Rehabilitation Counsellor

**Requisition ID**: 337099

**Position Number**: 21002082

**Posting End Date**: May 23, 2023

**City**: Winnipeg

**Site**: WRHA Community Health Services

**Work Location**: Winnipeg Corporate

**Department / Unit**: WRHA - Women's Treatment & Community Ser

**Job Stream**: Clinical

**Union**: MGEU AFM

**Anticipated Start Date**: 05/12/2023

**FTE**: 1.00

**Anticipated Shift**: ASAP

**Daily Hours Worked**: 7.25

**Annual Base Hours**: 1885

**Salary**:$29.510, $30.570, $31.670, $32.860, $34.080, $35.420
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**Position Overview**:
Reporting to the Women’s In-House program Supervisor, the Rehabilitation Counsellor provides individual and group counselling to adult females experiencing dependent alcohol and drug use. This position requires a commitment to a client-centred philosophy and approach to the development, provision and support of Winnipeg Regional Health Authority (WRHA) programs and client services.

The Rehabilitation Counsellor will work as a member of the Women’s In-House team and will demonstrate the following:

- Ability to communicate respectfully and positively with clients and staff and presents self in an approachable and friendly manner.
- Demonstrates a genuine enthusiasm for client-centred care and demonstrates empathy and compassion.
- Exhibits the ability to respond to client requests and crises in a responsible, timely and flexible manner.
- Demonstrates the ability to balance the needs of clients, other staff persons and those of the organization.
- Demonstrates enthusiasm for ongoing professional development activities and engages in reciprocal learning experiences with colleagues and supervisors.
- Recognizes the importance of regular individual and team supervision meetings.
- Demonstrates active listening abilities, is coachable and responds positively to supervision.
- Works collaboratively in the context of a provincial organization, with numerous colleagues, to ensure a consistent WRHA approach.
- Demonstrates a strong commitment to personal and professional ethics, integrity and responsibility.
- Ability to manage one’s own emotions and strong feelings; maintain a calm and tactful composure under a broad range of challenging circumstances; think clearly and stay focused under pressure.
- Awareness of the unique circumstances and needs of women in addictions treatment.
- Demonstrates a commitment to the agency's mission, vision, values, and objectives.

**Note: Preference will be given to female applicants due to the nature of the client demographic.**

**Experience**:

- Minimum of one year supervised counselling experience (or volunteer experience) from a family systems perspective is essential, working in the addictions field is an asset or a Diploma in Applied Counselling with a minimum of two years supervised counselling experience or volunteer experience (working with families preferred).
- Experience working from a client-centred perspective is essential.
- Training and /or experience in the utilization of Motivational Interviewing techniques and experience in developing, planning, preparing and facilitating educational material and services and experience in organizing community activities are required.

**Education (Degree/Diploma/Certificate)**:

- A Bachelor’s Degree in the Social Sciences or related field.

**Certification/Licensure/Registration**:
Not applicable

**Qualifications and Skills**:

- Demonstrated knowledge and skills related to assessment, individual and group counselling; excellent organizational, interpersonal and oral communication and documentation skills; knowledge of the addictions and mental health fields and demonstrated ability to work within a complex system of services are required.
- Demonstrated ability working within and contributing to a positive team environment is required.
- Effective communication and problem-solving skills are required.
- An understanding of, and sensitivity to, working with culturally diverse populations is essential.
- Fluency in English (ability to communicate in French and Indigenous languages including Ojibway and Cree is considered an asset).

**Physical Requirements**:

- This position may require the ability to work some evenings and weekends with varying hours.
- Please note that an employee is not permitted to hold two or more positions across the WRHA legal entity that combine to equal more than 1.0 EFT._ _The WRHA legal entity includes Churchill Health Centre, Deer Lodge Centre, Grace Hospital, Middlechurch Home of Winnipeg, Pan Am Clinic, River Park Gardens, Victoria General Hospital, WRHA corporate programs, and WRHA community health services._