Residential Counsellors, Withdrawal Management & Treatment
About St. Leonard's
St. Leonard’s Community Services Brantford has been an established part of the community for more than 50 years, and is accredited for our excellence in serving children, youth, adults, and families.
Our Values
These aren’t just “lip-service” to us – we work and live by them. If you do, too, we want to talk to you!
- Inclusive – we value everyone and their unique perspectives and journeys
- Compassionate – we care about our clients, our staff, partners, and the communities we serve
- Collaborative – we work together to support our clients and community
- Integrity – we hold ourselves accountable and are fair, trustworthy, and dedicated to our mission to empower people to achieve their vision of independence, health, and wellbeing
- Innovative – we are open to change and continuous improvement
- Genuine – we are honest, respectful, and authentic with our clients, each other, and our partners
- Optimistic – we believe that everyone can accomplish their goals
Mainly weekend coverage
Duties
Residential Counsellors (RC) support individuals accessing service within our Withdrawal Management and Treatment Services (WMTS) programs. This position works in our 11-bed live-in treatment program for men.
Residential Counsellors work as part of a collaborative team to support individuals making changes to their substance use during their 5-week stay. You support program orientation to ensure people have a welcoming experience when entering care, contribute to client support and transition plans, deliver psychoeducational programming to help clients develop skills to enhance recovery, and facilitate social and recreational activities. You are active and engaged with clients throughout your shift. You make a difference!
As a Residential Counsellor, you will:
- Provide orientation to the facility and the program, making program expectations clear
- Provide individual and/or group life skills supports to clients to teach skills such as problem-solving, relapse prevention, communication, and coping strategies
- Contribute to the development of strength-based support and transition plans with clients and help them as they work on their individual plans
- Support safe administration of medications, as needed, to clients in care and document appropriately
- Confidently redirect client behaviour when required, to ensure a physically and emotionally safe space for all
- Be responsive and compassionate to clients within the program
- Document client care issues in our client data system and communicate issues effectively within the team
- Support safe and effective facility functioning through facility tours, light cleaning, and meal preparation
Qualifications
- College diploma or certificate in the human services, social services, addiction, concurrent disorder field
- 2 years’ combined student placement and/or paid experience in substance use, concurrent disorders and/or mental health clinical or group settings
- Experience delivering group and/or individual life skills programs
- Proficient in MS Office and be familiar with databases
- Access to reliable transportation
- Ability to manage frequent exposure to direct and vicarious trauma
Eligibility
As soon as possible
Benefits
- Fitness Benefit for gym memberships, exercise equipment and lessons for various physical activities for all staff and their families
- Employee Assistance Plan for all staff and their families
- Fun events for all staff
- Participation in RSP/TFSA plans for all staff, with Agency pension match for Full Time and eligible Part Time staff.
- An Agency committed to ensuring your physical and mental health/safety is paramount.
How to Apply
Our Commitment to Job Seekers
St. Leonard’s Community Services Inc. is committed to implementing the Calls to Action framed by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. We acknowledge that we live and work on the Treaty Lands and Territory of the Mississaugas of the Credit and traditional territories of the Erie, Neutral, Huron-Wyandot, the Haudenosaunee, and some of the Ojibwa Nation. The territory is mutually covered by the Dish with One Spoon Wampum Belt Covenant. We are grateful to have the opportunity to work in this community, on this territory. We also acknowledge that the settler population has been able to benefit from this beautiful land. We are all treaty members and will strive to act in solidarity with Indigenous Peoples and center their voices.
The Agency values the diverse and intersectional identities of its clients and staff. The Agency regards equity and diversity as an integral part of excellent community service and is committed to accessibility for all staff. The Agency seeks applicants who embrace our values and beliefs around respect for the dignity and diversity of our clients, staff, and community. As such, we encourage applications from candidates who have been historically disadvantaged and marginalized, including applicants who identify as First Nations, Métis, and/or Inuit/Inuk, Black, racialized, a person with a disability, women and/or 2SLGBTQ+.
The Agency encourages applications from all qualified individuals. If you are an applicant with disabilities and require accommodations, please let us know at the time of our contact so that we may arrange for their provision.
Personal information submitted will only be used for the purposes of the competition in accordance with the Freedom of Information and Privacy Act.