Rehabilitation Counsellor

**Requisition ID**:346370

**Position Number**:20049494

**Posting End Date**:October 16,2023

**City**:Brandon

**Site**:Shared Health

**Work Location**:AFM - Brandon

**Department / Unit**:SH - Brandon/Southwest School Based Prog

**Job Stream**:Clinical

**Union**:SHMGEU AFM

**Anticipated Start Date - End Date**:11/16/2023** - **03/31/2024

**Reason for Term**:Other Leave

**FTE**: 1.00

**Anticipated Shift**: Days

**Daily Hours Worked**:8.00

**Annual Base Hours**:1885

**Salary**:$32.614, $33.785, $34.999, $36.316, $37.664, $39.145

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 Overview**:
Reporting to the Program Supervisor, the Rehabilitation Counsellor provides a wide variety of Shared Health services within the Brandon SD as part of the Enhanced Mental Health and Addictions Program. The focus of this position is to provide counselling, education, and support services to individuals, families and the community related to alcohol, drugs and gambling. This position requires a commitment to a client
- centred philosophy and approach to the development, provision, and support of Shared Health programs and services.

The Rehabilitation Counsellor will work as a member of the Enhanced Mental Health and Addictions Program 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 Directors.
- Recognizes the importance of regular 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 Shared Health 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.
- Demonstrates a commitment to the agency's mission, vision, values, and objectives.

**Experience**:

- Minimum of one year supervised counseling experience (or volunteer experience).
- Experience working in the addictions field an asset or a Diploma in applied counseling with a minimum of two years supervised counselling experience (or volunteer experience).
- Experience working from a client-centred perspective is essential.
- Training and/or experience in the utilization of Motivational Interviewing techniques and experience in planning, preparing and presenting educational material is an asset.

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

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

**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.
- The ability to communicate in French will be considered an asset.

This term position may end earlier as outlined in your collective agreement.

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.