Mental Health and Substance Use Worker | Road to Recovery

Interior Health; Kelowna; On-site; CAD 42,000 - 66,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Career Growth

Employer paid training/education

Employer paid vacation

Employer paid insurance premiums

Extended Health & Dental coverage

Municipal Pension Plan

Balanced lifestyle

Job summary

The Interior Health Authority is seeking a permanent part-time MHSU Worker to join the Access Central-Road 2 Recovery team in Kelowna, BC. You will provide assessments, treatment planning, and coordinated care within a centralized regional service model.

You will work with an interdisciplinary team to support adults with substance use and co-occurring mental health needs, delivering evidence-based interventions, crisis response, and transitions across the care continuum.

Qualifications

• Compassionate and clinically skilled MHSU Worker with experience in substance use and/or concurrent mental health conditions.
• Knowledge of evidence-based substance use practices and therapeutic relationships.

Responsibilities

• Conduct biopsychosocial assessments and develop treatment plans.
• Provide individual and group interventions for substance use and co-occurring disorders.
• Coordinate services and facilitate transitions within the Access Central model.
• Deliver crisis response and support client self-determination and recovery.

Skills

Biopsychosocial assessment

Treatment planning

Individual interventions

Group interventions

Crisis/risk response

Service coordination

Transition planning

Job description

We are currently looking for a permanent part time (0.74 FTE) Mental Health and Substance Use (MHSU) Worker to join the Mental Health and Substance Use Access Central-Road 2 Recovery (R2R) team based out of the Kelowna Community Health & Services centre in Kelowna, B.C.

Interior Health and our partner agencies provide a range of mental health and substance use services for all ages. We strive to ensure that our services are welcoming of all peoples, gender identities, cultures, ethnicities and backgrounds.

Who are we looking for?

We are seeking a compassionate and clinically skilled MHSU Substance Use Worker with experience supporting individuals experiencing substance use and/or concurrent mental health and substance use concerns. The ideal candidate will have strong skills in biopsychosocial assessment, treatment planning, individual and group interventions, crisis/risk response, service coordination and transition planning.

The successful candidate will demonstrate sound clinical judgment, knowledge of evidence-based substance use practices, and the ability to build therapeutic relationships while supporting client self-determination and recovery. Strong communication, collaboration, organization and adaptability are essential to working effectively within a centralized, regional and interdisciplinary service model.

What We Offer

• Competitive salary and an attractive remuneration package
• Career Growth
• Employer paid training/education
• Employer paid vacation (per collective agreement)
• Employer paid insurance premiums
• Extended Health & Dental coverage
• Contribution to Municipal Pension Plan
• Balanced lifestyle

About This Department/Unit

The MHSU Substance Use Worker supports Access Central, which is a new regional virtual service delivered by a centralized interdisciplinary team based in Kelowna. This position will support a centralized, regional, coordinated access to substance use bed-based services, including treatment, transition and stabilization, and supportive recovery.

Access Central is a phone line providing seamless and low-barrier support to adults 18+ through their entire substance use care journey. From detox/stabilization to substance use treatment and aftercare, Access Central bridges critical transition points with sustained, tailored, and trauma-informed care planning and coordination to support those struggling with addiction.

What will you work on?

The Substance Use Worker functions as a member of the larger Hospitals & Communities Integrated Services (HCIS) health care team and as a member of a specific MHSU multi-disciplinary team whose purpose is to ensure that persons experiencing substance use problems/disorders or concurrent substance use and mental health problems have access to timely, responsive, evidence based treatment and clinical supports across the continuum of available services. The Substance Use Worker provides assessment, treatment, service coordination, and as required, urgent response to clients who may also have serious functional impairment in the domains of physical health and personal, family, financial, occupational, and social life. The Substance Use Worker functions as a primary clinician utilizing a variety of specialized treatment modalities/therapies for individuals, groups of clients and/or their families.

Scheduling Information

Shirt times are days and shift times are from 09:00 to 17:00 hours.

Reasons to Apply at Interior Health... What we can do for you

We offer a work environment conducive to growth and development of strong skills and a work environment that supports and promotes psychological health & safety for all. We offer the opportunity to have a balanced lifestyle that allows you to maintain the quality of life you desire.