Life Skills & Mental Health Support Specialist

Interior Health Authority; Pendleton; Vor Ort; GBP 35.000 - 45.000; Teilzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Competitive salary

Career growth

Employer paid training/education

Employer paid vacation

Employer paid insurance premiums

Extended Health & Dental coverage

Municipal Pension Plan

Zusammenfassung

Interior Health is seeking a relief Life Skills Support Worker (0.89 FTE) to join our Mental Health team at McKim Cottage in Nelson, B.C. This relief position runs until March 12, 2027 or return of the incumbent.

The role provides outreach, community and facility care with a recovery-oriented, harm-reduction approach. You will work within a multidisciplinary team to support adults facing complex mental health and/or substance use challenges and help them build stability and meaningful

Qualifikationen

• Strong communication, crisis intervention, risk assessment, counselling, advocacy and problem-solving skills.

Aufgaben

• Provide direct care such as supportive counseling, risk assessment and crisis intervention.
• Develop, coordinate, implement and evaluate a treatment plan via outreach for assigned clients.
• Participate in team clinical reviews and consultation, psychiatric reviews and monitoring of clients.

Kenntnisse

Crisis intervention

Strong communication

Risk assessment

Counselling

Advocacy

Problem-solving

Team collaboration

Jobbeschreibung

Interior Health is seeking a relief Life Skills Support Worker (0.89 FTE) to join our Mental Health team at McKim Cottage in Nelson, B.C. This relief position runs until March 12, 2027 or return of the incumbent.

The role provides outreach, community and facility care with a recovery-oriented, harm-reduction approach. You will work within a multidisciplinary team to support adults facing complex mental health and/or substance use challenges and help them build stability and meaningful