addictions worker

Thunder Bay Indigenous Friendship Centre
ON, CA
$60K a year
Permanent
  • Durée de l'emploi : Permanent
  • Langue de travail : Anglais
  • Heures de travail : 35 hours per week
  • Education :
  • Expérience :

Education

  • College / CEGEP
  • or equivalent experience

Work setting

  • Urban area
  • Community agency
  • Drug and alcohol rehabilitation centre
  • Various locations
  • Correctional facility
  • Hospital / medical facility or clinic
  • Social service or charity agency
  • Community centre
  • Associations and non profit organizations

Tasks

  • Prepare reports or case histories
  • Administrative and office activities
  • Appraise clients' needs or eligibility for specific services
  • Assess offenders' prospects for successful reintegration into the community
  • Develop specialized rehabilitation programs
  • Perform administrative tasks
  • Plan rehabilitation programs with offenders, establishing rules of conduct, goals and objectives
  • Implement life skills workshops
  • Plan rehabilitation programs with offenders
  • Refer offenders to community and social services programs
  • Advise and counsel inmates regarding their problems
  • Assess client's relevant skill strengths and development needs
  • Interview probationer and parolees regularly to evaluate their progress
  • Conduct follow-up assessments
  • Evaluate offenders' progress
  • Recommend actions when probation or parole is violated
  • Develop, co-ordinate and implement the delivery of specific services within the community
  • Housekeeping activities
  • Food preparation
  • Provide suicide and crisis intervention
  • Resolve conflict situations
  • Implement substance abuse treatment programs
  • Implement behaviour management programs
  • Conduct individual and group counselling sessions
  • Establish registry of special needs support workers
  • Liaise with other social services agencies and health care providers involved with clients
  • Maintain program statistics for purposes of evaluation and research
  • Assist in evaluating the effectiveness of treatment programs
  • Screen, recruit and train volunteers and support staff
  • Assist clients / guests with special needs
  • Accompany clients to appointments and social outings
  • Manage events
  • Manage knowledge
  • Offer mentoring

Supervision

  • 1 to 2 people
  • 3-4 people
  • 5-10 people
  • 11-15 people
  • 16-20 people
  • Working groups

Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses

  • First Aid Certificate
  • CPR Certificate
  • Food Safety Certificate

Target audience

  • Aboriginal groups
  • Persons with mental health disabilities
  • Street population

Computer and technology knowledge

  • Electronic mail
  • MS Office

Area of work experience

Community service organization

Security and safety

  • Criminal record check
  • Driving record check (abstract)

Transportation / travel information

  • Own transportation
  • Valid driver's licence

Work conditions and physical capabilities

  • Ability to work independently
  • Fast-paced environment
  • Work under pressure
  • Physically demanding
  • Tight deadlines
  • Attention to detail
  • Large workload
  • Combination of sitting, standing, walking
  • Large caseload

Personal suitability

  • Accurate
  • Efficient interpersonal skills
  • Excellent oral communication
  • Interpersonal awareness
  • Judgement
  • Values and ethics
  • Client focus
  • Excellent written communication
  • Flexibility
  • Initiative
  • Team player
  • Organized
  • Dependability
  • Reliability

Screening questions

Do you have previous experience in this field of employment?

Experience

Experience an asset

Health benefits

  • Dental plan
  • Health care plan
  • Vision care benefits

Financial benefits

Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP)

Other benefits

Other benefits

Support for Indigenous people

  • Participates in a government or community program or initiative that supports Indigenous people
  • Offers mentorship, coaching and / or networking opportunities for Indigenous workers
  • Develops and maintains relationships with indigenous communities, indigenous-owned businesses and organizations
  • Provides cultural competency training and / or awareness training to all employees to create a welcoming work environment for Indigenous workers
  • Facilitates access to Elders who can offer support and guidance to Indigenous workers
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