Crossing Hurdles
Addiction Psychologist | $95/hr Remote
United Kingdom
$45 – $95/hr
Posted about 15 hours ago
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Position: Substance Use - Adolescent Addiction Specialist
Type: Contract
Compensation: $45 - $95/hour
Location: Remote
Commitment: 10-40 hrs/week
Role Responsibilities
- Review clinical case material describing adolescent substance use and document thorough assessments of risk, severity, and intervention urgency.
- Apply established frameworks such as DSM-5 SUD and ASAM to stage severity and recommend an appropriate level of care.
- Evaluate the safety and clinical appropriateness of both proposed and alternative interventions, including pharmacological options when relevant.
- Distinguish between developmentally normal experimentation and clinically significant patterns of substance use in youth.
- Identify and flag withdrawal, overdose, and safeguarding risks that require escalation or immediate action.
- Develop written guidance that is actionable for non-specialists, clearly explaining the rationale and referencing relevant standards or guidelines.
- Compare and benchmark your assessments against peer input and published best practice to ensure consistency and rigor.
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Requirements
- Have strong relevant experience working directly with adolescents impacted by substance use.
- Clinical specialty in addiction medicine, or child/adolescent psychiatry or psychology with a primary focus on substance use disorders.
- Active clinical license/registration in good standing, with recent adolescent caseload experience.
- Proficiency with adolescent substance use screening and severity staging tools (e.g., CRAFFT, S2BI, DSM-5, ASAM criteria).
- Familiarity with medication for opioid use disorder (MOUD/MAT) and withdrawal management protocols for under-18s.
- Research-standard written English proficiency.
- Motivational interviewing training, adolescent inpatient/crisis experience, and/or history of developing guidelines or publications in youth SUD (nice to have).
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Skills
Adolescent Substance Use Assessment
DSM-5 SUD
ASAM Criteria
Risk Assessment
Clinical Documentation
CRAFFT
S2BI
MOUD/MAT
Withdrawal Management
Motivational Interviewing
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Addiction Medicine
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