Addiction and Mental Health Counsellor

5 months ago

Cookstown, Canada Simcoe Addiction & Mental Health Inc Full time

**Company Description**

Private treatment centre is seeking a highly motivated **full-time **Addiction and Mental Health Counsellor to join our Residential Facility team located in Cookstown, ON.

**Duties/Responsibilities**:

- Provide counselling and support to clients
- Facilitate group therapy sessions focused on addiction recovery, mental health, and life skills development
- Assist clients with individualized comprehensive Discharge Plans
- Offer crisis intervention services when needed, ensuring the safety and well-being of clients
- Client Intake Procedures
- Conduct urine screening for new clients and at intervals throughout the course of treatment
- Reporting to the Clinical Manager and senior staff members
- Work with a multidisciplinary services team
- Monitor client behaviours and interactions while on shift, documenting observations and interactions in a timely and accurate manner
- Communicate in an empathic, compassionate, sensitive and skilled manner with clients while on shift
- Provide written documentation of events at the residence by end of each shift as well as incident reports as necessary
- Participate in regular interdisciplinary team meetings when necessary
- Make referrals to internal and/or external programs or services, as appropriate
- Inform manager of any crisis situation
- Other duties as assigned

**Qualifications**:

- Minimum education: college diploma specific to addictions and mental health training and an addiction counselling certificate (eg: ICADC from CACCF)
- Knowledge of social work, psychology and addiction counselling best practices and a proven ability to work in an intensive, residential treatment environment
- Minimum of 2 years of experience working as an addictions counsellor
- Residential experience is an asset
- Current First Aid and CPR training certificates
- Suicide Prevention and Crisis Intervention training is an asset
- Able to work independently and provide detailed and accurate daily reports.
- Maintain knowledge, skills, and abilities by keeping up to date regarding professional standards through reviewing current literature, attending workshops/seminars and networking with colleagues.
- Valid "G" license and clean driver's abstract
- Must be able to legally work in Canada

**Willing to obtain a Vulnerable Sector Police Check**

We adhere to all Public Health guidelines.

Reference ID: 0005

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

Additional pay:

- Overtime pay

**Benefits**:

- Dental care
- Discounted or free food
- Employee assistance program
- Extended health care
- On-site parking
- Vision care

Schedule:

- 10 hour shift
- 8 hour shift
- Evening shift
- Monday to Friday
- Weekends as needed

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Cookstown, ON: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

**Experience**:

- Addiction Counselling: 1 year (required)

Work Location: In person

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