The Lethbridge Youth Treatment Program is looking to recruit an Addictions Counselor III to join our multidisciplinary team who work with young people (12-17) and their families in an in-patient treatment environment. The successful candidate will work in collaboration with their clients, using a recovery model approach, to develop therapeutic goals that mitigate problematic substance use and its impacts as well as improve mental health and individual and family functioning. The ACIII will support clients to identify individualized recovery-based goals that may assist clients to optimize their mental health, develop coping skills, employ relapse prevention and refusal strategies, build resilience and capacity, develop natural and community support, and increase the individual and family’s abilities to navigate recovery. The successful candidate will facilitate individual counselling, provide client care and support, facilitate recreation and community access, engage in family work, deliver group counselling, support client skill development, and provide role modeling and supervision to the youth. The position requires evening and weekend work. If you are the kind of individual who enjoys working closely with youth and their families, builds robust therapeutic relationships, and has a powerful desire to support clients and their families to improve overall health and wellbeing--this may be the job for you. As an Addiction Counsellor III, you will provide quality, client focused,



recovery based and culturally appropriate assessment, treatment, case management, crisis intervention, education and referral services for clients and their families; as well as community stabilization services. As an Addiction Counsellor III, you will depend on your excellent relationship building skills with clients, families, government staff and colleagues. Classification: Addictions Counsellor III Unit and Program: LYTC, Mental Health & Addictions Youth Addiction Treatment Cntr Multi-Site: Not Applicable Temporary Employee Class: Temp F/T Benefits Temporary End Date: 31-OCT-2027 Length of Shift in weeks: Shifts per cycle: 25 Days Off: As Per Rotation Classification: Addictions Counsellor III Unit and Program: LYTC, Mental Health & Addictions Youth Addiction Treatment Cntr Multi-Site: Not Applicable Temporary Employee Class: Temp F/T Benefits Temporary End Date: 31-OCT-2027 Hours per Shift: 7.75 Length of Shift in weeks: Shifts per cycle: 25 Shift Pattern: Days, Evenings, Weekends Days Off: As Per Rotation Bachelor's degree in Addictions or a combination of a bachelor's degree in a related field with course work in addictions. Individuals eligible for registration under the Health Professions Act (Alberta) must maintain active registration.
First Aid, Non-Violent Crisis Intervention and Suicide Intervention.
First Aid.
Any outdoor, watersport or climbing certification. One year experience providing care to Youth in a bed-based care setting.

📌 Evening and Weekend Addictions Counsellor (Lethbridge)
🏢 Recovery Alberta
📍 Lethbridge