Community Addictions Worker Jobs

Requisition ID: 343614

Position Number: 20060713

Posting End Date: August 31, 2023

City: Winnipeg

Site: WRHA Community Health Services

Work Location: 1041 Portage Ave

Department / Unit: WRHA - Women's Treatment & Community Ser

Job Stream: Clinical

Union: MGEU AFM

Anticipated Start Date - End Date: ASAP - Indefinite

Reason for Term: Other Leave

FTE: 1.00

Anticipated Shift: Days

Daily Hours Worked: 7.25

Annual Base Hours: 1885

Salary: $31.043 , $32.158 , $33.314 , $34.567 , $35.850 , $37.260

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Position Overview

Reporting to the supervisor, the Community Addictions Worker provides assessment, individual and group counselling. This position requires a commitment to a client-centred philosophy and approach to the development, provision and support of Winnipeg Regional Health Authority (WRHA).

The Community Addictions Worker Will Demonstrate The Following

• Demonstrates a strong commitment to personal and professional ethics, integrity and responsibility.
• Recognizes the importance of regular individual and team supervision meetings.
• Demonstrates enthusiasm for ongoing professional development activities and engages in reciprocal learning experiences with colleagues and supervisors.
• Ability to communicate respectfully and positively with clients and staff and presents self in an approachable and friendly manner.
• Demonstrates a commitment to the agency's mission, vision, values, and objectives.
• Demonstrates active listening abilities, is coachable and responds positively to supervision.
• Ability to manage one’s own emotions and strong feelings; maintain a calm and tactful composure under a broad range of challenging circumstances; think clearly and stay focused under pressure.
• Demonstrates the ability to balance the needs of clients, other staff persons and those of the organization.
• Works collaboratively in the context of a provincial organization, with numerous colleagues, to ensure a consistent WRHA approach.
• Demonstrates a genuine enthusiasm for client-centred care and demonstrates empathy and compassion.
• Exhibits the ability to respond to client requests and crises in a responsible, timely and flexible manner.
• Awareness of the unique circumstances and needs of people in addictions treatment.

Experience

• A minimum of one year supervised counseling experience (or volunteer experience); working in the addictions field an asset or a Diploma in applied counseling with a minimum of two years supervised counselling experience (or volunteer experience).

Education (Degree/Diploma/Certificate)

• A Bachelor’s Degree in the Social Sciences or related field.

Qualifications And Skills

• Experience working from a client-centred perspective and training and/or experience in the utilization of Motivational Interviewing techniques is essential.
• Excellent organizational, interpersonal and oral communication and documentation skills.
• The ability to communicate in French will be considered an asset.
• Demonstrated ability working within and contributing to a positive team environment is required. Effective communication and problem-solving skills are required.
• An understanding of, and sensitivity to, working with culturally diverse populations is essential.
• Demonstrated knowledge and skills related to assessment, individual and group counselling.
• Knowledge of the addictions and mental health fields and demonstrated ability to work within a complex system of services are required.
• Experience in planning, preparing and presenting educational material is an asset.

This term position may end earlier as outlined in your collective agreement.

This position requires a current satisfactory Criminal Records Check (including Vulnerable Sector Search), Child Abuse Registry Check and Adult Abuse Registry Check as conditions of employment. The successful candidate will be responsible for any service charges incurred. A security check is considered current if it was obtained no more than six (6) months prior to the start of employment.

Please note that an employee is not permitted to hold two or more positions across the WRHA legal entity that combine to equal more than 1.0 EFT. The WRHA legal entity includes Churchill Health Centre, Deer Lodge Centre, Grace Hospital, Middlechurch Home of Winnipeg, Pan Am Clinic, River Park Gardens, Victoria General Hospital, WRHA corporate programs, and WRHA community health services.

Interviewed candidates may be called upon to participate in a skills assessment.

Any application received after the closing time will not be included in the competition.

We welcome applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available upon request during the assessment and selection process.