Mental Health and Addictions Counsellor

4 weeks ago

Yellowknife, Canada Government of Northwest Territories Full time

Job Information

You, as the Mental Health and Addictions Counsellor, will be a key member of and work collaboratively with the regions Primary Community Care team providing direct, community based, culturally sensitive, mental health, addictions, and family counselling services to clients of all ages. You will also be a key referral agent and service provider for complex addictions, family violence and psychiatric clients who may be referred for inpatient treatment or other services outside the community. 

You will operate within a philosophy of education, prevention, therapeutic counselling, out-patient treatment, and aftercare, to minimize the negative physical, mental, social and emotional impacts of addiction, family violence, mental illness, and trauma. This involves having the skills to work with various cultural groups and all members of the population (elders, adults, adolescents, children and families). 

Typically, the above qualifications would be attained by:
A Master’s level degree in Counselling, Psychology or Clinical Social Work or a related discipline with a focus on therapeutic counselling with one (1) year of relevant therapeutic counselling experience in a scope of practice or experience in addictions, mental health, and family violence.

The experience of the Mental Health and Addiction Counsellor should include clinically supervised education or work experience (therapeutic counselling experience under a qualified clinical counselling supervisor) that includes at least 500 hours, where at least 120 of these hours are direct client contact.

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