Part Time Withdrawal Management Worker

SOAR Community Services; Brantford; On-site; CAD 28,000 - 40,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary support starting at CAD 24.74/h

Personal leave (pro-rated) and fitness

Employee Assistance Plan (EAP)

RRSP/TFSA matching

Supportive, values-driven workplace

Job summary

SOAR Community Services is seeking a Part-Time Withdrawal Management Worker in Brantford, Ontario. You will join a collaborative team to support individuals withdrawing from alcohol and/or drugs, monitor symptoms, administer prescribed medications, and assist with service and discharge planning.

You will also lead psychoeducational groups, support safety and transition plans, and help maintain a clean, healthy facility environment while delivering brief, solution-focused interventions.

Qualifications

• College diploma or certificate in the Human/Social Services field (i.e., Personal Support Worker, Social Service Worker, Human Services Worker, Addiction Worker)
• Minimum of 2-years combined education/experience in substance use, concurrent disorders and/or mental health settings, with residential withdrawal management experience preferred
• Proficient in MS Office and be familiar with databases
• Access to reliable transportation
• Able to manage frequent exposure to vicarious traumatic stress

Responsibilities

• Conduct telephone screening of clients to determine program eligibility
• Support client intake into the program
• Monitor withdrawal symptoms, administer and document client medications, and alert medical professionals to any issues which affect client’s safe withdrawal
• Support implementation of client safety, support and/or transition plans
• Deliver brief, solution-focused interventions
• Provide individual or group psychoeducation to enhance client motivation to change and support recovery
• Confidently redirect client behaviour when required, to ensure a physically and emotionally safe space for all
• Be responsive and compassionate to clients within the program
• Support safe and effective facility functioning through light cleaning and meal preparation

Skills

MS Office

Database familiarity

Reliable transportation

Vicarious trauma resilience

Education

College diploma or certificate in Human/Social Services

Job description

Job Details

• Type: Part-Time
• Location: Brantford, ON
• Salary: Starting at $24.74 per hour.
• Positions: 1
• Posted: October 9, 2026
• Expires: October 23, 2026
• Hours of Work: Part Time: Shifts vary - Days, Afternoons, Nights, Weekend, Holidays.

Duties

The Opportunity

We are recruiting for a Part Time Withdrawal Management Worker. This role is a vital part of our Withdrawal Management and Treatment Services compassionately supporting individuals withdrawing from alcohol and/or drugs. You are part of a collaborative team that ensures client safety and comfort at this early stage of their recovery. You monitor client withdrawal symptoms, administer medication as prescribed, support brief service plans and discharge plans, facilitate psychoeducational groups, and assist with ongoing service and supports.

What You’ll Do

• Conduct telephone screening of clients to determine program eligibility
• Support client intake into the program
• Monitor withdrawal symptoms, administer and document client medications, and alert medical professionals to any issues which affect client’s safe withdrawal
• Support implementation of client safety, support and/or transition plans
• Deliver brief, solution-focused interventions
• Provide individual or group psychoeducation to enhance client motivation to change and support recovery
• Confidently redirect client behaviour when required, to ensure a physically and emotionally safe space for all
• Be responsive and compassionate to clients within the program
• Support safe and effective facility functioning through light cleaning and meal preparation

Qualifications

What You’ll Bring

• College diploma or certificate in the Human/Social Services field (i.e., Personal Support Worker, Social Service Worker, Human Services Worker, Addiction Worker)
• Minimum of 2-years combined education/experience in substance use, concurrent disorders and/or mental health settings, with residential withdrawal management experience preferred
• Proficient in MS Office and be familiar with databases
• Access to reliable transportation
• Able to manage frequent exposure to vicarious traumatic stress

Eligibility

• Vacant Position
• Eligible to work in Canada

Benefits

Why Join SOAR?

• Salary: Starting at $24.74 per hour.
• Time off: 24 hours of personal leave (pro-rated first year), annual fitness benefit.
• Employee Assistance Plan (EAP) for staff and their families.
• RSP/TFSA matching for eligible staff.
• A supportive, values-driven workplace that prioritizes your well-being.

Our Commitment to Job Seekers

SOAR Community Services 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.

SOAR Community Services is committed to advancing equity, diversity, inclusion, and belonging within our workplace and across the communities we serve. We welcome applications from individuals with lived and living experience and from members of equity-deserving groups, including Indigenous, Black, and racialized communities, 2SLGBTQIA+ individuals, and persons with disabilities. We encourage applications from all qualified individuals. If you require accommodations as part of the hiring process, please let us know so that we may arrange for their provision.

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