Mental Health Clinician , Nations Healing House

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- All Nations Healing House role at First Nations Health Authority

The First Nations Health Authority is a diverse and transformational health organization of professional, innovative, and dedicated team members and leaders.

The First Nations Health Authority (FNHA) works as a health-and-wellness partner with BC First Nations to support self-determination and decision-making to improve health outcomes. FNHA is named one of BC’s Top Employers for 2025. The First Nations-led Primary Care Initiative (FNPCI) aims to improve access to primary health-care services for First Nations people across BC in a culturally safe and community‑based manner.

The All Nations Healing House in Williams Lake, BC is a primary care centre opening to provide team-based care based on local First Nations traditional ways of knowing, being and wellness.

Title: Mental Health Clinician
- All Nations Healing House

Salary: $88,948 - $104,644 - $120,341 per year (pay range explained below)

Contract: Permanent

Hours: Monday – Friday (37.5 hours)

Location: Williams Lake, B.C.

The Mental Health Clinician forms part of a collaborative, multi-disciplinary team that practices from an Indigenous worldview that respects values, beliefs and customs of individuals, families and communities while adhering to current best practices. This role provides team-based, trauma-informed care by creating a culturally safe environment to promote, maintain and/or restore client health. Mental health services including consultation, intake, assessment, collaborative care planning, education, navigation and connection to other resources will be provided through a decolonizing lens, mindful of clients’ intersectionality and healing journey to tailor treatment to meet clients’ specific needs.

To be successful in this role you will have

• A Master’s degree in Psychology, Counselling, or related health professional qualifications with a specialization in mental health, or an equivalent combination of education, training and experience.
• Advanced training in threat/risk assessment and/or trauma response, as well as training in brief intervention approaches (such as CBT, motivational interviewing, SBTA, etc.).

• Current practicing registration with the applicable professional governing body in B.C. plus designation as either a Registered Clinical Counsellor (RCC), a Certified Clinical Counsellor (CCC), or a Registered Social Worker (RSW).
• Current valid Class 5 B.C. driver’s license and willingness to submit a driver’s abstract.

• Five (5) to seven (7) years of experience working with complex social systems or an equivalent combination of experience and education.
• Three (3) years' recent direct experience in a clinical mental health and addictions setting working with children and youth and/or adults.
• Three (3) years’ recent related experience conducting mental health, addictions, threat/risk and trauma assessments, intervention and post-vention treatment services to individuals with mental health and addictions issues.
• Experience working with First Nations people and communities, providing mental health services that integrate holistic Indigenous approaches.
• Care coordination experience within a multi-disciplinary team and including external partners is an asset.
• Experience utilizing intervention techniques and skills, including motivational interviewing, somatic experiencing modalities, trauma-specific services.

As a member of the team, you will have access to a wide range of employee benefits including:

• Municipal Pension plan with an employer contribution of 9.31% after eligibility period
• 3 weeks’ vacation, which increases with service to 4 weeks, plus 5 personal days, 1 volunteer day, and 14 holidays including National Indigenous People’s Day and National Day of Truth and Reconciliation
• Access to group health benefits, sick leave and a Health Care Spending Account through Canada Life on day 1 of employment

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