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Community Mental Health Social Worker

Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers
Description
Provide assessment, counseling, crisis intervention, and case management for individuals and families with mental health and co-occurring substance use needs in community settings. Deliver person-centered, trauma-informed care, coordinate services with community providers and resources, and lead outreach, prevention, advocacy, and education to improve access and recovery.
Knowledge
Business and Management
  • • Customer and Personal Service
Mathematics and Science
  • • Psychology
  • • Sociology and Anthropology
Health Services
  • • Medicine and Dentistry
  • • Therapy and Counseling
Arts and Humanities
  • • English Language
  • • Philosophy and Theology
Law and Public Safety
  • • Public Safety and Security
Abilities
Verbal Abilities
  • • Oral Comprehension
  • • Written Comprehension
  • • Oral Expression
  • • Written Expression
Idea Generation and Reasoning Abilities
  • • Fluency of Ideas
  • • Originality
  • • Problem Sensitivity
  • • Deductive Reasoning
  • • Inductive Reasoning
  • • Information Ordering
  • • Category Flexibility
Perceptual Abilities
  • • Flexibility of Closure
Attentiveness
  • • Selective Attention
Visual Abilities
  • • Near Vision
Auditory and Speech Abilities
  • • Speech Recognition
  • • Speech Clarity
Skills
Content
  • • Reading Comprehension
  • • Active Listening
  • • Writing
  • • Speaking
Process
  • • Critical Thinking
  • • Active Learning
  • • Learning Strategies
  • • Monitoring
Social Skills
  • • Social Perceptiveness
  • • Coordination
  • • Persuasion
  • • Negotiation
  • • Instructing
  • • Service Orientation
Complex Problem Solving Skills
  • • Complex Problem Solving
Systems Skills
  • • Judgment and Decision Making
  • • Systems Analysis
Resource Management Skills
  • • Time Management
  • • Management of Personnel Resources
Interview options
Interview options
Interviewee gender
Interviewee accent

Available on paid plans only

Interview time
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Source
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Last reviewed: Jan 2026
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