Health & safety counselor

Concurrent Disorders Counsellor Location Toronto, ON M4Y 2G5 : Who We Are For more than 130 years, The Salvation Army has served people in need in communities across Canada and Bermuda. Building on our roots as a world-wide Christian church, each year we help more than 2 million people, providing necessities such as food, clothing and shelter. In addition, we support people experiencing unemployment, addiction and family challenges. We continually adapt and innovate to meet emerging needs and live out our mission, vision and values of hope, service, dignity and stewardship. Mission Statement The Salvation Army exists to share the love of Jesus Christ, meet human needs and be a transforming influence in the communities of our world.
: The Homestead Addiction Services Community Treatment Program provides addiction counselling and relapse prevention strategies to men and women residing in Scarborough through process groups, life skills classes and individual counselling. The counsellor also networks with community organizations for referrals to the program. The counsellor facilitates online virtual group programming in addition to individual telephone assessment/counselling for group participants
Make contact/build rapport with Ontario residents who are presently in addiction recovery programs or in need of outpatient addiction treatment
spiritual issues in recovery
Ability to navigate technology and trouble shoot technical difficulties that impact a virtual group
Comfortable with learning new software and creating engaging/interactive group material/presentations in established topics.
Demonstrated ability to provide effective one-on-one counselling; virtual support group facilitation; virtual classroom teaching; outreach and pretreatment services
Supportive and crisis counselling
Training and experience in the delivery of program in the following areas: Identify and assess short and long term goals with client
Provide ongoing Relapse Prevention Counselling and support client in their recovery goals
Provide referrals, as required, to connect clients to appropriate community support services
Community networking
Discharge Planning
Report to Program Coordinator, Addictions Outreach Minimum Educational Requirements
The successful applicant will have completed an Undergraduate University degree (e.g. Minimum 3 years' experience working in the addiction/mental health sector with marginalized clientele.
Membership in the Canadian certifying body for the addictions field - CACCF
Membership in a professional college - Registered Social Worker or other regulated body
Training and/or experience in: First Aid/CPR; Discharge planning
Minimum 1 years' experience working in the addiction/mental health sector with marginalized clientele.

The performance of the job requires a significant amount of keyboarding, some walking and climbing stairs, crouching, twisting, bending and lifting.
The performance of the job requires continuous monitoring of a virtual environment and multitasking, moderate attention when reading, close attention listening and working with numbers

The incumbent's work environment is typically in an office or at work sites within the residential setting.
The incumbent may be exposed to the risk of moderate injury or illness due to:
Exposure to toxic chemicals
The incumbent must take the following precautionary measures (in addition to health and safety protocol):
Immunization for Hepatitis B
Vaccination against TB
WHMIS training
Current certification in First Aid/CPR
Non-violent crisis intervention training
Cleared with Child Abuse Registry
Placement in the salary range will be based on factors such as market conditions, internal equity, and candidate experience, skills, and qualifications relevant to the role.