Addiction Counsellor – Homeless Services (Letterkenny)

Cpl Healthcare; Ulster; On-site; EUR 42,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary (DOE)

Permanent contract – 35 hours per week

Excellent work-life balance

Generous annual leave entitlement

Pension scheme

Paid sick leave

Paid maternity leave

Bike-to-work scheme

And more

Job summary

CPL Healthcare is partnering with a leading Northwest charity to recruit an Addiction Counsellor in Letterkenny, Co. Donegal. The role focuses on counselling individuals who have experienced long-term homelessness and trauma, within a recovery-led, harm-reduction framework.

Key duties include building rapport, providing care plans, liaising with services, and working with a multi-disciplinary team to support clients in their homes and community settings.

Qualifications

• Possess a professional qualification in counselling or psychotherapy at a minimum of Level 7 on the National Qualifications Authority of Ireland’s framework.
• Be accredited as a counsellor with Irish Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy, the Irish Association of Alcohol and Addiction Counsellors, or a relevant body within the Irish Council for Psychotherapy.
• Have a minimum of 2 years full-time experience in counselling with addiction-related work using harm reduction modalities.
• Understand issues relating to problem drug use, homelessness, dual-diagnosis and community-based rehab pathways.
• Ability to develop constructive relationships with clients and teams.
• Ability to work on own initiative and as part of a team.
• Ability to engage with internal and external agencies and develop Care Plans.
• Hold a full, clean driver’s licence and access to a car.

Responsibilities

• Provide addiction support to service users within a multidisciplinary team delivering wrap-around supports.
• Build rapport, offer counselling, advocate and liaise for clients at home and in the community.
• Apply a recovery-led, harm-reduction approach and meet people at their own pace.
• Develop positive relationships with agencies and contribute to care planning.
• Work with clients across Letterkenny and Co. Donegal.

Skills

Rapport building

Care planning

Team collaboration

Harm reduction approach

Communication skills

Education

Level 7 Counselling/Psychotherapy qualification

Accredited counsellor with IACP or ICPS bodies

Job description

CPL Healthcare is partnering with a leading Northwest charity to recruit an Addiction Counsellor in Letterkenny, Co. Donegal. The role focuses on counselling individuals who have experienced long-term homelessness and trauma, within a recovery-led, harm-reduction framework.

Key duties include building rapport, providing care plans, liaising with services, and working with a multi-disciplinary team to support clients in their homes and community settings.