Community Addictions Worker

1 month ago


Portage la Prairie, Canada Southern Health-Santé Sud Full time

**Requisition ID**: 339190

**Position Number**: 481-715701070CAW2-01

**Competition #**: AH-23-076

**Posting En**d Date**: June 20, 2023

**City**: Portage la Prairie

**Site**:Portage District General Hospital

**Department / Unit**: Mental Health & Addictions

**Job Stream**: Clinical

**Union**: MGEU

**Anticipated Start Date**: To be determined

**FTE**: 1.0

**Anticipated Shift**:Days

**Daily Hours Worked**: 7.25

Shared Health leads the planning and coordinates the integration of patient-centered clinical and preventive health services across Manitoba. The organization also delivers some province-wide health services and supports centralized administrative and business functions for Manitoba health organizations.

**Position Summary**: This classification involves the delivery of community addictions services to designated rural communities.
Working with general direction and limited supervision, the incumbent is responsible for providing individual and group
counselling and delivery of rehabilitation programs related to alcohol, drugs and gambling. The major thrust of this
classification is the delivery of counselling services and the minor thrust is identifying and offering community development
activities and education.
The incumbent is required to work irregular hours and manage responsibilities using the guidelines for self-assigning hours.
The incumbent must be able to travel to communities and supply own vehicle.

**Qualifications**:

- University Degree in the social sciences with 2 years related counselling experience and/or a suitable combination of

education and experience.
- Enrollment and/or completion of the Applied Counselling Certificate Program: Specialization in Addictions or its

equivalent considered an asset.
- Ability to communicate effectively with clients, community, related professionals, staff and the general public.
- Ability to prepare reports and statistical information.
- Experience in planning, preparing and presenting educational material an asset.
- Ability to work in a team environment.
- Knowledge of addictions
- Demonstrated understanding of, and sensitivity to, working with culturally diverse populations.
- Demonstrated ability to meet the physical and mental demands of the job
- Demonstrated ability to respect confidentiality including paper, electronic formats and other mediums
- Good work and attendance record

**Conditions of Employment**:

- Completes and maintains a satisfactory Criminal Record Check, Vulnerable Sector Search, Adult Abuse Registry Check

and Child Abuse Registry Check, as appropriate.
- All Health Care workers are required to be immunized as a condition of employment in accordance with Southern

Health-Santé Sud policy.
- Requires a valid Class 5 driver’s license, an all-purpose insured vehicle and liability insurance of at least

$1,000,000.00

Please note that an employee is not permitted to hold two or more positions in Shared Health that combine to equal more than 1.0 FTE.

Shared Health values and supports employment equity and workplace diversity and encourages all qualified individuals to apply. We thank all applicants but only those selected for an interview will be contacted.



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