Job Summary

- Support youth across the full housing continuum, including in-community, pre-entry, in-residence, transition, and aftercare stages
- Provide addiction counselling, aftercare support, relapse prevention services, and psychoeducational programming to youth connected to the supportive housing and housing support programs.
- Support youth who are experiencing substance use, behavioural addictions, concurrent mental health concerns, trauma-related challenges, and barriers to housing stability.
- Facilitate both individual and group-based addictions support services utilizing trauma-informed, harm reduction, strengths-based, and recovery-oriented approaches.
- Develop constructive, therapeutic relationships with youth through purposeful, goal-oriented intervention and ongoing mentorship.
- Assist youth in identifying and achieving measurable goals related to recovery, housing stability, wellness, independent living, education, employment, and community reintegration.
- Collaborate as an active member of a multidisciplinary housing support team to ensure coordinated and holistic service delivery.
- Maintain a safe, secure, supportive, and recovery-oriented atmosphere within the residence and associated housing support programs.

Specific Duties · Provide individual addiction counselling and aftercare support to youth connected to the supportive housing residence and broader housing support programs.

· Facilitate weekly addiction psychoeducational groups

· Support youth experiencing substance use disorder and behavioural addictions

· Develop individualized support plans, recovery goals,



and relapse prevention plans in collaboration with youth and the multidisciplinary team.

· Conduct intake assessments and ongoing monitoring of youth wellness, recovery progress, and housing stabilization needs.

· Maintain accurate and timely clinical documentation, progress notes, assessments, support plans, and case summaries in accordance with agency standards.

· Provide ongoing consultation and support to housing staff regarding youth presenting with addictions, concurrent disorders, trauma, or behavioural concerns.

· Support youth transitioning from custody, treatment, homelessness, or unstable living situations into supportive housing environments.

· Assist youth with developing recovery-oriented routines, structure, and community supports that promote long-term stability.

· Coordinate referrals to external treatment providers, detox services, mental health supports, medical professionals, and community resources as appropriate.

· Participate in case management meetings, case conferences, discharge planning meetings, and multidisciplinary team discussions.

· Support the delivery of life skills and tenancy-readiness programming by incorporating wellness, recovery, and healthy living components.





· Provide outreach and aftercare follow-up support to youth who transition from the residence into independent or community-based housing.

· Assist with the development and implementation of recovery-oriented programming initiatives within the residence and housing support programs.

Qualifications

· Post-secondary education in human services, social services, social work, or an addictions-related field

· Chemical Dependency Counselling Certificate or similar program from an accredited university or college program; licensed through the Canadian Addiction Counsellors Certification Federation (annual renewal) or International Certified Alcohol and Drug Counsellor (ICADC); Certificate in Trauma Assessment and Treatment

· Preference will be given to a person with knowledge and experience in Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, Solution Focused Therapy, Medical Model of Addiction, Harm Reduction Approach, and the Abstinence Approach

· Minimum of three (3) years of demonstrated experience working with youth in addictions programs;

· Understanding of working with high risk youth population and development framework; understanding of youth justice and child welfare system and impacts on the client systems and be able to work as a member of a team and experience in multidisciplinary practice

· Police Record Clearance and Vulnerable Sector Screening is required. NVCI, CPR, First Aid Certificate, immunization record, medical and a valid Ontario Class "G" driver’s license and a Clean Driver’s Abstract are required prior working directly with clients.

Pay: $22.92-$27.00 per hour

Work Location: In person

📌 Substance Use Disorder & Addictions Counsellor/Aftercare Worker (Windsor)
🏢 New Beginnings
📍 Windsor