Substance Use Worker

2 weeks ago

Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Boyle Street Community Services Full time

Department:
Interdisciplinary

Reports To:
Den Manager

Location:
Community Centre

Job Purpose:

"Despite great challenges we believe unhealthy cycles can be broken, new opportunities created, and, through healing, health restored."


The Substance Use Worker provides support to the community members we serve that are facing substance use problems and challenges.

This position is part of our Mobile Outreach Addiction Team (MOAT). They will engage with clients through an interdisciplinary team model, providing each client with access to services, referrals, relevant information, and treatment support

"We stand with our clients, side by side, patiently and for as long as they want - a constant and consistent caring force"

Boyle Street Community Services (BSCS) is a value-driven organization that believes our clients are experts in their own life. Your job will be to foster innovation with your team alongside our clients.

Key Areas of Responsibilities:

  • Manage a caseload up to 25 clients with a humancentred approach. One should incorporate motivational interviewing, harm reduction, and building client selfefficacy.
  • Be responsible for intaking new clients, completing addiction screening and assessments, goal and/or case planning with the client and followup work on the case plan.
  • Maintain client files, data entry, and incident tracking while staying up to date on communication both internally and externally related to client cases.
  • Support clients and team members with appropriate referrals related to their case planning.
  • Coordinate transportation to appointments for clients using either their personal vehicle, public transportation, or taxi services.
  • Note that this position may also require driving alone and/or staff and with clients
  • Support community members with the navigation of local and provincewide treatments related to their individual needs.
  • Stay up to date on related programs both within and outside of BSCS to support referrals and personal knowledge of the industry.
  • Participate in case conferencing within your assigned interdisciplinary team.
  • Personnel Administrative duties such as recording and submitting, expense claims, entering accurate timesheets.
  • Work Outreach shifts (up to 2 shifts per week) as needed to support your team.
  • Attend conferences and meetings within the agency and with external partners.
  • Facilitate educational presentations for the MOAT program as needed.
  • BSCS is more than a workplace. It is a community where everyone helps and contributes to the whole, and there is an expectation that all employees will take part in events (during the work week and occasionally during weekends and evenings). This includes fundraising campaigns, running community meals, medicine picking etc.

Education, Experience and Skills:

  • Post Secondary Degree in a relevant field of study (Social Work, Psychology)
  • Minimum 2 years' experience working as a Substance Use Worker.
  • Minimum 2 years' experience delivery communitybased services.
  • Previous training in Suicide Intervention, Indigenous Awareness, and Harm Reduction is an asset.
  • Experience working within Edmonton's innercity is preferred.
  • Mental Resiliency and an aptitude for problem solving will be beneficial when working in an environment with challenges and risks
  • Excellent knowledge and understanding of poverty related issues, trends, and services particularly, but not limited to the urban aboriginal population is essential
  • Ability to solve related issues and conflict in an ethical manner

Training & Screening Requirements:

  • Full Class 5 license required for this position.
  • Valid First Aid certificate required
  • Police Information Check kept up to date (every 3 years)
  • Child and Youth Intervention record kept up to date (every 3 years)

Work Environment:

Employer Conditions:


Clients, staff and partners are vital members of the Boyle Street team, so we place emphasis on making sure that we address each other correctly by using preferred pronouns.

The health and safety of our clients and staff is of the utmost importance to our organization. Per Boyle Street's COVID-19 policy, all new hires are required to be fully vaccinated with the third booster dose.

Proof of full vaccination by means of immunization records from AHS, letter from a physician, or other health care provider is required prior to starting with BSCS.

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