Community Mental Health Worker – Child and Adolescent

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.

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 in completing psychosocial assessments and mental status examinations.

Education:

• Graduate of an accredited post-secondary education in Health-Related Social Sciences (e.g. BSW, BScMH, BScPN, BN, RPN).
• Other relevant educational qualifications and experience may be considered.
• Master’s degree an asset - qualified as a Psychiatric Nurse, Occupational Therapist (MOT), Clinical Social Work (MSW), Family Therapist (MFT), Masters of Counselling Psychology (MACP), or equivalent.
• Training and demonstrated skill in clinical assessment and case formulation, psychotropic medications, psychopathology, individual/group/family/systems intervention.

Certification/Licensure/Registration:

• Active license and registration to practice as required by professional association and provincial legislation.
• Certificate in Applied Suicide Intervention Skills (ASIST).

Qualifications and Skills:

• Knowledge of child and adolescent development, and mental health issues in childhood and adolescence including suicide risk assessment and risk management.
• Knowledge and understanding of all aspects of mental health service.
• Advanced mental health psychosocial assessment skills and knowledge of appropriate evidence informed therapeutic counseling models, approaches and interventions.
• Advanced knowledge of human developmental theory and mental health concerns typically identified for various populations across the age spectrum including signs and symptoms of mental illness.
• Knowledge of recovery principles in the treatment of mental illness.
• Knowledge of co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders.
• Knowledge of commonly prescribed psychotropic medications for mental disorders across the age spectrum.
• Knowledge of mental health self-help and client and family engagement in mental health treatment.
• Knowledge of relevant legislation and standards in Manitoba i.e. Personal Health Information Act and others as specified by Southern Health-Santé Sud and program area.
• Proficiency with MS Office suite of programs and other technological applications (i.e. telehealth).
• Demonstrated excellence in communication, interpersonal and organizational skills.
• Demonstrated ability to prepare written communication.
• Demonstrated ability to complete psychosocial assessment, including mental status examination, preparing diagnostic impressions, and identifying crisis intervention plans.
• Demonstrated ability to work in a culturally informed manner within a range of cultures.
• Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively within a multi-disciplinary team and across service sectors.
• Given the cultural diversity of our region, the ability to respect and promote a culturally diverse population is required.
• Proficiency of both official languages is essential for target and designated bilingual positions.
• Demonstrated ability to respect confidentiality including paper, electronic formats and other mediums.
• Good work and attendance record.
• Requires a valid Class 5 driver’s license, an all-purpose insured vehicle and liability insurance of at least $1,000,000.00.

Physical Requirements:

• Demonstrated ability to meet the physical and mental demands of the job.
• No hazardous or significantly unpleasant conditions.
• May work occasionally evenings and weekends as necessary.
• May be required to travel to other regional facilities as the position duties may require.

This term position may end earlier as outlined in your collective agreement. 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.