Position # : 163546
Expected Start Date: June 30, 2025
Union: HSAS
Facility: St Josephs Hospital - SHA
City/Town: Estevan
Department: Community Addiction Services
Type: Full-time temporary
Expected Up to Date: February 06, 2026
FTE: 1
Shift Information: Days
Hours of Work: 224 hours per 6 weeks
Relief: No
Float: No
Field Hours: No
Salary or Pay Band: Pay Band Addictions Counsellor - Diploma $29.584 to $36.176
Travel Required: Yes
Job Description: Restores, maintains and enhances the recovery of clients seeking help for addiction and/or addiction related impacts by implementing various modalities of addiction recovery programs.
Human Resources Exemption: No
Education
- Chemical Dependency diploma
Licenses
- Valid Class 5 driver's license
Competencies
- Organizational skills
- Computer skills
- Writing skills
- Verbal communication skills
Knowledge and Abilities
- Ability to work as a member of a multi-disciplinary team
- Ability to deliver workshops and lecture material to clients.
- Ability to prioritize work
- Knowledge of HIPA
- Knowledge of the Youth Detox and Stabilization Act
- Ability to report client information in accordance with professional standards
- Knowledge in co-current disorders and issues related to gambling addictions
- Knowledge in Transtheoretical model of change
- Knowledge in development model of recovery (SMRS)
- Knowledge of educational/behavioural interventions/consultations
- Knowledge of chemical dependency/co-dependency and effect on the family unit.
- Knowledge in best practices in addictions and harm reduction strategies
- Knowledge in addictions screening, assessment tools and procedures
- Ability to work independently
- Ability to respond under pressure.
- Knowledge of the Child and Family Service's Act
Other Information
- "Preference for this position will be given to HSAS members in
- For more information on the city of Estevan please visit http://estevan.ca/
- accordance with the terms and conditions of the SAHO/HSAS Collective Agreement"
The Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) is the largest employer in Saskatchewan, employing more than 45,000 staff in a dynamic healthcare environment. The Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) is committed to providing coordinated quality services that are seamless, safe and patient-centred.
