Counsellor I

**Your Opportunity**:
**Description**:
As a Counsellor I (Tobacco Cessation Counsellor (TCC)), you will provide client-centered support and telephone consultation, providing information to support and enable the client to decrease or refrain from the use of tobacco. You require a solid knowledge of mental health and addictions related issues, motivational interviewing and counselling techniques. You will manage multiple tasks, utilizing their organizational skills while inputting data and retrieving client information throughout the consultation period.
- Classification: Counsellor I (AHE)
- Union: HSAA Facility PROF/TECH
- Unit and Program: Health Link, Tobacco Counsellor
- Primary Location: Plaza 124 Building
- Location Details: As Per Location
- Multi-Site: Not Applicable
- FTE: 1.00
- Posting End Date: 15-FEB-2023
- Temporary Employee Class: Temp F/T Benefits
- Date Available: 06-MAR-2023
- Temporary End Date: 28-FEB-2024
- Hours per Shift: 7.75
- Length of Shift in weeks: 12
- Shifts per cycle: 60
- Shift Pattern: Days, Evenings, Weekends
- Days Off: As Per Rotation
- Minimum Salary: $32.12
- Maximum Salary: $42.65
- Vehicle Requirement: Not Applicable

**Required Qualifications**:
Completion of bachelor's degree in a health related field. Minimum two years' experience in a mental health setting. Current Basic Cardiac Life Support - Health Care Provider (BCLS - HCP). Current First Aid certification.

**Additional Required Qualifications**:
**Preferred Qualifications**:
Clear enunciation over the telephone, clear and concise written and oral communication skills, and well-developed problem solving and critical thinking skills will also be assets. Registration with the Alberta College of Social Workers or College of Alberta Psychologists preferred. Experience with customer service and assisting people with Tobacco cessation/addictions or lifestyle changes is an asset.