Casual Mental Health Worker, Main Street Program

POSTING NUMBER: MAINMHWCAS-09-2026 POSITION: Mental Health Worker, Casual UNION: HEU - MPA Certification PROGRAM: Main Street LOCATION: Vancouver SALARY RANGE: Grid 34: $33.49 - $35.31 (Additional Night Shift Premium is available)
AVAILABILITY: Applicants must be available to accept casual shifts for blocks of work, overnights, as well as weekends.
JOB DETAILS: Please refer to the job description for details of the position.
QUALIFICATIONS: Please refer to the job description for qualifications and education required for the position.

All employment is subject to a satisfactory result from a criminal record check done through the Ministry of Public Safety and Solicitor General.

Please note that only those selected for interviews will be contacted. Thank you for your interest.

Classification Benchmark: Mental Health Worker Grid Level: 34 Collective Agreement: Community Subsector Association Reports to: Manager, Supported Housing

Assists clients with mental, developmental, and/or physical disabilities to live successfully in the community by determining appropriate care to meet individual needs and situational requirements. Provides a variety of day-to-day physical, emotional, and social supports, advocacy, life skills assistance, information, resources and demonstrations.

• Participates in case planning with clients and/or healthcare providers by performing duties such as interviewing clients to identify problems and needs, obtaining required information from a variety of sources such as families and care providers, documenting client needs and wants, and assisting clients to determine appropriate programs.
• Advocates for clients by problem solving in areas such as landlord-tenant disputes, financial assistance, accessing community resources, and obtaining volunteer or work placements.
• Observes clients, identifies and assesses potential emergency situations, and develops short-term strategies to deal with such situations. Reports medical, behavioural, and other problems as required. Provides feedback and input regarding clients’ needs, performance, and progress.
• Provides supportive feedback, demonstrations, modeling, and behaviour management to clients, their families, and their personal networks, to assist with the development of physical, social, emotional, and life skills such as maintaining personal hygiene, housekeeping, meal planning and preparation, meeting financial obligations, making and keeping appointments, and interpersonal skills.
• Provides medication support, in accordance with established policy.
• Identifies available social, economic, recreational, and educational services and resources in the community that will meet clients’ needs. Provides clients with related information.
• Facilitates clients’ physical, recreational, educational, and employment needs by performing duties such as arranging for clients to be transported to programs/services, assisting clients to attend appointments, and implementing programs.
• Carries out administrative transactions such as petty cash, client accounts, collecting rents and money from clients for personal items, completing forms and making deposits and withdrawals.
• Completes and maintains related records and documentation such as care plans, progress reports, statistics, and daily logs.
• Ensures the maintenance, cleanliness, and safety of programs and residence. Contacts outside contractors for maintenance work as required. Ensures the residence’s inventory of supplies is maintained by performing duties such as contacting outside suppliers and following up on discrepancies.
• Assists clients to search for housing, negotiate tenancy agreements, arrange for…