Withdrawal Management Worker
Why Work for SOAR Community Services
About SOAR Community Services
SOAR Community Services (formerly St. Leonard's Community Services) has been an established part of the community for more than 55 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
There is a consistent part-time, 5-week rotational schedule. The role is scheduled to work 3 of 5 weekends, is booked off 1 of 5 weekends, and is on-call 1 of 5 weekends (on-call compensation applies). Staff are free to pick up additional open shifts at their discretion. The schedule is:
Week 1: Friday OFF Saturday 4pm-8pm, Sunday 8am-4pm Monday OFF
Week 2: CALL IN
Week 3: Friday OFF Saturday 8am –4pm Sunday 7am-12pm Monday OFF
Week 4: Friday OFF Saturday 8am-4pm Sunday 7am-12pm Monday OFF
Week 5: OFF
Duties
Withdrawal Management Workers provide support to individuals withdrawing from alcohol and/or drugs within a non-medical, bed-based facility. You are part of a collaborative team that ensures client safety and comfort at this early stage of their recovery. You monitor client withdrawal symptoms, administer medication as prescribed, support brief service plans and discharge plans, and assist with connection to ongoing service and supports. You make a difference!
A Withdrawal Management Worker:
- Conducts in-person and telephone screening of clients prior to admission
- Delivers brief, solution-focused interventions
- Monitors withdrawal symptoms, administer medication prescribed by a Nurse Practitioner or Physician, documents client medications, and alerts medical professionals to any issues which impact client’s safe withdrawal
- Supports client intake into the program
- Supports implementation of client support and/or discharge plans
- Provides individual or group psychoeducation to enhance client motivation to change
- May be cross trained to occasionally provide after-hours support to the Agency’s 24/7 crisis line
- Maintains a safe and clean facility
Qualifications
- College diploma in the Human/Social Services field or specialized certificate (i.e., Personal Support Worker, Social Service Worker, Human Service Worker, Addiction Care Worker)
- Minimum of 2 years’ combined education/experience in substance use, concurrent disorders and/or mental health settings, with residential experience preferred
- Experience in management of withdrawal from substances and/or medication administration is an asset
- Proficient in MS Office and familiar with databases
- Access to reliable transportation
- Able to manage frequent exposure to vicarious traumatic stress
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 for Part Time employees
- Employee Assistance Plan for all staff and their families
- Paid Time Off for all staff
- 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
- Group health, vision, dental and travel insurance plans for eligible Full-Time staff
- 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.