Intake Counsellor

**Montreal Day Center**

Under the supervision of the Centre Director and the Admissions Coordinator, the Intake Counsellor manages all activities related to data collection, service requests and admissions.

**RESPONSIBILITIES**
- Ensures that all of the organization’s policies and procedures are followed and prioritizes the quality of care provided, as well as the safety and well-being of residents, in all tasks performed, actions taken and documents prepared
- Is vigilant with regards to the safety of Portage staff and residents, immediately reports any dangerous situation and any accident or incident involving one or many residents
- Ensures that all tasks and actions performed focus on the safety and well-being of residents
- Ensures that future residents have provided all the required documents for their admission
- Welcomes the future residents, evaluates their demand, motivation and criteria
- Completes the program eligibility questionnaire for external applicants and those who are incarcerated
- Updates relevant information in the resident’s database
- Refers residents to external resources
- Represent Portage in the community network and report on the action plan to the Admissions Coordinator
- Complete monthly statistics reports for admissions and present them at the team meeting
- Fulfills any other related task at the request of his or her immediate supervisor

**REQUIRED PROFILE**
- Hold a college degree (DEC) or a university degree in addiction, substance abuse, or in a related field
- 2 years of pertinent experience in a similar position
- Demonstrated skills in oral and written communications in both English and French
- Good knowledge of Microsoft Office: Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, and Excel
- Capacity to negotiate, persuade and work under tight deadlines
- Autonomy, empathy, organizational skills, initiative, excellent analytical and evaluation capacity

**OTHER INFORMATION**
- **Job type**: Permanent, full-time position
- **Schedule**: Day shift from Monday to Friday
- **Salary**: as per company’s salary scale
- **Benefits**: group insurance, RRSP, 4 weeks of vacation/year, 13 statutory holidays/year, accumulation of sick days
- **Other benefits **:parking on-site

**_ The use of the masculine gender is for the sole purpose of lightening the text_**

**_ Please note that only selected applicants will be contacted_**

**Montreal Day Center**
1640 rue Saint-Antoine Ouest, Montréal, Québec, H3J 1A1

514-939-0202