Community Mental Health Worker - Child and Adolescent - Repost

Requisition ID : 390822 | Position Number : 480-715701091C565-17 | Posting End Date : Open Until Filled | Employer : Southern Health-Santé Sud | Site : 365 Reimer Ave. Steinbach | Union : MGEU | Department / Unit : Mental Health & Addictions | Work Location : 365 Reimer Ave. Steinbach | City : Steinbach | Hiring Status : Permanent | FTE : 1.0 | Employment arrangement : In Person | Daily hours worked : 7.75 | Anticipated shift : Days | Annual base hours : 2015 | Anticipated Start Date : As mutually agreed upon | Salary : As per MGEU Prof Tech Collective Agreement

Find your rewarding career in a vibrant and diverse community within Southern Health‑Santé Sud. Our organization is privileged to provide care for people at every point in their lives. Partnering with our communities, we provide safe, accessible and sustainable people‑centered health care. We are proud to work in collaboration with all our partners within and throughout our diverse region : seven First Nations Communities, Francophone, Métis, Mennonite and Hutterite communities as well as a growing number of immigrants from all over the world. Be part of the Southern Health‑Santé Sud team, who is rooted in what matters most. Join a region that offers a lifestyle like no other – a safe, peaceful, beautiful, fulfilling life for you and your family.

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. Using 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. Working with individuals with enduring mental illness, the CMHW applies case management functions focused on functional assessment, skill development, relapse prevention and rehabilitation. Services are based on the principles of recovery, empowerment, self‑determination and responsibility and form 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 based on informed consent, voluntary participation and individual capacity. The CMHW requires a diverse and comprehensive knowledge base about trauma‑informed psychiatric care as well as other adopted mental health therapies. The CMHW must possess and integrate crisis management and suicide intervention skills, exercise appropriate initiative and independent judgment, and determine work priorities and methods autonomously. Within the Child and Adolescent program portfolio, the CMHW works in an integrated team approach, collaborating with primary health care providers, specialists, families and services / agencies involved with the child / adolescent. The CMHW works to the full scope of practice, engages in ongoing education, and maintains competency consistent with Southern Health‑Santé Sud policies, professional standards, the appropriate college and code of ethics, and the Regulated Health Professions Act.

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 senior’s mental health.
• Experience completing psychosocial assessments and mental status examinations.

Education (Degree / Diploma / Certificate)

Certification / Licensure / Registration

Qualifications And Skills

Physical Requirements

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 / 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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