Employment Information
- Post ID: 419387269
- Open Date: June 12, 2025
- Close Date: August 23, 2025 (open for 71 days)
- Organization: Battlefords Treatment Centre
- Sector: Health & Wellness
- Business Location:North Battleford, Saskatchewan, Canada
- Total Views: 269
- Ad Active Duration: 0 calendar days (1 business days)
- Last Updated: 22 hours ago
- Job URL: https://newpeople.ca/jobs/saskatchewan/north-battleford/419387269/addictions-counsellor/
Job Details
- Experience: 2 years - 3 years
- Job Vacancies: 2
- Compensation: $58,000 to $62,000 annually (To be negotiated) / 40 hours per week
- Anticipated Start Date: : 2025-06-23
- Apply by: email to [email protected]
- Education: College certificate or diploma more than 2 years
Job Description
Tasks
- Examine the behaviour
- Interview clients, prepare case histories and assess problems
- Record observations
- Write progress reports
- Prepare a treatment plan for each patient
- Provide education to clients regarding health promotion and injury prevention, management and treatment
- Provide therapy
- Counsel individuals and groups to achieve more effective personal, social and vocational development and adjustment
- Apply psychological theory and principles regarding behaviour and mental processes
- Develop and implement counselling and intervention programs to assist clients in determining goals and means of attaining them
- Counsel clients, provide therapy and mediation services, and facilitate group sessions
- Maintain accurate records
- Plan intervention programs
- Follow up results of counselling programs and clients’ adjustment
- Prepare assessment, progress, follow-up and court reports
- Help clients manage physical illness and disorders
- Identify additional/alternative services and provide referrals
Experience and specialization
Computer and technology knowledge
- Electronic medical records
- MS Excel
- MS Outlook
- MS PowerPoint
- MS Windows
- MS Word
- MS Office
Type of treatment experience
- Behaviour modification or behavioural therapy
- Client-centered or humanistic/experiential therapy
- Cognitive therapy
- Crisis intervention counselling
Additional information
Security and safety
- Criminal record check
Personal suitability
- Accurate
- Client focus
- Dependability
- Efficient interpersonal skills
- Excellent oral communication
- Excellent written communication
- Judgement
- Values and ethics
- Flexibility
- Interpersonal awareness
- Reliability
- Team player