Casual CRF Substance Abuse Counsellor; Group Facilitator

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The Salvation Army Harbour Light’s Community Residential Facility (CRF) houses individuals supervised on conditional release by the Correctional Service of Canada (CSC). The Correctional Substance Abuse Counsellor assists with the onsite supervision of clients residing in the CRF, counsels them, and assists them with immediate needs pertaining to their residency. The Correctional Substance Abuse Counsellor also directly contribute to CRF clients’ reintegration by identifying goals and needs of their release, devising an exit plan, helping them meet these goals (e.g., assisting with applications or referring them to relevant staff or external agencies), and tracking and reporting their progress.

The Correctional Substance Abuse Counsellor provides one-on-one substance use counselling and/or facilitates group counselling and programming to support clients’ recovery.

• Substance Use Counselling
• Assess all new clients to determine substance abuse needs
• Create individualized substance abuse plans to assist clients in meeting goals
• Complete scheduled one-on-one substance abuse counselling with clients
• Complete substance abuse counselling as an intervention as needed
• Facilitates group counselling sessions
• Holds clients accountable to program requirements as well as principles of recovery.
• Maintain client interaction and session notes in provided, secure database; notes include but are not limited to behavioural concerns, weekend/late passes, medication changes
• Ensure that clients have access to spiritual input and counselling if desired and as a part of the rehabilitation process.
• Participate in clinical supervision meetings, as an individual and member of the team
• Provide clients with referrals to community agencies/partners that assist with substance abuse and recovery needs
• Work with Harbour Light’s Treatment Program as liaison by attending meetings and collaboratively coming up with strategies to assist clients with substance abuse needs
• Record statistics related to substance abuse services and referrals given to clients
• Casework
• Monitors the environment and residents to ensure safety and security of clients, staff, volunteers and visitors
• Completes regular live, breathing, body, resident status checks as required
• Performs intake and discharge procedures for residents as assigned
• Develops and implements case management of assigned residents (for example, regularly counsels residents in establishing goals, monitors progress, and prepares discharge plan)
• Monitors clients’ curfew, visuals, conditions, behaviours
• Observe and report client behavior to appropriate staff and authorities
• Maintains and updates all appropriate documentation related to residents and initiates any new documentation; completes all reports required by the Ministry and The Salvation Army
• Engages in the development of inter-personal relationships that promotes dignity and…