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Addiction and concurrent disorders Counselor
@ Hawkesbury General Hospital Branding
Hawkesbury, Ontario
Overview
Hawkesbury General Hospital is hiring a full-time Addiction and Concurrent Disorders Counselor to assess, treat and coordinate care for clients with addiction, gambling and concurrent disorders. The role involves counselling, therapy, case management and working with families and agencies, on day and evening shifts, with possible work at different locations. Salary follows the O.P.S.E.U. Collective Agreement.
Responsibilities:
- Assess clients and complete treatment plans
- Provide counselling and therapy for addiction and gambling
- Manage case management and care coordination
- Monitor client progress
- Work with families, caregivers and agencies
Requirements summary:
- Bachelor in social work, psychology or related field
- Member of an Ontario regulatory body
- Minimum two recent years in mental health and addictions
- Training in motivational interviewing
- Working knowledge of both official languages
- Valid driver's licence and insurance
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Source and dates
Employer career site / ATS feed · ultipro
- Employer posting date
- 2026-09-30
- First seen by our source
- 2026-10-09
- Source record updated
- 2026-10-15
These dates describe the source record, not a live verification that the employer is still hiring. Check the original posting.
Job details
| Seniority | Mid level |
| Department | Allied health |
| Experience | 2+ years |
| Hours per week | 40 (estimated) |
| Schedule | day, evening |
| Travel | air: none · ground: minimal |
| Work setting | Hospital or clinic, Client sites |
| Position | Mostly sitting |
| Physical demands | physical low · computer moderate |
| Languages | English, French |
| Driver’s licence | required, own vehicle |
| Education | Bachelor’s degree (required) |
| Fields of study | Social Work, Psychology, Mental Health, Addictions |
Summary and details written by AI from the posting; the employer’s posting is the authority.
Hawkesbury General Hospital Branding
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Open jobs on Jobsy | 37 |
The Addiction Counselor works collaboratively with clients who have addiction, gambling and possibly concurrent disorders. The Addiction Counselor performs assessments and completes treatment plans, is responsible for case management and care coordination, provides counselling and therapy, monitors clients’ progress, and works collaboratively with family/caregivers and agencies involved.
PERMANENT FULL-TIME POSITION
Day and evening shifts
The counsellor may be asked to work at different locations depending on organizational needs.
Salary as per O.P.S.E.U. Collective Agreement.
Requirements:
- Bachelor in Social Work, Psychology, or related mental health and/or addictions field.
- Member of a regulatory body in Ontario.
- Certificate in Addiction Counseling will be an asset.
- Minimum of two (2) recent years of’ experience in mental health and addictions.
- Adheres to the approach of harm reduction and trained in motivational interviewing.
- Good interpersonal skills, empathetic, able to easily develop therapeutic relationships, capable of managing difficult clients and obtain the confidence of clients.
- Experience in addiction counselling and treatment.
- Good knowledge of mental illness and concurrent disorders.
- Good knowledge of various treatment modalities specific to addiction treatment such as: CBT, DBT, MI.
- Possess a working knowledge of both official languages.
- Must hold a valid driver’s license, use of vehicle and insurance.
*To support a fair and inclusive hiring process, this posting will remain open until a sufficient number of applications has been received. We encourage interested candidates to apply early. | An acknowledgement of receipt will be sent following the submission of your application. We thank all applicants for their interest, however, only those selected for further consideration will be contacted
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