Mental Health & Wellness Outreach, Clinical Counsellor
FNHA Overview
About us
The First Nations Health Authority is a diverse and transformational health organization of professional, innovative, and dedicated team members and leaders.
The first of its kind in Canada, FNHA works as a health-and-wellness partner with BC First Nations to support self-determination and decision-making to improve health outcomes.
Exciting time to join for someone who loves to travel, meet lots of amazing passionate people and be involved with the work in community.
Title : Mental Health & Wellness Outreach, Clinical Counsellor
Salary : $74,679 $88,549 per year (pay range explained below)
Contract : Permanent
Hours : 37.5 Hours, Monday Friday (core hours 9am 3pm)
Location : Tsawout-East Saanich, Vancouver Island
Bargaining Unit : PIPSC BCFNHA Group (Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada)
About the role
As Mental Health & Wellness Outreach, Clinical Counsellor, you will provide advanced level expertise in community-based clinical services specific to crisis and trauma response with communities from across the Vancouver Island Region.
As a valued part of the Hub and Spoke based teamlet, this position provides mental wellness counselling services for crisis and trauma incidents in community.
About you
To be successful in this role you will have / be
- A Master’s degree in Counselling, Psychology or a relevant human services field
- Up to date registration and in good standing with professional regulatory body
- Advanced training in threat / risk assessment and / or trauma response
- 5 to 7 years of experience working with complex social systems or an equivalent combination of experience and education
- Minimum of 2 years working with threat / risk and trauma assessment, intervention and post-vention
- Current valid B.C. driver’s license and willingness to submit a driver’s abstract
Please refer to Job Specification section of the Job Description for more details.
You may have experience in; Outreach and Clinical Counsellor
Working at FNHA
As a member of the team, you will have access to a wide range of employee benefits including :
- Municipal Pension plan with an employer contribution of 9.31% after eligibility period
- Access to group health benefits and a Health Care Spending Account through Canada Life on day 1 of employment
- And more!
The First Nations Health Authority is committed to respecting diversity within our workforce; preference will be given to individuals with Indigenous ancestry who chose to identify (First Nations, Inuit, Métis).
Leading with culture, all FNHA employees complete San’yas Indigenous Cultural Safety Training. We support our FNHA family members to be leaders in wellness and all staff members develop a yearly wellness plan as part of their performance partnership and goal-setting.
The Pay Range is the minimum (Step 1) and maximum (highest Step) annual base salary based on full time equivalent hours.
As a health and wellness organization, the FNHA has aligned with the Provincial Public Health Order released on October 14, 2021.
We have a mandatory COVID-19 vaccination policy for all employees at First Nations Health Authority. This policy requires all employees to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19.
If selected for employment, you will be required to provide proof of vaccination by providing a copy of your BC Vaccination Card Passport with the QR code.
How to apply
If this sound likes the opportunity for you, please click on the 'Apply for Job' button.
Closing date : December 27, 2023 (at 23 : 59)
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