A credential for professionals who provide clinical supervision to substance use disorder counselors. Supervision is a formal or informal process that is administrative, educative, and supportive. It ensures quality of clinical care and extends over time. Supervision includes observation, mentoring, coaching, evaluating, inspiring, and creating an atmosphere that promotes self-motivation, learning, professional development, and ethical decision-making.
For more in depth information on the requirements please review the downloadable application above.
Prerequisite: Hold a current and valid CADC, CAADC, CCDP, CCDPD, CCJP OR a specialty credential in another professional discipline in the human services field at the master's level or higher.
Clinical Work Experience:
Required: Five (5) years of full time or 10,000 hours of part-time ADC work experience AND
Current Job Description: Copy of current clinical supervisor job description, which must be signed by both the application and their immediate supervisor.
On-The-Job Supervision: 200 hours of on-the-job supervision must be face-to-face clinical supervision (only 100 of those hours may be performed electronically in real time), with a minimum of 10 hours of supervision in each specific CS Domain.
Education/Training: 30 hours of clinical supervision education/training in the specific CS Domains.
Examination: Once application is approved, applicant must pass the IC&RC Examination for Clinical Supervisors (CS examination).