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Addiction counsellor — mid-level, anywhere in Pakistan

Families here usually make contact about substance use long before the person using does, and they arrive having already tried a rehab that cost them a great deal and promised a cure.

Mid-level 1+ year experience Online or your own clinic contractor · part time You set your own fee

Why we are open to this role

Families here usually make contact about substance use long before the person using does, and they arrive having already tried a rehab that cost them a great deal and promised a cure. Counselling that is honest about relapse, and that treats the family as people who need something too, is in genuinely short supply.

نشے کے بارے میں عموماً گھر والے پہلے رابطہ کرتے ہیں، اور وہ پہلے ہی ایک مہنگا علاج آزما چکے ہوتے ہیں۔ ایسی کونسلنگ کی کمی ہے جو دوبارہ لت لگنے پر سچ بولے۔

What the work is

  • Individual work on substance use, and work with the family around it.
  • Relapse planning that assumes relapse is possible.
  • Working alongside a prescriber where detox or medication is involved, not instead of one.

What we ask for

  • A year or more in this specific work.
  • A position on abstinence and harm reduction you can explain.
  • No promises of cure, on your page or in a session.

Qualification: A counselling or psychology qualification, or a recognised addiction counselling certification with supervised practice. You must be 18 or over.

The arrangement, the same for every role here. You are self-employed. You set your own fee, and there is no charge to be listed. The patient pays you directly and in full — nothing is deducted and nothing is held by us. For a session we introduced, 10% of that fee comes back to us afterwards, towards the video rooms, the booking system and the running costs; this is a charity project and patients are never charged for anything. You keep your own patients, and nothing is owed on work that did not come through us. Your phone number and your address are never published: enquiries reach you through us. You decide your own hours and how many people you take. We check your qualifications, and your registration where your profession has a register, before anybody is approved — nobody is listed on their own word. We do not supervise your clinical practice and we do not carry your indemnity.

Applying takes about ten minutes and puts you in front of a human, not a filter. We check registration numbers against the council register before replying, so allow a few days. You can see and change your application any time at depression.pk/application.

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