Senior/ Addiction Counsellor - Growth-Minded Organization

The Addiction Counsellor will provide clinical services dedicated to improving identification and management of addiction disorders in patients seen at CGH through the provision of screening, consultation, and counselling.

Job Description:

• To conduct screening of patients including those with substance use problems & gambling; provide brief interventions as well as counselling to identified patients and at-risk individuals; provide supportive counselling to families of addicted patients and refer to community services for support.
• Assist in liaison and collaboration with internal stakeholders and external agencies on addiction services.
• Prepare monthly reports through relevant data collection, analysis of data, and presentation. Weekly presentation of inpatient and outpatient cases at the Addiction Case Management Conference. Assist in research and quality improvement projects related to the field. Participate in presentations at local/overseas conferences.
• Conduct training and education programmes on addictions within the hospital and external agencies.
• Any other duties as assigned by your supervisor.

Job Requirements:

• Degree or Postgraduate/ Graduate Diploma in counselling, social work, psychology.
• Certified substance abuse counsellor, Certified Gambling Addiction Counsellor by International Certification & Reciprocity Consortium (IC & IR international) or Certification with Singapore Association of Counselling or equivalent.
• Experience in addiction medicine field, or addiction counselling
• Responsible team player possessing initiative, working well in multi-disciplinary teams