Youth Addiction Family Counsellor
Listed on 2026-10-22
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Healthcare
Substance Abuse Counselor, Mental Health, Family Advocacy & Support Services -
Social Work
Substance Abuse Counselor, Mental Health, Family Advocacy & Support Services
Family Systems expertise meets youth addiction care at Alberta Hospital Edmonton in this regular part time Family Counsellor position. Work days and evenings supporting families.
Within the Protection of Children Abusing Drugs Program, you will provide clinical care for youth aged 12 to 17 and their families. The position includes assessment, diagnosis, treatment, follow-up, family counselling, and program development. You will facilitate groups, mentor Addiction Counselling staff, and consult with community resources. Knowledge of adolescent development, substance use, concurrent disorders, and family-centred care supports this work.
The program provides court-ordered detoxification and assessment for youth harmfully involved in substance use.
- Provide assessment, diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up
- Deliver family counselling within youth addiction services
- Facilitate groups and develop program services
- Mentor frontline staff in family-centred practice
- Collaborate with healthcare and community providers
- Master’s degree in a health-related field
- Three to five years’ treatment-environment experience
- Two years’ direct family counselling experience
- Registration with an applicable Alberta college
- Suicide Prevention, crisis intervention, and First Aid/BLS training
Apply Family Systems knowledge, clinical consultation, and family counselling skills within Edmonton’s youth addiction inpatient programs.
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