Community Mental Health Worker - Child and Adolescent - Repost

Position Title

Community Mental Health Worker (CMHW)

Location & Details

Location : 365 Reimer Ave., Steinbach, Manitoba

Position Type : Permanent, Full‑time (1.0 FTE)

Employment Arrangement : In Person, Days, 7.75 hours / day

Union : MGEU

Salary : As per MGEU Professional / Technical Collective Agreement

Position Overview

The Community Mental Health Worker (CMHW) is a clinician who provides psychosocial assessment, consultation and evidence‑informed counselling intervention and psychosocial rehabilitation to individuals referred to the mental health program for mental health related problems.

Through the application of therapeutic skills that promote and build on individuals’ strengths, the CMHW assists the individual / family to maximize independence, self‑responsibility and promotes personal wellness, community integration and social justice.

Depending on individual needs and particularly when working with individuals with enduring mental illness, the CMHW applies case management functions that focus on functional assessment and skill development, relapse prevention, and rehabilitation.

Services are based on the principles of recovery, empowerment, self‑determination and responsibility and are part of a continuum of mental health services. Clinicians operate within a collaborative care structure and provide time‑limited, goal‑oriented, change‑focused interventions and / or consultations that are based on informed consent, voluntary participation and within individual capacity.

The CMHW requires a diverse and comprehensive knowledge base about trauma‑informed psychiatric care as well as other adopted mental health therapies and the ability to possess and integrate crisis management and suicide intervention skills. The CMHW exercises the appropriate level of initiative and independent judgment in determining work priorities, work methods to be employed and action to be taken on unusual matters.

The CMHW as part of the Child and Adolescent program portfolio will work in an integrated team approach, within a framework of mental health clinical practice, including consultation, assessment, therapeutic interventions, and evidence‑based treatment.

The CMHW — Child and Adolescent — requires a diverse and comprehensive knowledge base about trauma‑informed psychiatric care as well as other adopted mental health therapies and the ability to possess and integrate crisis management and suicide intervention skills. The CMHW — Child & Adolescent will work collaboratively with primary health care providers, specialists, families, and services / agencies involved with the child / adolescent.

The Community Mental Health Worker works to the full scope of practice and engages in ongoing education and maintains competency congruent with Southern Health‑Santé Sud policies, professional standards of practice, the appropriate college and code of ethics and the Regulated Health Professions Act. The position functions in a manner that is consistent with the mission, vision and values; and the policies of Southern Health‑Santé Sud.

Experience

• Minimum two (2) years’ experience providing evidence‑based therapy to children and adolescents, 3-5 years preferred.
• Minimum of two (2) years supervised counselling experience.
• Experience and training in trauma‑informed care, Brief Treatment models, CBT, DBT, etc.
• Experience in providing mental health services for adults or children and adolescents or adults with serious mental illnesses, or seniors' mental health.
• Experience in completing psychosocial assessments and mental status examinations.

Education (Degree / Diploma / Certificate)

Certification / Licensure / Registration

Qualifications and Skills

Physical Requirements

Application Information

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

Southern Health‑Santé Sud, in partnership with the Indigenous community, is committed to increasing the representation of Indigenous people within all levels of our workforce. Indigenous applicants are encouraged to apply and to voluntarily self‑identify as being of Indigenous descent in their cover letter or application.

Completes and maintains Satisfactory Criminal Record Check, Vulnerable Sector Search, Adult Abuse Registry Check and Child Abuse Registry Check. The successful candidate will be responsible for any service charges incurred.

Please include three work‑related references with your job application from persons who are not related to you but have direct knowledge of your current and past work performance.

Consistent with the French Language Services Policy of the Government of Manitoba and Southern Health‑Santé Sud’s FLS Policy, we are committed to offering services in English and French in designated program / service areas serving French‑speaking communities within Southern Health‑Santé Sud. If no candidates satisfy the bilingual qualification, candidates meeting all other qualifications may be considered for this position.

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

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