Competencies for Substance Abuse Treatment Clinical Supervisors. Technical Assistance Publication Series 21A

摘要

In 1998, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administrations Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT) published Technical Assistance Publication (TAP) 21, Addiction Counseling Competencies: The Knowledge, Skills, and Attitudes of Professional Practice. TAP 21 has been widely distributed and is now a benchmark by which curricula are developed and educational programs and professional standards are measured in the U.S. substance use disorder treatment field. In 2006, CSAT produced a reformatted, revised version of TAP 21 (Center for Substance Abuse Treatment, 2006). The TAP 21 counselor competencies describe what fully proficient counselors can do in clinical practice. Those competencies may be introduced in preemployment education and training settings, but they are often developed more fully on the job. It is typically the clinical supervisors responsibility to mentor counselor development and facilitate the building of new knowledge and skills, not only during counselors early years but throughout their careers. To that end, clinical supervisors in agencies specializing in the treatment of substance use disorders are expected to be knowledgeable and proficient in the addiction counseling competencies. Clinical supervision itself is much discussed in the professional literature of several disciplines, including social work, psychology, and both mental health and substance use disorder counseling. Theories, process dynamics, and tools abound, but the functional responsibilities and essential skills of the substance use disorder treatment supervisor had not been synthesized into one document that could serve as a standard for the field. To remedy that situation, CSAT convened the Clinical Supervision Competencies Task Force (the Task Force) in fall 2005. The Task Force, composed of experts in substance abuse treatment and clinical supervision from across the country, was charged with developing this document, TAP 21-A, Competencies for Substance Abuse Treatment Clinical Supervisors. TAP 21-A is designed to accompany TAP 21, taking monitoring, assessment, and improvement of addiction counseling competencies to the next level.