Community Mental Health Worker

Posting End Date: Open Until Filled
Southern Health-Santé Sud
Site: 365 Reimer Ave. Department/Unit: Mental Health & Addictions
Permanent
Anticipated shift: 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. 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 possess and integrate into practice crisis management and suicide intervention skills. 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 possess and integrate into practice 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. and the policies of Southern Health-Santé Sud.
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.
Graduate of an accredited post-secondary education in Health-Related Social Sciences (e.g. Masters degree an asset - qualified as a Psychiatric Nurse Occupational Therapist (MOT) Clinical Social Worker (MSW) Family Therapist (MFT) Masters of Counselling Psychology (MACP) or equivalent.
Training and demonstrated skill in the following areas: clinical assessment and case formulation psychotropic medications psychopathology individual/group/family/systems intervention.
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 and understanding of co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders.
Knowledge of mental health self-help and client and family engagement in mental health treatment.
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).
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.
Requires a valid Class 5 drivers license an all-purpose insured vehicle and liability insurance of at least $1000000.00.
May work occasionally evenings and weekends as necessary.
May be required to travel to other regional facilities as the position duties may require.

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. 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 Suds 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.

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