and substance abuse social workers are likely to work in hospitals, substance abuse treatment centres, individual and family services agencies, or local governments.