Mental Health Worker - Mobile Crisis Intervention Team

The Mobile Crisis Intervention Team (MCIT) works collaboratively with the O.P.P. Haliburton. This collaboration aims to reduce the number of repeat callers who call Police Services in times of crisis due to mental health and substance use issues. The Mental Health Worker (MHW) - MCIT provides assessment and follow up to individuals who come into contact with Police in a mental health crisis, liaising with community partners and Hospitals to ensure that clients are connected to appropriate services, diverting clients from engaging with the Police due to a mental health crisis.

This position is located in the Haliburton Area. Travel to and throughout Haliburton and the surrounding area is required.

Location:

Haliburton and surrounding area
Status:
Full-Time Temporary (18 months)

Posting#: MHW-MCIT-FTT-08-26

Wage: $31.88 to $33.35 per hour
Final date to receive applications: 12:00 noon on September 9, 2026

• Working at/out of a police detachment, respond to police calls and direction to attend in crisis situations
• Attend with Police Officers at police calls involving individuals who may be experiencing mental health issues or are in crisis
• Provide crisis intervention services to de-escalate immediate situation
• Utilize appropriate therapeutic approaches when dealing with potential aggression
• Immediate assessment of the individual’s mental health needs and, assessment of risk pertaining to the client’s mental health status
• Collaborate with Police, hospital, shelter, and other crisis intervention services to support the person and family to address immediate mental health needs
• Work from a trauma-informed and concurrent-disorder-informed approach
• Formulate and develop support/follow-up plan for individual and care providers
• Provide brief case management support and services for clients in their place of residence, and in the community
• Respond to requests from police for follow up and community linkages
• Assess, implement, and develop evidence-based, best-practice short term interventions based on principles of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, and Motivational Interviewing, to promote improved psychological function and recovery
• Advocate and make appropriate referrals, with consent, for needed services and supports as identified in the client’s service plan
• Provide mental health, developmental disorder, physical health and concurrent disorder information to individuals, care givers and other service providers
• Ongoing assessment, monitoring and supporting clients working towards treatment goals.
• Perform mental health status assessments, where applicable and collaborate with psychiatrists and other medical practitioners
• Stay current on relevant legislation, best practices, treatment approaches, basic psychopharmacology and agency policies and procedures

• Ensure all client documentation is accurately recorded in a timely manner, e.g., consents, progress notes, service agreements, crisis plans, safety reports, risk assessments etc. as required by agency and program policies and procedures
• Complete all required program-related data collection (e.g., statistics, outcome measures, e) in an accurate and timely manner
• Communicate and /or submit case notes or data as required by police, for their records, with appropriate consents
• Complete administrative tasks e g., time sheets, expense claims, vacation requests, training
• Completion of O.C.A.N. assessments as appropriate

• Liaise with the Hospitals, Police, community partners
• Attend and participate at Situation Table
• Develop and promote collaborative partnerships with other service providers, agencies, and community partners
• Maintain positive and effective working partnerships with Police, hospital staff and community partners
• Participate in community outreach activities through the development of collaborative partnerships and through presentations, education and visits to community agencies and services as appropriate

• Participate cooperatively in the agency performance management process/system
• Stay current on relevant legislation and best practices,…