Rehabilitation Counsellor Men's Treatment & Community Services Repost
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Job Summary
Requisition ID: 391262
Position Number:
Posting End Date: Open until filled
City: Winnipeg
Employer: Winnipeg Regional Health Authority
Site:WRHA Community Health Services - 146 Magnus Avenue RiverPoint Center
Department / Unit: WRHA - Mens Treatment & Community Servi
Job Stream: Clinical
Union: MAHCP
Anticipated Start Date: ASAP
FTE:1.00
Anticipated Shift:Days;Evenings;Weekends
Work Arrangement: In Person
Daily Hours Worked: 7.25
Annual Base Hours: 1885
Salary: $43.004 $44.956 $46.997 $49.131 $51.359 $52.900 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
Grow your career in the Winnipeg Health Region! Our team provides a spectrum of health care services through an integrated network of sites services and organizations. Were united by a shared commitment to excellent and equitable health care.
Position Overview
Reporting to the Mens In-House program Supervisor the Rehabilitation Counsellor provides individual and group counselling to adult males experiencing dependent alcohol and drug use. This position requires a commitment to a client-centred philosophy and approach to the development provision and support of Winnipeg Regional Health Authority (WRHA) programs and client services.
The Rehabilitation Counsellor will work as a member of the Mens In-House team and will demonstrate the following:
- Ability to communicate respectfully and positively with clients and staff and presents self in an approachable and friendly manner.
- 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.
- Demonstrates the ability to balance the needs of clients other staff persons and those of the organization.
- Demonstrates enthusiasm for ongoing professional development activities and engages in reciprocal learning experiences with colleagues and supervisors.
- Recognizes the importance of regular individual and team supervision meetings.
- Demonstrates active listening abilities is coachable and responds positively to supervision.
- Works collaboratively in the context of a provincial organization with numerous colleagues to ensure a consistent WRHA approach.
- Demonstrates a strong commitment to personal and professional ethics integrity and responsibility.
- Ability to manage ones 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.
- Awareness of the unique circumstances and needs of men in addictions treatment.
- Demonstrates a commitment to the agencys mission vision values and objectives.
Experience
- Minimum of one year supervised counselling experience (or volunteer experience) from a family systems perspective is essential working in the addictions field is an asset or a diploma in Applied Counselling with a minimum of two years supervised counselling experience or volunteer experience (working with families preferred).
- Experience working from a client-centred perspective is essential.
- Training and /or experience in the utilization of Motivational Interviewing techniques and experience in developing planning preparing and facilitating educational material and services and experience in organizing community activities are required.
Education (Degree/Diploma/Certificate)
- A Bachelors degree in the Social Sciences or related field.
Certification/Licensure/Registration
- Active member in good standing of an associated regulatory body.
Qualifications and Skills
- Demonstrated knowledge and skills related to assessment individual and group counselling; excellent organizational interpersonal and oral communication and documentation skills; knowledge of the addictions and mental health fields and demonstrated ability to work within a complex system of services are required.
- 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.
- Fluency in English (ability to communicate in French and Indigenous languages including Ojibway and Cree is considered an asset).
Physical Requirements
- This position may require the ability to work some evenings and weekends with varying hours.
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 Golden West Centennial Lodge 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.
Wewelcome applications from people with disabilities. Accommodationsare available upon request during the assessment and selection process.
Key Skills
- Experience Working With Students
- Organizational skills
- Classroom Management
- Behavioral Health
- Classroom Experience
- Mediation Experience
- Special Education
- Conflict Management
- Teaching
- Experience with Children
- Public Speaking
- Word Processing
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