Job Description

Your Opportunity:

Addiction Services Edmonton (ASE) is an outpatient clinic located within Edmonton\'s inner city. We provide addiction and mental health services to individuals, couples, and families who have been impacted by Addictions and Mental Health. This clinic offers walk-in screening/assessment, individual addiction counselling, group support and treatment, psychiatry, and a 3-week day treatment program. This Addiction Counselor will work as a member of an interdisciplinary team that provides quality client-focused, recovery-orientated, and concurrent capable care to individuals within Addiction and Mental Health. The successful candidate will provide a range of services including intake screening, assessment, care planning, treatment, case management, crisis intervention, and group facilitation.

Description:

As an Addiction Counsellor III, you will provide quality, client focused, recovery based and culturally appropriate assessment, treatment, case management, crisis intervention, education and referral services for clients and their families; as well as community stabilization services. You will develop and implement treatment plans and provide a range of interventions which offer least intrusive and most appropriate services to clients and their families. You will also monitor and evaluate client progress and achievement of recovery goals and adapt treatment as needed. As an Addiction Counsellor III, you will depend on your excellent relationship building skills with clients, families, government staff and colleagues.

• Classification: Addictions Counselor III
• Union: HSAA Facility PROF/TECH
• Unit and Program: Addiction and Mental Health Services
• Primary Location: Addictions Services Edmonton
• Location Details: As Per Location
• Multi-Site: Not Applicable
• FTE: 1.00
• Posting End Date: 05-JUN-2023
• Temporary Employee Class: Temporary Full Time
• Date Available: 15-JUN-2023
• Temporary End Date: 24-NOV-2023
• Hours per Shift: 7.75
• Length of Shift in weeks: 2
• Shifts per cycle: 10
• Shift Pattern: Days, Evenings
• Days Off: Saturday/Sunday
• Minimum Salary: $37.62
• Maximum Salary: $48.56
• Vehicle Requirement: Not Applicable

Required Qualifications:

Completion of a bachelor\'s degree in Addictions or a combination of a bachelor\'s degree in a related field with course work in addictions. A related degree combined with a diploma related to addictions, or an equivalent combination of education and experience, may be considered. Individuals eligible for registration under the Health Professions Act must maintain active registration. Individuals may require authorization/permission under regulation to perform restricted psychosocial interventions and/or restricted activities. Additional Required Qualifications:

Completion of a bachelor\'s degree in Addictions or a combination of a bachelor\'s degree in a related field with coursework in addictions. A related degree combined with a diploma related to addictions, or an equivalent combination of education and experience, may be considered. Individuals eligible for registration under the Health Professions Act must maintain active registration. Individuals may require authorization/permission under regulation to perform restricted psychosocial interventions and/or restricted activities. A minimum of 3 years of community Mental Health and Addictions experience. Basic Cardiac Life Support- Healthcare Provider (BCLS-HCP). Preferred Qualifications:

A strong understanding of client resources in the community and knowledge of mental health legislation including Community Treatment Orders is an asset. Training and experience in evidence-informed counselling methods.

Please note:

All postings close at 23:59 MT of the posting end date indicated.

Security Screening:

A satisfactory criminal record check and/or Vulnerable Sector Search is required prior to your first day of work. Additionally, all employees have an ongoing duty to disclose any charges or convictions that may occur during their employment with AHS.

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We\'re passionate about what we do. Our team of skilled and dedicated health care professionals, support staff, and physicians promote wellness and provide health care every day, all across Alberta.

Everything we do at AHS reflects a patient and family centred approach; it\'s about putting patients\' and families\' experiences, priorities and trust first.

We are an equal opportunity employer. AHS values the diversity of the people and communities we serve and is committed to attracting, engaging and developing a diverse and inclusive workforce.

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