Rural Adult Mental Health and Substance Use Worker | Adult Short-Term Assessment and Treatment

Position Summary

We are currently in search of a casual Rural Adult Mental Health and Substance Use (MHSU) Worker to join the MHSU Adult Short-Term Assessment and Treatment (ASTAT) team at the Kiro Wellness Centre in beautiful Trail, B.C.

The ideal candidate will have strong assessment and treatment skills and possess a human caring and relationship-centred approach to practice.

• Competitive salary and an attractive remuneration package
• Career Growth
• Employer paid training/education
• Balanced lifestyle

The Worker functions as a member of the multi‑disciplinary team whose purpose is to ensure that adults with serious mental disorders and/or substance use have access to responsive, sensitive and relevant assessment and treatment services. The program serves the adult and elderly population that experiences mental health disorders or substance use and impairment in personal, family, financial, occupational and/or social life.

This includes individuals with acute psychosis, bizarre behavior, depression, anxiety, complicated grief, suicidal ideation, substance use, substance dependence and concurrent disorders.

The primary duties include intake assessment, crisis intervention, referral, case management, psychogeriatric support, collaborative community planning, psycho‑education with clients and their families, and liaison with appropriate professionals. Duties also include urgent response intervention to individuals in acute crisis, consultation with other care providers to identify educational needs for the community and subsequent strategies to address these needs, and coordination of services for adults and elderly with mental health and/or substance use problems.

Shift types are days and shift times are from 08:00 to 16:30 hours. This is a Casual opportunity. Casual means there are no guaranteed hours and work requirements can vary from 0 - 37.5 hours per week. Many careers with us begin with casual employment and lead to permanent or temporary career opportunities.

Education, Training and

Experience:

• Bachelor’s Degree in a Health, Behavioural or Social Science related field, from an accredited university.
• Two years’ recent related experience in an alcohol and drug treatment environment or an equivalent combination of education, training and experience.
• Current valid B.C. driver’s license. (Class
  5)