Recovery Support

4 weeks ago


Calgary, Canada Aventa Treatment Foundation for Women Full time

**Recovery Support Counsellor - Various Shifts (full-time, casual)**

**Are you looking for?**
- _The opportunity to make a significant difference in the lives of women and their families who struggle with addictions, mental health, and trauma._
- _The opportunity to work as a valued team member of a highly respected live-in, trauma-informed, concurrent capable, addiction treatment centre exclusively for women._
- _An opportunity to cultivate and strengthen your group clinical skills within a multi-disciplinary team environment._
- _A supportive learning environment that provides ongoing professional development and clinical supervision._

**Established in 1970, Aventa Centre of Excellence for Women with Addictions** is a leader in trauma-informed, gender specific, absence based, addictions treatment for women. Through a multi-disciplinary team approach, Aventa delivers a trauma-informed curriculum researched and written by Dr. Stephanie Covington. Aventa’s operating funding is provided through provincial and federal Governments; Aventa has been partnered with the Alberta government since 1971. Aventa is accredited with Exemplary Standing through Accreditation Canada.

**Aventa values diversity and is committed to employment equity in recruiting Aventa Board Members, Staff, and Volunteers.**

**We Need**:
**As a Counsellor with Aventa, a typical day may include**:
1. Responsible for the supervision of Clients, ensuring safety, adherence to COVID-19 protocols, serving of meals and medication observation.

2. Maintaining a safe, welcoming and trauma informed environment through searching Clients’ belongings as they arrive/leave the program, conducting room searches, observing chores, supporting Client schedule/routines, ensuring rooms are ready new admissions. Conduct drug and alcohol screens and collaborating documentation.

3. Responsible for the intake and discharging of Clients and all necessary paperwork and procedures.

4. Ensure proper documentation and management of Client files. This includes observing, recording, and reporting on Client progress and challenges, documenting and distributing critical incidents according to policy, completing various forms and documents required for accountability and accreditation purposes, writing case notes, ensuring proper release of information records are in place, and protecting the confidentiality of Client records.

5. Requests/facilitates case consultations with relevant members of the team to ensure effective assessment, treatment/safety planning and intervention.

6. Participates in ongoing team meetings, training, and supervision. Contributes actively to a positive and supportive team learning environment.
- A diploma in Social Work, Psychology, Counselling, or related field, with a minimum of 1 year experience working in a residential setting.
- Familiarity working in the areas of trauma, addictions, and mental health.
- A positive attitude and excellent problem-solving skills.
- Ability to work as a member of a team as well as independently.
- Ability to take initiative and demonstrate reliability and flexibility.
- Excellent communication, interpersonal and organizational skills.
- Proficient computer knowledge.
- A clear Criminal Record Check with Vulnerable Sector Search and Child Welfare Intervention Check (dated within 6 months).
- Up to date Standard First Aid and Suicide Intervention is required.

Must be fully vaccinated.

**How to apply**:
**If you are as passionate as we are about making a difference in the lives of women, please submit your resume.**

**Start Date**:ASAP
- We thank all applicants for their interest, however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted._

For further information about Aventa and its programs, we encourage you to visit the Aventa website.

**Job Types**: Permanent, Casual

**Salary**: Up to $23.00 per hour

**Benefits**:

- Company events
- On-site parking

Schedule:

- Evening shift
- Weekends only

Licence/Certification:

- First Aid Certification and ASIST (required)

Work Location: In person

Application deadline: 2023-06-16



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