Addiction and Mental Health Recovery Worker

Your Opportunity:

We are looking for a dynamic, personable, and skilled individual for a temporary part time (.8 FTE) Addiction and Mental Health Recovery Worker role with Taber Community Addiction and Mental Health. This position provides support to the treatment plans of our clients, and will include connecting clients to resources, reinforcing healthy skill acquisition and development, and at times, accompanying them on appointments and/or driving them to appointments as needed. As a non-regulated health worker, this Worker’s activities will be guided by the clients’ Mental Health Therapists and/or Addiction Counsellors. The successful person for this role will have a diploma or degree or other post-secondary education in a health-related field. In addition, the role requires experience in assisting clients in accessing recovery-based activities, which requires an in-depth knowledge of community resources as well as contacts within same. The role requires excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to function well as part of a small team as well as independently. This position will require excellent driving skills as driving to and from clients’ homes and community resources will form a significant part of the workday and office time will be minimal. Need to transport clients using a fleet vehicle that will be provided. This position reports to the Manager of the Rural Addiction and Mental Health Community Clinics.

Description:

As an Addiction and Mental Health Recovery Worker, you will contribute to the delivery of community based services to persons with a chronic addiction and/or severe and persistent mental illness using psychosocial rehabilitation principles, promoting client respect, autonomy, health and improved quality of life. Your duties will include carrying out assigned tasks in a client focused recovery plan which includes support to participate in activities of daily living, recreational and social activities, and educational and employment activities. You will work collaboratively with other health and service providers. In this position, you will work under the direction of a regulated health provider.