Certified Senior Addiction Counselor (CAC III)

Certified Senior Addiction Counselors provide treatment and counseling for those suffering from addiction to alcohol and drugs. Most states have a multi-tiered system for Addiction Counselor licenses to reflect differences in the professional's education, training and work experience. Certified Senior Addiction Counselor would be the highest level. In addition to providing addiction counseling services, these professionals are also charged with training and supervising the lower license levels. States use several different titles for the same profession including Alcohol and Drug Counselor and Substance Abuse Counselor.

Licensure as a Certified Senior Addiction Counselor requires a Master's degree or higher in addiction counseling or a related field, passage of a licensure exam and supervised work experience of between 2000 and 3000 hours. This work experience is above and beyond the work experience required for licensure at lower levels (often 1000 to 3000 hours).