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Job Duties:
-provide addiction assessement, counselling and referral services to assigned clients
-to facilitate an addictions support group to identified clients
-To provide case management function, counselling support, life skills coaching and assessment of clients skills in accordance with individual treatment plans to individuals who are in the program
-ability to work independently in the community
Education: preference for university degree in psychology or social work which is supplemented by addiction counselling training/experience
Experience: a minimum of 3 years related work experience.
Essential Skills
- Document use
- Writing
- Oral communication
- Working with others
- Decision making
- Critical thinking
- Job task planning and organizing
- Finding information
- Computer use
Transportation/Travel Information
- Own transportation
- Own vehicle
- Valid driver's licence
Credentials (certificates, licences, memberships, courses, etc.)
- First Aid Certificate
- Chemical Dependency Counselling Training/Certification
- Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST)
Additional Skills
- Administrative and office activities
Type of Community or Social Service
- Personal and social adjustment and health (substance abuse, gambling, behaviour disorders)
- Socio-economic needs or conditions (housing, nutrition, unemployment, financial assistance)
- Services for the homeless
Specific Skills
- Appraise clients' needs or eligibility for specific services
- Conduct follow-up assessments
- Assist in evaluating the effectiveness of treatment programs
Work Setting
- Social service agency
Security and Safety
- Criminal record check (abstract)
- Driver's validity licence check
Target Groups or Clients
- Persons with mental health disabilities
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