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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

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