Case Manager, Addictions Specialist

**CASE MANAGER, ADDICTIONS SPECIALIST**

**Integrated Service Team (IST) - Toronto East Team**

**One (1) Bargaining Unit,**

**Full-Time, Permanent Role**

**About Cota**

Cota is an accredited, not-for-profit, community-based organization that has been supporting adults with mental health and cognitive challenges to live well within their communities for over 45 years. We provide person-centred support to help individuals find inspiration and hope in themselves, so they are better able to pursue meaningful change in their lives. We also work collaboratively with our funders, our partners and other stakeholders, across the provincial health and social service systems, to inspire positive change in the way services are delivered to individuals living with mental health and cognitive challenges.

**Role Overview**

We are seeking a dynamic and innovative professional. You should be passionate about supporting the delivery of safe, recovery oriented, client & family centered comprehensive services in manner that meets client needs. You will be excited to work within a quality improvement framework to identify opportunities for enhancing client outcomes as we continue to inspire and provide excellent support to our clients.

**About the Team**:
The Toronto East Integrated Service Team is comprised of Case Managers who have expertise in Acquired Brain Injuries, Mental Health, Mental Health & Justice, Dual Diagnosis, Geriatric Mental Health, Addictions and Nursing.

**About the role**:
The Addictions Case Manager will contribute to the development of comprehensive client-centered assessments and treatment plans and provide community-based case management supports to an assigned group of clients, including education, crisis intervention, and linking to community resources. This position also will provide social/ educational and addiction group activities. The Case Manager will have specific education and expertise that enables them to offer education and information regarding harm reduction strategies, motivating clients to change addictive behavior, and relapse prevention.

**Summary of Duties**:

- Conduct face-to-face assessments with clients at their locations including but not limited to home, shelters and hospitals
- Interact directly with referral source, physicians, and other services involved in client’s care
- Initiate services to clients at the point of intake to ensure that proper assessment and initial service response occurs
- Develop coordinated care plans with/ for clients and complete the Ontario Common Assessment of Need (OCAN) and other assessments as required
- Collaborate with other systems, organizations and individuals from courts, probation, short-term residential beds program, hospital and community to ensure a well-coordinated service system
- Record client status/progress using the appropriate documentation system

**Summary of Qualifications**
- A minimum of Bachelor’s degree in a relevant discipline (i.e. Psychology, Social Work, etc.),

**AND**
- Post-graduate certificate or diploma in Addictions from an accredited educational institution required
- One year of experience in a position identified as Addictions Specialist
- Experience working with people living with concurrent disorders (addiction and serious mental illness) is an asset
- Competence in providing recovery oriented services: assessments, crisis intervention, basic support, treatment
- Experience, alignment and commitment to harm reduction
- Knowledge of substance use interventions
- Competence in planning, implementing and evaluating group activities
- Demonstrated ability to use problem-solving techniques to identify and assess client need and develop appropriate intervention strategies
- Excellent knowledge of community resources and demonstrated ability to negotiate with others on behalf of clients
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Excellent clinical judgement and decision-making skills, including a keen awareness of client-clinician boundary issues

**Other Requirements and Working Conditions**:

- Conduct visits in the clients’ homes, hostels, hospitals and other community settings working in sometimes difficult conditions, including hoarding and pest infestations
- Comfortable working with a broad range of client groups
- Adhere to Cota’s COVID-19 Vaccination Status Disclosure policy
- Proof of Full COVID-19 Vaccination status is required as a pre-condition of employment

**Application Details**:
**Cota’s Values & Commitment**

Cota’s core values of Hope, Respect, Dedication, Collaboration and Innovation are at centre of who we are and what we do.

As an equal opportunity employer, we remain dedicated to sustaining an experienced workforce that reflects Cota’s commitment to recognising everyone’s contributions, respect of everyone’s dignity, unique experience and potentials.

Cota will not condone or tolerate any acts of discrimination or harassment under any of the grounds pro