Weekend Mental Health Support Worker

POSTING NUMBER: Mental Health Worker, Casual

Various in the Supported Housing Division

SALARY RANGE: Grid 34: $33.49 - $35.31 (Additional Night Shift Premium is applicable)

Applicants must be available to accept casual shifts for blocks of work, overnights, as well as weekends.

All employment is subject to a satisfactory result from a criminal record check done through the Ministry of Public Safety and Solicitor General.

Job Description - Mental Health Worker

Supported Housing

Mental Health Worker

Community Subsector Association

Reports to: Manager, Supported Housing

Assists clients with mental, developmental, and/or physical disabilities to live successfully in the community by determining appropriate care to meet individual needs and situational requirements. Provides a variety of day-to-day physical, emotional, and social supports, advocacy, life skills assistance, information, resources and demonstrations.

Participates in case planning with clients and/or healthcare providers by performing duties such as interviewing clients to identify problems and needs, obtaining required information from a variety of sources such as families and care providers, documenting client needs and wants, and assisting clients to determine appropriate programs.

Advocates for clients by problem solving in areas such as landlord-tenant disputes, financial assistance, accessing community resources, and obtaining volunteer or work placements.

Observes clients, identifies and assesses potential emergency situations, and develops short-term strategies to deal with such situations. Reports medical, behavioural, and other problems as required. Provides feedback and input regarding clients’ needs, performance, and progress.

Provides supportive feedback, demonstrations, modeling, and behaviour management to clients, their families, and their personal networks, to assist with the development of physical, social, emotional, and life skills such as maintaining personal hygiene, housekeeping, meal planning and preparation, meeting financial obligations, making and keeping appointments, and interpersonal skills.

Provides medication support, in accordance with established policy.

Identifies available social, economic, recreational, and educational services and resources in the community that will meet clients’ needs. Carries out administrative transactions such as petty cash, client accounts, collecting rents and money from clients for personal items, completing forms and making deposits and withdrawals.

Completes and maintains related records and documentation such as care plans, progress reports, statistics, and daily logs.

Contacts outside contractors for maintenance work as required. Ensures the residence’s inventory of supplies is maintained by performing duties such as contacting outside suppliers and following up on discrepancies.

Assists clients to search for housing, negotiate tenancy agreements, arrange for security deposits and payments of rent, acquiring furnishings and household items, arranging utilities, negotiating moving allowances, arranging for movers and physically assisting with moves.

Receives client feedback, and inquiries and complaints, and responds as required.

Provides direction to volunteer and or practicum students as required.

Education, Training & Experience

in Behavioral Sciences or Diploma in Community Social Service - Mental Health preferred.

Class V BC Driver’s License (optional requirement for operation of agency van).

Certificates in CPR, First Aid, and Food Safe.

Or an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.

Ability to communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing.

Knowledge of Psychosocial Rehabilitation and Concurrent Disorders including theories and methods.