Residential Treatment Supervisor
About St. Leonard's
St. Leonard’s Community Services Brantford has been an established part of the community for more than 50 years, and is accredited for our excellence in serving children, youth, adults, and families.
Our Values
These aren’t just “lip-service” to us – we work and live by them. If you do, too, we want to talk to you!
- Inclusive – we value everyone and their unique perspectives and journeys
- Compassionate – we care about our clients, our staff, partners, and the communities we serve
- Collaborative – we work together to support our clients and community
- Integrity – we hold ourselves accountable and are fair, trustworthy, and dedicated to our mission to empower people to achieve their vision of independence, health, and wellbeing
- Innovative – we are open to change and continuous improvement
- Genuine – we are honest, respectful, and authentic with our clients, each other, and our partners
- Optimistic – we believe that everyone can accomplish their goals
Supervisors work either Tuesday to Saturday or Sunday to Thursday (37.5 hours per week) in a 2-week rotation of days (i.e., 8 am – 330 pm) and afternoons (i.e., 1230 pm – 8 pm) with some flexibility required to ensure adequate staff and program support. Final schedule can be negotiated with the successful candidate.
Duties
Withdrawal Management and Treatment Services Supervisors provide support to staff and clients across multiple programs. This includes an 18-bed facility that houses 7 withdrawal management beds for any gender and 11 men’s residential treatment beds, and a 10-bed residential treatment facility for women. The programs are staffed by a multidisciplinary team who provide counselling, support, withdrawal monitoring, medication-supported withdrawal, education, and skills development to support client recovery. This supervisory position is focused on supporting the women’s treatment program; however, the leadership team is expected to collaborate to provide global support to all staff and programs.
You will ensure the provision of high-quality services through program oversight, staff coaching, data analysis, and quality improvement activities. You bring your experience in substance use/concurrent disorders intervention to ensure we deliver a program that is trauma-informed, strengths based, and honours harm reduction philosophy. The Supervisor works collaboratively with the internal Addiction and Mental Health department team and community partners to ensure continuity of care for clients. You make a difference!
As a Residential Treatment Supervisor, you will:
- Provide staff with supervision and coaching
- Develop, implement, and evaluate psycho-educational and therapeutic programs
- Ensure the team develops individualized support and transition plans for clients
- Cultivate a safe and effective care experience
- Support and monitor implementation of protocols to assist withdrawal
- Liaise with community partners to ensure optimal client care
- Monitor data quality and conduct medication reconciliation support program improvement
- Ensure a clean and safe facility
*Compensation:Candidates registered with a professional regulatory body (i.e., CNO, OCSWSSW, CRPO): $32.94-$34.09 per hour plus $1 per hour shift premium for weekend work and comprehensive benefits.
Candidates not registered: $30.29-$33.59 per hour plus $1 per hour shift premium for weekend work and comprehensive benefits.
Starting wage commensurate with experience.
Training: Initial comprehensive training related to all aspects of the role, as well as access to ongoing professional development.
Qualifications
- Registered applicants must be in good standing with their respective college
- College diploma or University degree in a related field
- Minimum 2 years related experience in an addictions or mental health setting (one year of recent and relevant experience in the management of withdrawal from substances is preferred)
- Skills in leadership and teaching/coaching
- Formal supervisory experience an asset
- Proof of valid First Aid/CPR certification
- Familiarity with MS Office and client/EMR databases
- Access to reliable transportation
- Ability to manage frequent exposure to direct and vicarious traumatic stress
Eligibility
As soon as possible
Benefits
- Fitness Benefit for gym memberships, exercise equipment and lessons for various physical activities for all staff and their families
- Employee Assistance Plan for all staff and their families
- Paid Time Off for all staff, including Wellness Hours
- Fun events for all staff
- Participation in RSP/TFSA plans for all staff, with Agency pension match for Full Time and eligible Part Time staff
- Group health, vision, dental and travel insurance plans where premiums are 100% paid by the Agency for Full Time staff
- An Agency committed to ensuring your physical and mental health/safety is paramount
How to Apply
Our Commitment to Job Seekers
St. Leonard’s Community Services Inc. is committed to implementing the Calls to Action framed by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. We acknowledge that we live and work on the Treaty Lands and Territory of the Mississaugas of the Credit and traditional territories of the Erie, Neutral, Huron-Wyandot, the Haudenosaunee, and some of the Ojibwa Nation. The territory is mutually covered by the Dish with One Spoon Wampum Belt Covenant. We are grateful to have the opportunity to work in this community, on this territory. We also acknowledge that the settler population has been able to benefit from this beautiful land. We are all treaty members and will strive to act in solidarity with Indigenous Peoples and center their voices.
The Agency values the diverse and intersectional identities of its clients and staff. The Agency regards equity and diversity as an integral part of excellent community service and is committed to accessibility for all staff. The Agency seeks applicants who embrace our values and beliefs around respect for the dignity and diversity of our clients, staff, and community. As such, we encourage applications from candidates who have been historically disadvantaged and marginalized, including applicants who identify as First Nations, Métis, and/or Inuit/Inuk, Black, racialized, a person with a disability, women and/or 2SLGBTQ+.
The Agency encourages applications from all qualified individuals. If you are an applicant with disabilities and require accommodations, please let us know at the time of our contact so that we may arrange for their provision.
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