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Description

Position #: 120937

Expected Start Date: September 29, 2025

Union: HSAS

Facility: Nurses Alumni Wing

City/Town: Saskatoon

Department: Mental Health Community Clinics & Programs - Specialized Youth Programs

Type: Full-time regular

FTE: 1

Shift Information: Days, Evenings, Weekends

Hours of Work: 224 hours per 6 weeks

Relief: No

Float: No

Field Hours: Yes

Salary or Pay Band: Pay Band Addictions Counsellor - Degree Senior $37.272 to $45.575

Travel Required: Yes

Job Description: The purpose of this position is to provide a substance management program for youth within the criminal justice system. The incumbent will navigate the demands of providing substance management services in young offender custody facilities and community placements. The incumbent will be expected to work as a member the Young Offender Program team within Mental Health & Addiction Services (MHAS). The incumbent will develop assessment, treatment and consultation services, within a youth forensic milieu, that focus on substance management issues. The incumbent will use the Biopsychosocial and Transtheoretical Model of Change frameworks to carry out substance abuse/addiction assessments in preparing reports that may be submitted to youth court and/or to other agencies. The incumbent may testify in court on their assessments. This position will be supervised by the Senior MSW of the Young Offender Program. The position will report to the Manager, Youth Resource Centre, MHAS. "Preference for this position will be given to HSAS members in accordance with the terms and conditions of the SAHO/HSAS Collective Agreement"

Human Resources Exemption: No

Experience
- Two years experience with substance management services within forensic settings
Education
- Bachelor of Chemical Dependency
Other Education and Training
- Completed social sciences or human services disci...
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