Client Care Assistant

Recovery Alberta; Calgary; On-site; CAD 36,000 - 41,000; Part time

Job summary

Recovery Alberta seeks a Client Care Assistant for the Concurrent Disorder Unit 37 at Peter Lougheed Centre. The role involves assisting with admissions, maintaining safety, and supporting daily living activities within a multidisciplinary team.

Minimum 2 years experience with addiction/mental health, BCLS-HCP, and cultural safety understanding are required. Shifts include days, nights, and weekends; 0.70 FTE position with posting through 30-OCT-2026.

Qualifications

• Completion of Grade 12 and BCLS-HCP certification.
• Minimum 2 years of experience with at-risk populations in addiction/mental health.
• Non-Violent Crisis Intervention training and familiarity with Motivational Interviewing techniques.
• Understanding of cultural safety and indigenous health perspectives.
• Strong communication skills and ability to build rapport while maintaining professional boundaries.

Responsibilities

• Assist with admission and support patients' adjustment to the unit.
• Maintain a safe and structured environment and respond to client requests.
• Contribute to a therapeutic environment through interaction with clients.
• Support participation in activities of daily living, recreation, education and employment activities.
• Collaborate with health and service providers to maintain a safe, supportive environment.

Skills

Communication skills

Rapport building

Professional boundaries

Cultural safety

Motivational Interviewing

Education

Completion of Grade 12

BCLS-HCP

Job description

Are you passionate about providing compassionate, evidence-based care to patients during critical moments in their lives? The Concurrent Disorder Unit (CDU), opening at the Peter Lougheed Centre, is seeking caring and dedicated Client Care Assistants (CCA) to join our multidisciplinary team. The CDU is a twelve bed inpatient unit intended to support patients with concurrent mental health and substance use disorders. The team will provide evidence based stabilization and recovery-oriented care for adults requiring medical withdrawal management and acute psychiatric stabilization. This will include both voluntary and involuntary patients. As an CCA, you will assist with the admission process supporting patient’s adjustment to the unit, help maintain a safe and structured environment, assist patients with daily living activities and support therapeutic and recreational programming that promotes wellness and engagement. Working within a multidisciplinary team, you will play an important part in creating a respectful, culturally safe space for patients during recovery.This is an opportunity to make a meaningful impact while working in a dynamic, supportive team that values compassion, respect, and innovation in care. If you are committed to excellence in patient care, The ideal candidate willdemonstrateadaptability and flexibility in a dynamic environment, a commitment to continuous learning, and strong self-motivation while prioritizing self-care. Exceptional effective communication skills and the ability to work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team are essential to success in this role.

Description:

As a Client Care Assistant, you will work as a team member with all staff assisting in the provision of supportive care to clients with addictions. Your primary duties include providing supportive care to clients, ensuring a safe and secure facility, responding to client requests, communicating effectively with other staff and contributing to a therapeutic environment through interaction with clients. As part of an interprofessional team, you will contribute to the delivery of residential services to persons with an addiction promoting client respect, autonomy, health and improved quality of life. You will support clients to participate in activities of daily living, recreational and social activities, and educational and employment activities. You will also work collaboratively with other health and service providers to maintain a safe and supportive environment.

• Classification: Client Care Assistant
• Union: AUPE AUX
• Unit and Program: Concurrent Disorder Unit 37
• Primary Location: Peter Lougheed Centre
• Multi-Site: Not Applicable
• FTE: 0.70
• Posting End Date: 30-OCT-2026
• Employee Class: Regular Part Time
• Date Available: 09-NOV-2026
• Length of Shift in weeks: 12
• Shifts per cycle: 42
• Days Off: As Per Rotation
• Minimum Salary: $25.94
• Maximum Salary: $29.93
• Vehicle Requirement: Not Applicable

• Classification: Client Care Assistant
• Union: AUPE AUX
• Unit and Program: Concurrent Disorder Unit 37
• Primary Location: Peter Lougheed Centre
• Location Details: As Per Location
• Multi-Site: Not Applicable
• FTE: 0.70
• Posting End Date: 30-OCT-2026
• Employee Class: Regular Part Time
• Date Available: 09-NOV-2026
• Hours per Shift: 7.75
• Length of Shift in weeks: 12
• Shifts per cycle: 42
• Shift Pattern: Days, Nights, Weekends
• Days Off: As Per Rotation
• Minimum Salary: $25.94
• Maximum Salary: $29.93
• Vehicle Requirement: Not Applicable

Required Qualifications:

Completion of Grade 12.Current Basic Cardiac Life Support - Health Care Provider (BCLS-HCP).

Additional Required Qualifications:

Minimum 2 years of experience working with at risk populations in an addiction and/or mental health setting. Non-Violent Crisis Intervention training and familiarity with Motivational Interviewing techniques required. Understanding of cultural safety and indigenous health perspectives. Strong communicationskillsandthe ability to build rapport whilemaintainingprofessional boundariesisrequired.

Preferred Qualifications:

Knowledge of addiction and recovery principles, harm reduction and trauma informed care. Recovery Coach training. Experience working in acute psychiatric inpatient settings, emergency department and/or medically supported detoxification units.