Mental Health & Addiction Support Worker FT

EHN Canada is the nation’s largest private network of industry-leading mental health, trauma, and addiction treatment facilities, each with a passion for providing quality treatment for Canadians. We are committed to both caring for our patients and supporting their loved ones. With over 100 years of collective experience, our inpatient, outpatient, and online programs are offered across the country, providing essential compassionate care to patients wherever they are.

EHN Canada prides themselves on providing both excellent and accessible care to all Canadians.

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Job Description

The primary function of the support staff is to ensure that the company operates in a manner that is consistent with the goals and objectives of the treatment program in coordination with clinical staff during the day and during those periods when the clinical and administrative staff are not on duty.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Life skills teaching opportunities such as making beds, cleaning, etc. with patients.
• Discharge summaries.
• Facilitate newcomers’ group.
• Facilitate therapeutic and community meetings and address any issues/concerns or items requiring follow up
• Monitor patient structure attendance.
• Support patients when they are unable to remain in structure.
• Driving patients as required.
• Supporting patients when emotionally dysregulated.
• Monitor patients needing computer/phone time for financial/legal/family issues, etc. as directed by clinical staff.
• Conduct regular rounds of the facility, checking on patients and reporting anything unusual.
• Support patients and clinical team in signing out and recording personal effects.
• Assist admissions department as required.
• Support clinical staff in discharging of patients.
• Keep up to date progress notes as required.
• Check and ensure white book is up to date and managed effectively.
• Makes available to patients, prescribed medications as per Pharmacotherapy and Detox Policies & Procedures.
• Monitors all patient activities when counselling staff are not on the premises and ensures that such activities are conducted according to the "Patient Responsibilities", and/or the general operational procedures of the facility.