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Description

Position #: 151998

Expected Start Date: January 06, 2025

Union: HSAS

Facility: La Ronge Health Centre

City/Town: La Ronge

Department: Addiction Services Community Clinics & Programs

Type: Full-time regular

FTE: 1

Shift Information: Days

Hours of Work:  224 hours per 6 weeks

Float: No

Field Hours: Yes

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

Travel Required: Yes

Job Description: Restores, maintains and enhances the recovery of clients seeking help for addiction and/or addiction related impacts by implementing various modalities of addiction recovery programs.

Human Resources Exemption: No

Experience
- An equivalent of education and experience may be considered
Education
- Addictions Counselling diploma
Licenses
- Valid Class 5 driver's license
Competencies
- Advanced - Problem solving skills
Knowledge and Abilities
- Ability to screen for addictions and/or addiction related symptoms
- Knowledge of addictions interventions involving drugs, alcohol or tobacco
- Knowledge in Transtheoretical model of change
- Knowledge in various mental health and addiction and harm reduction strategies
- Knowledge in holistic addictions treatment model
- Knowledge in co-current disorders and issues related to gambling addictions
- Knowledge in applying a cognitive-behavioral or other major modes of therapy
- Knowledge in group dynamics
- Demonstrate knowledge in addiction(s) and their effects on the individual.
- Knowledge in Developmental Model of Recovery
- Knowledge in factors affecting family dynamics
- Ability to work as a member of a multi-disciplinary team
Other Information
- For more information on the town of La Ronge please visit https://www.laronge.ca/
- La Ronge is located approximately 241 km north of Prince Albert
- Preference to HSAS members as per the SAHO/HSAS Collective Agreement


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