Job Order Detail

Description

Position #: 9003095

Expected Start Date: April 13, 2026

Union: HSAS

Facility: Community Services 20th Street

City/Town: Saskatoon

Department: Opioid Addiction Treatment Clinic

Type: Full-time regular

FTE: 1

Shift Information: Days, Evenings

Hours of Work: 14 shifts of 8 hours per 3 weeks

Relief: No

Float: No

Field Hours: No

Salary or Pay Band: Pay Band Addictions Counsellor - Diploma $29.584 to $36.176

Travel Required: Yes

Job Description: Reporting to the Manager, the Addictions Counsellor Diploma is accountable for providing Adult Addictions Counselling which may include any of the following: screening, assessment and referral, individual counselling and brief support, education presentations, multidisciplinary team and community collaboration. The Addictions Counsellor Diploma will provide services consistent with the current Provincial Clinical Addiction Service Model and Saskatchewan Health Authority values and standards of care. "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

Education
- Chemical Dependency diploma
Licenses
- Valid Class 5 driver's license
Other Education and Training
- Completed social sciences or human services discipline acceptable to employer
Competencies
- Intermediate - Computer skills
- Intermediate - Leadership skills
- Advanced - Communication, writing, presentation and interpersonal skills.
Knowledge and Abilities
- Knowledge of relapse prevention
- knowledge of case management principles
- Ability to integrate knowledge/ implement strategies to support healthy living
- Knowledge in Transtheoretical model of change
- Knowledge of medication to support substance use disorders
- Knowledge of mental health issues
- Client-centered screening, assessment and recovery planni...
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