Position OverviewCalian Health is seeking a full-time Addictions Counsellor with interest and experience in providing outpatient addictions services. As a member of the multi-disciplinary team, you would provide addictions counselling services to Canadian Armed Forces members in their exclusive outpatient clinic located on Canadian Forces Base Esquimalt.
Responsibilities - Assessing substance-use disorders, including differential assessment of concurrent disorder
- Assessing process addictions, such as pathological gambling, sexual behaviour, and gaming
- Participating in the development of a treatment plan with the client and the inter-disciplinary health care team to address the clients' addiction
- Providing therapeutic interventions such as Secondary Substance-Abuse Intervention Programs consistent with the established addiction assessment for the client in an individual or group setting
- Evaluating the effectiveness of the counselling program, interventions, and the client's progressing in resolving identified problems and movement toward personalized objectives
- Facilitating educational activities and group interventions such as pre-deployment briefings, psychosocial services overview presentations, and group psycho-education sessions
- Delivery of psycho-educational sessions such as addiction-free living
- Creating and maintaining confidential client reports on treatment services
Qualifications - Must have a Diploma or Bachelor Degree in Nursing; or Bachelor Degree Psychiatric Nursing; or Bachelor or Master Degree in Social Work; or Master Degree in Psychology from a recognized university
- Must be either a Registered Social Worker, Registered Nurse, Registered Psychiatric Nurse, or Registered Psychologist
- Must hold registration with the appropriate licensing body in British Columbia.
- Must have a minimum of 2 years post-graduate experience within the last 5 years performing a range of clinical services including addictions assessment, treatment planning, individual therapy, and group therapy for an adult population
- Current certification or willingness to obtain CPR Level C with AED
Additional RequirementsYou will be able to obtain a Government Security Clearance at the Reliability level
Compensation range: $58-61/hr
Security clearances - A security clearance and/or vulnerable sector screening might be required for this position.
- Our recruiter will walk you through the security clearance requirement and process.
