Addiction Counsellor

Job summary

The incumbent will provide clinical addiction services, including individual and group counseling, to adults and youth. They are responsible for assessing client needs, implementing treatment plans, and developing community education and resource programs.

Job details

Operates with the highest possible standards of care, ethics and values, and promotes collaborative decision-making, enabling staff to perform their jobs to the fullest with responsibility, accountability and authority. As our most valuable resource, staff are supported through various programs to assist them in their new role, including Mentorship, now available to all employees.

What you’ll do

The incumbent will provide clinical addiction services, including individual and group counseling, to adults and youth. They are responsible for assessing client needs, implementing treatment plans, and developing community education and resource programs.

Requirements

The role requires the ability to deliver addiction recovery therapies and provide informational programming to clients and their families. Candidates should be capable of working collaboratively and maintaining high standards of care and ethics.

Benefits

• Mentorship

Listed skills

• crisis intervention · Preferred
• case management · Preferred

Other relevant skills

Identified from the job description. Confirm important requirements above.

• Addiction counseling
• Clinical addiction services
• Substance use recovery
• Individual counseling
• Group counseling
• Treatment planning
• Client assessment
• Community resource development
• Community education
• Crisis intervention
• Case management
• Addiction recovery therapies
• Health promotion
• Collaborative decision-making
• Mentorship
• Decision Making
• Ethical Standards And Conduct
• Accountability
• Case Management
• Clinical Practices
• Community Development
• Health Promotion
• Treatment Planning
• Crisis Intervention
• Client Needs Assessment
• Community Education
• Addiction Recovery
• Addiction Counseling

Job areas

• Healthcare
• Social Services
• Addictions Counselor
• Substance Abuse Counselor
• Social Work and Counselling Professionals
• Substance Abuse and Behavioral Disorder Counselors
• Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors

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