Transitional Case Manager, Addictions

Salary :

$27.14 - 37.26 hourly

Company : Cmha Thames Valley Addiction And Mental Health Services

Job Type : Full Time

St. Thomas, On

Job Description - Transitional Case Manager, Addictions

Transitional Case Manager, Addictions
Direct Service – (OPSEU)
Full-Time, Permanent (Benefitted)
This posting is the result of an upcoming vacancy.
St. Thomas, Ontario (Elgin Zone)

- Application Deadline: May 19, 2026 -

As a Transitional Case Manager, Addictions, you will play a vital role in transforming the way individuals access addiction support during some of the most vulnerable moments of their lives. Using a compassionate psychosocial model of care, you’ll help streamline access and bridge the gap between hospital and community, ensuring that no one faces recovery alone.
Through crisis intervention, brief transitional case management, and system navigation, you will provide addiction and mental health services in a collaborative manner to support clients in achieving greater stability while helping reduce avoidable, unnecessary and repeat emergency department visits.
In this role, you will support a combination of referral sources from a hospital setting including, but not limited to, hospital staff through both the general referral pathway accessed by doctors, occupational therapists, social workers, and other healthcare providers as well as the Addiction Medicine Consult Service (where these roles are often referred to as Addiction Medicine Navigators).

Consider revitalizing your career and making a difference in your community by joining our team!

WHAT WE'RE OFFERING:

What you'll be making - Starting rate for this role is $27.14 per hour (Level 1 – Direct Service), with a wage differential, based on regulation ($30.01 per hour for Level 1 – Direct Service, Regulated):
- Successful candidates who are registered with one of the designated professional colleges (e.g. OCSWSSW, CNO, COTO, CRPO, CPSO, or CPO) will receive the wage differential for regulation
- Successful external applicants will start at Level 1, with grid progression based on seniority up to Level 8 ($34.41 per hour for non-regulated, and $37.26 per hour for regulated); for internal applicants, grid level placement will occur as per the Collective Agreement

When you'll work - 70 hours over two-week period, Monday to Friday, 8:30am-4:30pm
Your pension plan –Immediately enrolled in the Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan (HOOPP)
What your benefits will be – After a 90-day waiting period, will be enrolled in the extended healthcare benefits plan

HOW YOU WILL BE MAKING A DIFFERENCE:

Direct Service:

Share in the provision of face-to-face Entry / First Contact / Intake Services as well as using virtual technology and clinical conferencing
Provide a quick response to urgent situations as they arise
Provide intervention and short-term support to individuals experiencing an addiction or mental health crisis
Facilitate early linkage with internal programs and/or other agencies and/or supports i.e. family, neighbours etc. by communicating and coordinating relevant information and providing case management services until linkages are created
Provide screening for addiction and mental health issues and assessment of appropriateness of service
Provide addiction and mental health screening, referrals for psychiatric consultation, mental health supports and referrals to community resources
Provide and facilitate referrals to addiction resources as appropriate
Provide referrals to all appropriate social and health related services based on client wishes
Offer harm reduction strategies as well as abstinence strategies based on client’s intentions and stated needs
Provide discharge planning and support
Deliver appropriate level of navigational support based on client capacity
Share information about health and community/social services and link clients to same
Provide assessment, treatment planning, referral, advocacy, preliminary case management, community treatment and education as appropriate to persons who have concerns about their own substance use or someone else’s. Counselling may be on an individual or group basis.
Facilitate community treatment groups as needed and appropriate
Engage in advocacy and system transformation as appropriate

WHAT YOU'LL NEED TO APPLY:

Police Vulnerable Sector Check Requirements
Successful candidates must have a Police Vulnerable Sector Check (PVSC) completed within the last six months. In order to avoid delays in beginning a position, interested applicants who are in need of a PVSC are encouraged to apply for one as soon as possible.

We require the following qualifications:

Completed post-secondary education in a related field, e.g. BSW, MSW, post-graduate diploma in addictions or equivalent (primary proof of credentials will be required during the hiring process i.e. original degree/diploma or official transcript)
Current, satisfactory Police Vulnerable Sector Check (PVSC)
Demonstrated ability to attend work regularly

We prefer the following qualifications:

Bilingual both official languages, preferred; préférence sera accordée aux candidats qui sont compétents dans les deux langues officielles du Canada
Training in crisis intervention and crisis resolution, including ASIST
Training to administer Naloxone
Current First Aid/CPR certification
Clinical work experience ideally in substance use assessment and treatment including intake services, referral and treatment planning
Experience working with community and health care organizations and leveraging community resources to coordinate healthcare and support services
Experience in crisis intervention/management and crisis resolution
Experience conducting complex assessments and treatment plans (including safety plans)

INTERNAL APPLICANTS: To be considered as an internal applicant, current staff members are reminded to apply using their @cmhatv.ca or @slwar.ca email address.
Get your application in by – May 19, 2026:

Our recruitment process allows us to learn about your previous work experience, your qualifications and your commitment to fulfilling our vision. While we appreciate the interest of all applicants, only those individuals being considered for a position will be personally contacted by someone from the interview team.
We welcome and encourage applications from all members of our community including persons of any gender, gender identity, gender expression, or sexual orientation, persons with disabilities, Indigenous persons, and members of visible minorities. If you require accommodations related to a disability at any point during the recruitment process, please contact [email protected]

Legal Notifications:

For legal purposes our full business name is: Canadian Mental Health Association Thames Valley Addiction and Mental Health Services
Artificial Intelligence is not currently employed in our recruitment processes

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