LIFESKILLS SUPPORT WORKER II

Northern Health - BC; Prince Rupert; On-site; CAD 33,000 - 44,000; Full time

Job summary

Northern Health is seeking a Lifeskills Support Worker to apply your knowledge and abilities in a dynamic community setting. Under supervision, you will support clients in achieving wellbeing and independence through skills teaching and personalized plans.

You will work within a multidisciplinary team, employing psychosocial rehabilitation principles to assist individuals facing mental health and addiction challenges, with a focus on reducing hospitalization risk and promoting recovery.

Responsibilities

• Ensure the wellbeing of clients in the program and promote independent living in the community.
• Provide support and skills teaching using psychosocial rehabilitation principles.
• Collaborate with a multidisciplinary team within the Mental Health and Addictions portfolio.
• Assist clients with serious mental illness or addictions issues to reduce hospitalization risk.

Job description

Are you a Lifeskills Support Worker looking to highlight your knowledge, skills, and abilities in a new and dynamic environment? We currently have an opportunity for you to bring your excellent work ethic to Northern Health.

In accordance with the established mission, vision, values, and strategic priorities of Northern Health, and under the general supervision of Manager or designate, Life Skills Worker 2 (LSW) ensures the wellbeing of clients in the program and promotes their independent living in the community. The lifeskills support worker is a member of a multidisciplinary team within the context of an assigned program the lifeskills worker provides support and skills teaching using the principles of psychosocial rehabilitation. The scope of practice encompasses the Mental Health and Addictions services portfolio and harm reduction approach. A key component of this job is to assist clients with a serious and persistent mental illness and/or addictions issues in their physical, social and emotional development and to reduce the number of/or potential for hospitalization and incarceration.

Shift Rotation/Hours of work: Monday to Friday, Days - 08:30 to 16:30