CCS-R

Certified Clinical Supervisor- Reciprocal

IC&RC Reciprocal

Overview of Requirements

 

Applicants must currently hold the Certified Addictions Counselor (CAC-R), or the Certified Advanced Addiction Counselor (CAAC) credential or hold a specialty substance abuse credential in another professional discipline in the human services field at the master’s level or higher to be eligible to apply for the Certified Clinical Supervisor (CCS-R).counseling experience as an AODA Counselor

Experience

·    Ten years (20,000 hours) clinical supervisory experience in the AODA field

·    Five years (10,000 hours) counseling experience as an AODA Counselor; these five (5) years may be included in the ten (10) years of clinical supervisory experience.

Experience is defined as full– or part-time experience counseling AODA clients and supervising AODA counselors at a MDCH/ODCP licensed program. The experience may be as a paid or volunteer employee and must be in the IC&RC/AODA Performance Domains and the Twelve Core Counseling Functions.Education - 30 contact hours in clinical supervision (with a minimum of 6 hours specific to Ethics and a minimum of 6 hours in each of the following Performance Domains)

 

1.        Assessment/Evaluation

 4. Counselor Development

2.        Professional Responsibility

 5. Management/Administration

3.        Professional Ethics

 

Education is defined as formal classroom education (workshops, seminars, institutes, in-services, and college/university work) or home study courses (internet, correspondence, teleconference).

Education must be specific or related to the knowledge and skills necessary to perform the tasks within each IC&RC/CCS Performance Domain. All education must be documented and from a MCBAP approved source.

 

Testing

 - IC&RC Clinical Supervisory Examination

Fee

 - Submit completed application with a $150.00 two-year initial certification fee.

 

Renewal

·   Six (6) contact hours of education specific to the IC&RC Clinical Supervision Performance Domains

Renewal fee

 - $ 25.00 two (2) year renewal fee

 

More detailed information and Certification Application manuals are available at www.mcbap.com

 

 

 

 Revised 10/2008