SUNY Erie Community College

MENTAL HEALTH ASSISTANT - ALCOHOL COUNSELING

Department Notes

• Students must purchase malpractice insurance for clinical internship.
• OASAS credentialing requirements for CASAC requires 350 education/training clock hours in four categories of course work, including: knowledge of alcoholism and substance abuse (85 hours minimum); alcoholism and substance abuse counseling (150 hours minimum); assessment, clinical evaluation, treatment planning, case management and patient/community education (70 hours minimum); and professional and ethical responsibilities in documentation (45 hours minimum).
• Education and Training Provider-certified by the Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services.

In the area of work experience, applicants will be required to document three years of appropriate full-time work experience in an approved work setting. Such experience may include up to one year of voluntary (non-paid) work experience or clinical internship. Applicants with a bachelor's or master's degree in the human service field from an accredited college or institute may substitute their degree for one year of work experience (for bachelor's degree) or two years of work experience (for master's degree).

Academic courses in this degree will fulfill all CASAC education/training clock hour requirements, and partial fulfillment toward the one-year allowance for non-paid experience toward credentialing.