Community Mental Health Worker - Child and Adolescent - Repost

Community Mental Health Worker – Child and Adolescent – Repost

Join the Community Mental Health Worker – Child and Adolescent – Repost role at Winnipeg Regional Health Authority (WRHA) .

Position Overview

The Community Mental Health Worker (CMHW) provides psychosocial assessment, consultation, and evidence‑informed counselling to individuals referred to the mental health program. The CMHW assists individuals and families to maximize independence, self‑responsibility, and promote personal wellness, community integration, and social justice. The position requires a comprehensive knowledge base of trauma‑informed psychiatric care, crisis management, suicide intervention, and an ability to integrate these skills into practice.

Responsibilities

• Provide psychosocial assessment and mental status examinations.
• Deliver evidence‑based therapy to children and adolescents using models such as CBT, DBT, and Brief Treatment.
• Conduct case management functions including functional assessment, skill development, relapse prevention, and rehabilitation.
• Collaborate with primary health care providers, specialists, families, and agencies involved in child / adolescent mental health.
• Work within a collaborative care structure to deliver time‑limited, goal‑oriented, change‑focused interventions and consultations.
• Maintain competency through ongoing education and adherence to Southern Health‑Santé Sud policies and professional standards.
• Prepare written communication, diagnostic impressions, and crisis intervention plans.
• Work culturally informatively within a diverse range of cultures.
• Participate in interdisciplinary team meetings and service sector collaboration.

Experience

Education

Certification / Licensure / Registration

Qualifications and Skills

Physical Requirements

Additional Information

Applicants may request reasonable accommodation related to the materials or activities used throughout the selection process.

Southern Health‑Santé Sud is committed to increasing the representation of Indigenous peoples in all levels of its workforce. Indigenous applicants are encouraged to apply and voluntarily self‑identify as being of Indigenous descent in their cover letter / application.

Successful candidate will maintain satisfactory criminal record checks, vulnerable sector searches, and child abuse registry checks, and will be responsible for any service charges incurred.

Provide three work‑related references from persons not related to you but with direct knowledge of your work performance.

This text is available in French upon request. |Ce profil de poste est disponible en français sur demande.

Seniority Level

Mid‑Senior level

Employment Type

Full‑time

Job Function

Other

Industries

Hospitals and Health Care

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