About Calian
At Calian, we help organizations overcome obstacles, manage risks, and drive progress. Since 1982, we’ve grown from a small consulting firm into a trusted global company across defence, space, health, nuclear energy, public safety, and government.
We create innovative solutions that tackle complex challenges and help organizations and communities stay resilient, informed, and connected. If you’re driven by purpose and energized by solving real-world challenges, we want you on our team.
Job Type: Full Time
Division: Health
Calian is proud to continue a long-standing contractual relationship with the Department of National Defence (DND) to provide healthcare services to the Canadian Armed Forces. Through the Health Care Provider Contract, Calian employs health care professionals across Canada who are integral to supporting the health and wellbeing of our military members.

Position Overview

Calian 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 a Diploma 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 Requirements

You will be able to obtain a Government Security Clearance at the Reliability level

Compensation range between $55 – 60 per hour

AI Usage Disclosure

At Calian, we do not use Artificial Intelligence (AI) to screen or evaluate candidates. AI tools may support backend administrative tasks, but they do not influence hiring decisions. All evaluations and decisions are made by real people on our recruitment team and hiring managers. All applicants are reviewed and only those chosen for an interview will be contacted by our recruiting team.

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 requirementand process.