PROFESSIONAL PROFILE
Christopher Smith
MSW, LAADC · Addiction care & clinical program leadership
Sacramento, California · cs9135733@gmail.com
ACSW registration pending issuance in California.
Professional summary
Social work professional and addiction counselor with more than ten years of experience across county behavioral health, residential treatment, outpatient care, and federally qualified health centers. Experience includes SUD/MAT services, multidimensional assessment and care planning, counselor development, clinical documentation, and program operations.
Selected experience
Drug & Alcohol Counselor Lead
Oroville, California · May 2023–present
Provide counseling, assessment, care planning, and multidisciplinary coordination in integrated outpatient addiction care. Support counselor development, documentation quality, program operations, and certification work.
Assistant Program Director
Sacramento, California · 2019–2021
Supported staff, clinical program operations, treatment planning, and multidisciplinary collaboration through coaching, training, and documentation review.
Behavioral Health Counselor & Out-of-Class Supervisor
County behavioral health services · 2016–2019
Provided counselor supervision and program support. Developed intensive outpatient programming with law enforcement and probation, and family treatment court programming with child and family service teams.
Lead Counselor & Case Manager
Residential addiction treatment · 2014–2016
Provided residential addiction treatment, individual and group counseling, care planning, and coordination with treatment teams and community services.
Education & credentials
- Master of Social Work · February 2026
- Bachelor of Social Work
- LAADC · Addiction-counseling credential
- ACSW registration pending issuance in California
Areas of focus
SUD/MAT care coordination · Motivational interviewing · Cognitive behavioral approaches · Multidimensional assessment · Relapse prevention · Clinical documentation · EHR · Chart review · Counselor development · Integrated care · Program development