Four Counties Addiction Services Team (Fourcast) is a community-based addiction treatment service provider that strives to provide the highest quality of evidence-based addiction treatment and case management services. Fourcast offers services across 5 sites in the region. The community treatment program staff work in-office and community settings and are often co-located and integrated with other organizations to reduce barriers for those accessing services.
About The Position...
We are looking for a candidates to fill our full time permanent position in our Peterborough office.
The Early Access Service (EAS) is Fourcast’s community withdrawal management program that provides best practice interventions for withdrawal management supports (community and links to residential options), using evidence-based tools to screen, assess and make support recommendations based on service user’s acute withdrawal needs. EAS works within a collaborative team that provides nursing assessment, early recovery counselling, and case management supports to navigate personal, or system issues that present barriers for those initiating substance use change.
EAS provides the first point of contact for those seeking support from Fourcast related to their substance use concerns. Services are provided to people under the influence of alcohol and/or other substances, in active withdrawal, and/or in crisis with a high risk of relapsing. The EAS counsellor works within a collaborative team, including nurse, with a primary focus to support service users who want to make changes to their substance use. This may include reducing use, abstinence, supported tapering plans or medically assisted withdrawal through approved programs or consultation with primary care. This level of care may be provided with or without drug therapy or other medical interventions.
The EAS counsellor will provide support in-person, virtually, and through home or community visits. Service users are supported through early stages of withdrawal and recovery by the EAS team and connected for longer term supports of community addiction treatment or residential treatment as required.
For a detailed copy of the job description, please email us at hiring@ fourcast.ca
What We're Looking For:
Education:
- Bachelor of Social Work, Psychology, or related degree, with a postgraduate certificate in Addictions and Mental Health, or an equivalent combination of work experience and education.
Experience:
- Minimum 3-5 years’ experience working in a related position preferred, ideally in a community-based setting or addiction treatment setting.
- Advanced skills in addictions interventions including counselling/therapy, withdrawal management, crisis intervention, advocacy, mediation, and conflict resolution.
- Demonstrated experience working with people with serious mental illness and complex personal needs.
- Experience using evidence-based screening and assessment tools.
Certificate, Licenses and Records
- Valid Ontario Class G driver’s license.
- Valid First Aid/CPR.
- Non-Violent Crisis Intervention (NVCI) certificate.
- Certification in GAIN assessment would be an asset.
- Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST) an asset.
- Satisfactory Vulnerable Sector Check is required.
If this position sounds like a role you’d be well-suited to, we encourage you to apply and let us know in your cover letter.
Please submit your application by September 11th, 2026.
- We are an equal opportunity employer and committed to providing accessible employment practices in compliance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA). Should any applicant require an accommodation through the application, interview, or selection process, please contact our Human Resources team.
Pay: $34.53-$40.41 per hour
Benefits:
- Casual dress
- Dental care
- Extended health care
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- RRSP match
- Vision care
Flexible language requirement:
Education:
- Bachelor's Degree (required)
Experience:
- addiction counselling: 3 years (required)
Work Location: In person
