Addiction and Mental Health Recovery Worker
Your Opportunity:
As part of an inter-professional team, you will contribute to the delivery of community-based services to persons with a severe and persistent mental illness using psychosocial rehabilitation principles, promoting client respect, autonomy, health and improved quality of life. Duties 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, educational and employment activities. The A&MH Recovery Workers work collaboratively with other health and service providers. Services are based out of Wapiti House and primarily provided in the community and in Wapiti House. The Outreach Worker reports to the Manager, Addiction & Mental Health, and works under the direction of the clinical supervisor of Assertive Outreach Services. In addition to a competitive rate of pay, AHS currently has a Remote Retention Allowance in place to an annual maximum of $3,000. This allowance is non-pensionable and is payable on an hourly basis for all hours paid at the basic rate of pay. This position has transitioned to Recovery Alberta effective September 1, 2024. By applying on this posting, if you are the successful candidate, you agree to and will become an employee of Recovery Alberta.
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.
- Transition Company: Recovery Alberta
- Classification: Addic & Mental Hlth Recov Wrk
- Union: AUPE GSS
- Unit and Program: Adult Addiction and Mental Health
- Primary Location: Grande Prairie Mental Health
- Location Details: As Per Location
- Multi-Site: Not Applicable
- FTE: 1.00
- Posting End Date: 15-JUL-2025
- Employee Class: Regular Full Time
- Date Available: 11-AUG-2025
- Hours per Shift: 7.75
- Length of Shift in weeks: 2
- Shifts per cycle: 10
- Shift Pattern: Days
- Days Off: Saturday/Sunday
- Minimum Salary: $24.92
- Maximum Salary: $27.46
- Vehicle Requirement: Driver's License, Vehicle Required
Completion of diploma from a post-secondary program in a related field or equivalent.
Additional Required Qualifications:Completion of diploma from a post-secondary program in a related field or equivalent. Clean driver's abstract.
Preferred Qualifications:Non-Violent Crisis Intervention, First Aid, CPR, Crisis Intervention, Connect Care training.
Please note:
All postings close at 23:59 MT of the posting end date indicated.
Security Screening:
A satisfactory criminal record check and/or Vulnerable Sector Search is required prior to your first day of work. Additionally, all employees have an ongoing duty to disclose any charges or convictions that may occur during their employment with AHS.
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We are an equal opportunity employer. AHS values the diversity of the people and communities we serve and is committed to attracting, engaging and developing a diverse and inclusive workforce.
