Human Services Counsellor Withdrawal Mgmt Services

1 week ago

Toronto, Ontario, Canada St. Michael's Hospital Full time

As a member of our interprofessional Withdrawal Management Services team, the Human Services Counsellor plays an important role in supporting people who use drugs and/or alcohol who have expressed interest in temporarily abstaining from using and are seeking residential withdrawal management services.

Duties & Responsibilities

  • Develops therapeutic relationships with people who use drugs and/or alcohol who have a goal to withdraw safely from substances
  • Completes new client intakes, program transfers and discharges
  • Maintains therapeutic milieu for residential WMS clients throughout their stay in the program
  • Completes assessments of mental status, suicide risk and substance use
  • Monitors clients for signs and symptoms of overdose, intoxication and withdrawal
  • Develops collaborative care plans with community services and supports
  • Engages in treatment planning activities including making inquiries about available community resources, completing referral forms, monitoring service delivery
  • Providing individual motivational interviewing counselling and psychoeducation around substance use
  • Co-facilitating evidence-informed group interventions including seeking safety,
  • Provides crisis prevention and intervention as required
  • Engages in transfer of accountability/shift report reports
  • Completes clinical documentation

Qualifications

  • Successful completion of college diploma program in Human Service Addiction Studies, Social Service Worker, Mental Health studies required
  • Successful completion of university degree in arts or sciences considered an asset
  • Successfully completed post graduate certificate in addictions and mental health considered an asset
  • Previous experience working in an addiction counselling role considered an asset
  • Excellent knowledge of best practices in addictions care and treatment required
  • Excellent knowledge of community resources for people who use drugs and/or alcohol required
  • Excellent therapeutic relationship and collaborative care planning skills required
  • Excellent interprofessional teamworking collaboration, problem solving and conflict management skills required
  • Very good understanding of the social determinants of health, anti-oppressive and trauma informed practice required
  • Proficiency in using Microsoft suite and computerized clinical documentation systems required

Hours

  • Must be willing to work 12 hour day and evening shifts on a rotational basis

Unity Health Toronto is committed to creating an accessible and inclusive organization. We strive to provide a recruitment process that is barrier-free and in compliance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA) and the Ontario Human Rights Code. We understand that you may require an accommodation at any stage of the recruitment process. When you are contacted, please inform the Talent Acquisition Specialist and we will work with you to meet your accommodation needs. We want to emphasize that all accommodation requests are handled with the utmost confidentiality, respecting your privacy and dignity.

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