Addictions Counselor Iii

3 weeks ago


Edmonton, Canada Alberta Health Services Full time

**Your Opportunity**:
This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced and skilled addiction and mental health professional as an Addiction Counselor III. As a Counselor, you will be a member of the Intensive Services Assertive Community Treatment team (ACT). You will be part of an interdisciplinary team, providing assertive, client focused, culturally appropriate, community-based recovery-oriented care to adults experiencing severe and persistent mental illness, addictions and homelessness. Clinical services are most often delivered off-site and targeted to those individuals whose illness presents a barrier to engagement in treatment. Additionally, you will provide front line support, and reinforcement of evidence-based practices, case management/documentation reviews. Counselors will be responsive to clients as well as their networks of support such as community team members, partners and families. Requirements: Experience providing pro-active engagement to clients and effective collaboration with a wide variety of care providers, agencies and stakeholders is required. Critical thinking skills, advanced knowledge of mental illnesses, and evidence based/evidence informed treatment including Risk Assessments, Crisis Management, Concurrent Disorders Treatment, and Harm-Reduction methods. Working knowledge and experience in the identification and management of complex addiction, mental illness, and chronic disease is required.

**Description**:
As an Addiction Counsellor III, you will provide quality, client focused, recovery based and culturally appropriate assessment, treatment, case management, crisis intervention, education and referral services for clients and their families; as well as community stabilization services. You will develop and implement treatment plans and provide a range of interventions which offer least intrusive and most appropriate services to clients and their families. You will also monitor and evaluate client progress and achievement of recovery goals and adapt treatment as needed. As an Addiction Counsellor III, you will depend on your excellent relationship building skills with clients, families, government staff and colleagues.
- Classification: Addictions Counselor III
- Union: HSAA Facility PROF/TECH
- Unit and Program: Assertive Community Treatment Team
- Primary Location: Edmonton Mental Health Clinic
- Location Details: As Per Location
- Multi-Site: Not Applicable
- FTE: 1.00
- Posting End Date: 10-AUG-2023
- Temporary Employee Class: Temp F/T Benefits
- Date Available: 20-AUG-2023
- Temporary End Date: 20-FEB-2024
- Hours per Shift: 7.75
- Length of Shift in weeks: 12
- Shifts per cycle: 60
- Shift Pattern: Days, On Call
- Days Off: As Per Rotation
- Minimum Salary: $37.62
- Maximum Salary: $48.56
- Vehicle Requirement: Driver's License, Vehicle Required

**Required Qualifications**:
Completion of a bachelor's degree in Addictions or a combination of a bachelor's degree in a related field with course work in addictions. A related degree combined with a diploma related to addictions, or an equivalent combination of education and experience, may be considered. Individuals eligible for registration under the Health Professions Act must maintain active registration. Individuals may require authorization/permission under regulation to perform restricted psychosocial interventions and/or restricted activities.

**Additional Required Qualifications**:
A Bachelor’s Degree related to the Social Sciences, or a two-year Social Work Diploma, plus related experience. Equivalent combinations of education and experience may be considered. Registration with the Associated Regulatory Provincial College is required along with eligibility to practice under the Health Professions Act of Alberta (if applicable). Experience working with homeless populations and knowledge of Edmonton inner-city/correction centers resources is essential. Basic Cardiac Life Support
- Healthcare Provider (BCLS-HCP) required. An excellent attendance record and personal suitability must be demonstrated through your employment record and references.

**Preferred Qualifications**:
2-3 years of work experience in mental health and/or addictions. 2-3 years of work experience with homeless individuals is preferred. 2-3 years of Assertive Community Treatment teamwork experience is preferred. Experience working in a correctional setting along with recent experience working with a forensic population. Strong awareness of community resources is an asset.



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