Counsellor Job at Riverside Health Care

Counsellor

Riverside Health Care

Location:
Canada

Category:
Health and Beauty

Contract Type:
Not provided

Salary:

38.85 - 49.50 / Hour

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Job Description:

Riverside Health Care’s Mental health and Addictions programs provide professional and regulated psychotherapy to adults 18 and over for a wide variety of issues across the Rainy River District. Riverside’s Mental Health and Addictions program provides a supportive team environment with multiple programs to facilitate quality services for our district.

Job Responsibility:

Ability to perform duties in a professional and courteous manner and produce high quality work while meeting deadlines
Exercise initiative and good judgment with ability to multi-task
Compliance with confidentiality requirements
Effective organizational, interpersonal, and communication skills
Client service oriented, with the ability to effectively work with diversity
Excellent problem recognition and problem solving skills
Knowledge of the addictions & mental health system and community agencies
Proven ability to work effectively as a member of a team and with community partners
Proven ability to interact with clients in an empathetic manner
Ability to perform responsibilities in a courteous and professional manner
Other duties and requirements to be modified or assigned as position progresses
Carries out work assignments safely and is knowledgeable of and in compliance with relevant regulations, policies and procedures (ie. Occupational Health and Safety Act)
Ability to travel within district-to-district sites
Performs other such duties or responsibilities that may be delegated by the Manager, Mental Health & Addictions
Provide clinical interviews utilizing required screening/ assessment tools to develop collaborative and individualized treatment plans
Assist individuals with connection to the most appropriate resource available
Provide individualized, client-centered, and best practiced therapies
Employ counseling and psychotherapeutic interventions, ensuring the methods of treatment and the standards of practice are consistent with the scope of practice of the specific professional using them
Collaborate with agencies/services in the community, and family members, wherever appropriate, for the purpose of adequate information gathering, consolidating and coordinating client treatment
Participate in case conferences for effective interdisciplinary service collaboration as required
Participates in mental health initiatives to contribute and facilitate the enhancement of district awareness of programs and services
Maintains effective working relationships within community and corporation
Attend relevant hospital –based Multidisciplinary meetings to coordinate referrals, shared client care, and community health improvement initiatives
Engage in professional development opportunities that will enhance client care and the Agency’s strategic plans. As part of this process, to use the internet to access information related to resources for professional development and best practices
To develop specialization(s) in skills and competencies required by the service

Requirements:

Master’s degree in social work, Psychotherapy or Nursing
Registered to practice psychotherapy with a regulatory body in Ontario
Ability to demonstrate expertise in the field of Mental Health & Addictions through a combination of experience and training
Knowledge and ability to assess, screen, safety plan, and provide best practice therapy
Awareness and ability to recognize and assess levels of risk and provide appropriate interventions and safety planning
Ability to work autonomously with limited need for supervision
Knowledge of community resources for the purpose of networking, collaboration, and referral when required
Dependable, competent and continued ability to carry out responsibilities
Physically capable of performing the essential duties of the job
Possession of a valid driver`s license and willingness to travel within district sites
Understanding of diversity and cultural competency as it affects different populations and service delivery including, but not limited to: gender, sexual orientation & identity, and First Nation population and communities

Additional Information:

Job Posted:
January 25, 2026

Employment Type:

Fulltime

Work Type:

On-site work

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Counsellor

Riverside Health Care

Location:
Canada

Category:
Health and Beauty

Contract Type:
Not provided

Salary:

Job Description:

Job Responsibility:

Requirements:

Additional Information:

Job Posted:
January 25, 2026

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