Rehabilitation Counsellor

**Requisition ID**: 391522

**Position Number**: 480-715751093-RC2-01

**Posting End Date**:November 07, 2025

**Employer**:**Southern Health-Santé Sud

**Site**:_ _Mental Health Program

**Union**:MGEU Prof Tech

**Department/Unit**: Mental Health & Addictions

**Work Location**:Mental Health - Portage la Prairie

**City**: Portage la Prairie

**Hiring Status**: Temporary

**FTE**: 1.0

**Employment arrangement**:In Person

**Daily hours worked**: 7.75 hrs

**Anticipated shift**: Days

**Annual base hours**:2015

**Anticipated Start Date - End Date**: To be determined - 08/31/2026

**Reason for Term**:_ _Maternity Leave / Parental Leave

**Salary**: As per MGEU Collective Agreement

Find your rewarding career in a vibrant and diverse community within Southern Health-Santé Sud. Our organization is privileged to provide care for people at every point in their lives.

Partnering with our communities, we provide safe, accessible and sustainable people-centered health care. We are proud to work in collaboration with all our partners within and throughout our diverse region: seven First Nations Communities, Francophone, Métis, Mennonite and Hutterite communities as well as a growing number of immigrants from all over the world.

Be part of the **Southern Health-Santé Sud team, who is rooted in what matters most.**Join**a region that offers a lifestyle like no other - a safe, peaceful, beautiful, fulfilling life for you and your family.
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Position Overview**:

- The Rehabilitation Counsellor provides intervention, treatment, and linkage to clients seeking addiction treatment within the Rapid Access to Addictions Medicine (RAAM) clinic. This position, while working within an integrated multi-disciplinary team and in partnership with other service providers, requires a commitment to a person
- centered, recovery-based care within the Mental Health & Addictions Program.- The incumbent exercises the appropriate level of initiative and independent judgment in determining work priorities, work methods to be employed and action to be taken on unusual matters. The position functions in a manner that is consistent with the mission, vision and values; and the policies of Southern Health-Santé Sud.

** Experience**:

- Experience working from a person-centered perspective and training.
- Experience in the utilization of Motivational Interviewing techniques is essential.
- Demonstrated experience and skills related to Addictions assessment, individual and group-counselling support to those affected.

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

- Graduate of an accredited post-secondary education in Health-Related Social Sciences (e.g. BSW, BScMH, OT, MACP, BScPN, BN, RPN). Other relevant four (4) year educational programs may be considered.
- Diploma in Applied Counseling with a minimum of two (2) years supervised addictions counselling experience is considered an asset.
- Certificate in Applied Suicide Intervention Skills (ASIST) or equivalent.
- Enrollment and/or completion of the Applied Counselling Certificate Program: Specialization in Addictions or its equivalent considered an asset.

**Certification/Licensure/Registration**:

- Active license and registration to practice as required by professional association and provincial Legislation.

**Qualifications and Skills**:

- Excellent organizational, interpersonal and oral communication, and documentation skills.
- Knowledge of the mental health system, mental health disorders, and demonstrated ability to work within complex systems are required.
- Demonstrates knowledge and skill related to individual and group counselling services to youth/adults whose primary concerns are addictions, mental health and co-occurring disorders.
- Demonstrated understanding of Substance Use, Abuse and Dependency.
- Demonstrated knowledge of crisis intervention techniques.
- Demonstrates skill and knowledge related to Motivational Interviewing techniques and coaching skills, CBT and DBT.
- Demonstrated ability to conduct bio-psychosocial assessments and collaborate with clients to design person-centered, strength-based treatment plans that reflect evidence-based practices and clinical skill.
- Demonstrated experience in planning, preparing, and presenting educational material.
- Ability to communicate respectfully and positively with clients and staff and presents self in an approachable and friendly manner.
- Demonstrates a genuine enthusiasm for person-centered care and demonstrates empathy and compassion.
- Exhibits the ability to respond to client requests and crises in a responsible, timely, and flexible manner.
- Ability to match treatment services to client’s unique circumstances.
- Demonstrated ability to maintain current and accurate confidential records of client files.
- Demonstrates the ability to balance the needs of clients, other staff persons, those of the organization as well a strong commitment to self-care.
- Demonstrates enthusiasm for ongoing professional developme