Wellness Facilitator

Location: Armstrong, British Columbia on site.

Type: Full time permanent

Wage: $32.50 to $38.50 per hour. Starting placement will reflect demonstrated qualifications, directly relevant addictions counselling experience, therapeutic group facilitation capability, cultural knowledge and humility, residential treatment experience, and readiness to practice independently within the responsibilities of the position.

Benefits: Extended health and dental coverage, pension, employee assistance, life and disability insurance, paid time off, on site parking and gym access, wellness supports and professional development opportunities.

About Round Lake Treatment Centre

Round Lake Treatment Centre is a First Nations non profit residential addictions and trauma healing centre in the North Okanagan. Our approach is grounded in the understanding that Culture is Treatment. Indigenous ways of knowing, relationship, ceremony, community and responsibility provide the foundation for healing, while Wellbriety, Twelve Step recovery principles and appropriate counselling methods support each client’s recovery journey.

Our six to eight week residential program is delivered through a cohort model. Clients participate in structured group programming, individual counselling, cultural activities and the daily life of a therapeutic community. Staff are expected to bring cultural humility, sound professional judgment and a willingness to learn through relationship with clients, Elders, cultural staff and colleagues.

Position Overview

The Wellness Facilitator is a skilled addictions practitioner who prepares and facilitates structured recovery and healing groups, provides purposeful individual counselling, contributes to assessment and treatment planning, documents client progress and helps maintain a safe and accountable therapeutic community.

This is not an entry level general support role. The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate practical experience counselling people affected by substance use, facilitating groups and responding thoughtfully to readiness, resistance, relapse risk, trauma responses and complex group dynamics. The position requires the ability to build respectful relationships while maintaining clear professional boundaries, treatment purpose and responsibility for follow through.

Key Responsibilities

Plan and facilitate structured addictions, recovery, trauma healing and wellness groups within RLTC’s culturally grounded treatment model.
Use group process skills to support participation, safety, reflection and accountability and to respond appropriately to conflict, withdrawal, domination, advice giving, disruption and emotional activation.
Provide focused individual counselling and client check ins that connect assessment, treatment goals, recovery planning and practical next steps.
Assess readiness, strengths, risks, barriers and support needs and contribute to collaborative treatment and continuing care plans.
Apply sound knowledge of addiction, early recovery, stages of change, relapse patterns, Twelve Step principles and Wellbriety without imposing a single recovery pathway.
Work respectfully with Elders, Cultural Coordinators and other cultural resources so that cultural teachings and practices remain appropriately guided and central to the program.
Integrate trauma informed and evidence informed counselling approaches as supporting tools within RLTC’s Indigenous cultural foundation.
Maintain accurate, timely, objective and respectful clinical documentation consistent with RLTC policy, client rights, confidentiality requirements and quality standards.
Recognize suicide, self harm, violence, impairment, withdrawal, medical and other safety concerns and follow current consultation and escalation procedures.
Participate actively in case consultation, clinical supervision, direct observation, ongoing training and reflective practice.
Contribute to a consistent therapeutic community by modelling preparation, emotional regulation, professional boundaries, respectful communication and follow through.
Support admissions, transitions, continuing care and other program responsibilities connected to the client’s full treatment journey.

Required Qualifications and Experience

Post secondary education or recognized certification in addictions counselling, counselling, psychology, social work, mental health and addictions, Indigenous wellness or a closely related field.
Demonstrated direct experience providing addictions counselling in a treatment, recovery, community health or similarly structured setting.
Demonstrated experience planning and facilitating therapeutic, psychoeducational, recovery or wellness groups. Applicants must be able to explain their facilitation approach and provide practical examples.
Working knowledge of addiction, early recovery, stages of change, relapse prevention, readiness and motivation, recovery supports and the effect of trauma on behaviour and participation.
Demonstrated understanding of First Nations histories, colonial and intergenerational harms, cultural safety and the importance of Indigenous identity, relationship, community and cultural continuity in healing.
Ability to maintain professional boundaries, confidentiality, ethical conduct and appropriate scope while forming genuine and respectful therapeutic relationships.
Ability to assess changing client needs, recognize risk, consult appropriately and document clinical reasoning and follow through.
Strong written communication and the ability to produce clear, timely and respectful clinical records.
Ability to work collaboratively with wellness facilitators, Client Support Workers, nursing, cultural staff, leadership and external partners.
Current criminal record and vulnerable sector checks acceptable to RLTC and any other employment requirements established for the position.

Assets

First Nations identity, cultural knowledge or lived connection to Indigenous community and healing practices.
Experience working in a First Nations or Indigenous specific health, wellness, treatment or community setting.
Experience in residential addictions treatment, intensive outpatient treatment or another structured recovery environment.
Knowledge and practical use of Wellbriety and Twelve Step recovery principles.
Training or demonstrated skill in motivational interviewing, cognitive behavioural approaches, acceptance and commitment approaches, emotional regulation, trauma informed practice or other relevant counselling methods.
Relevant professional registration or eligibility for registration.
Experience with collaborative assessment, treatment planning, continuing care and clinical documentation.
Valid driver licence and ability to meet any driving requirements assigned to the position.

Who Will Thrive in This Role

You are grounded, prepared and comfortable leading a room. You can build trust without losing therapeutic purpose, respond to emotion without becoming reactive and offer accountability without shame. You understand that a client’s decision to enter treatment does not automatically mean they are ready for change, and you can work skilfully with ambivalence without arguing, rescuing or taking responsibility for choices that belong to the client.

You respect cultural knowledge and protocol without claiming expertise that is not yours. You are willing to learn, receive feedback and examine how your own beliefs, biases and reactions affect your practice. You follow responsibilities through from preparation to intervention, documentation, communication and consultation.

Selection Process

Candidates invited to interview will be asked to demonstrate the practical skills required for the role. The selection process may include:

Submitting a short written group plan with a clear purpose, learning objectives, facilitation sequence and closing.
Leading a brief facilitation activity with the interview panel.
Responding to scenarios involving readiness for change, group dynamics, boundaries, cultural humility, documentation and client safety.

This process is intended to assess applied counselling and facilitation ability—not presentation polish alone.

How to Apply

This position supports First Nations specific healing services. Preference will be given to qualified First Nations applicants in accordance with section 42 of the British Columbia Human Rights Code.

Please submit a cover letter and résumé to reception@roundlake.bc.ca. Use the subject line Wellness Facilitator Application.

Your cover letter should briefly describe:

your direct addictions counselling experience;
the types of groups you have planned and facilitated;
your knowledge of recovery, Wellbriety or Twelve Step approaches; and
how you practise cultural humility and support culturally grounded healing.

Please include relevant certifications and three professional references. We thank all applicants for their interest; however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.