Mental Health Clinician - Child and Youth Treatment Services - Crisis & Consultation Service -Repost

The Shared Health Mental Health and Addictions provide a range of mental health and addiction services across the healthcare continuum that support and promote recovery. Through collaboration and partnership across various health services, social services and community sectors, Shared Health Mental Health and Addiction strives to promote mental health and well-being for all, to reduce inequities, to improve access and coordination to minimize the impact of mental health and addiction issues for individuals and families and to work towards the sustainability of mentally healthy individuals and communities.

Child and Youth (CY) Treatment Services within Mental Health and Addictions, Shared Health has developed, in collaboration with the regional Health Authorities (SDOs) a virtual province-wide service that will support service providers, and their clients. These services will provide timely consultation to service providers who deliver treatment resources to the child and youth population suffering with mental and emotional health challenges; and direct time-limited intervention to children and youth to support community stabilization. Collaborative and low barrier care transitions is a priority.

With a trauma informed and equity informed perspectives these services connect youth to existing resource supports “close to home”. Brief treatment may be provided in collaboration with community partnerships utilizing anti-racist, culturally informed and a person centric approach. Thus, allowing for increased safety for a diverse inclusive population of youth. Low barrier service delivery with smooth service transition is emphasized. We know in Manitoba a high proportion of children and youth that require or use mental health and addictions services may be from Indigenous communities and backgrounds. This role requires an incumbent who can participate in a team environment that will support Indigenous clients and families that may require these services.

Main Function:
Under the general direction of the Manager - Child and Youth Treatment Services, Mental Health and Addictions, Share Health and in collaboration with the Crisis & Consultation Services clinical team, the incumbent is responsible for providing clinical services to individuals under the age of 18 years in mental health or psychosocial crisis.

• Three to five years’ experience working with children, adolescents, adults and families.
• Equivalent combinations of education and experience may be considered.

• Professional qualifications with a degree in one of the following disciplines will be required:
  • Graduate from an approved program in Psychiatric Nursing or Nursing (BSc.P.N., B.Sc.M.H.; or
  • B.Sc.N. preferred), Medical Rehab (BMR, MOT), Counselling (M.A. Psych or M. Ed Psych), Masters of Marriage and Family Therapy or Social Work (MSW).
• Additional training such as specialization in addictions studies considered an asset.

SPECIAL TRAINING/SKILL:

• Skill/training in several of the following areas: clinical assessment; individual therapy, family therapy, group therapy, play therapy, systems intervention.
• Knowledge of child and adolescent development, stages of family development, systems theory, and the biopsychosocial model to mental health.
• Knowledge of models of community based mental health service delivery.

• Active member in good standing of an associated regulatory body as appropriate.

• Experience with Crisis Intervention models preferred.
• Experience working within brief treatment models preferred.
• Experience working with diverse and vulnerable populations.
• Experience utilizing virtual models to care considered an asset.
• Experience with Suicide Assessment and Intervention preferred.
• Experience in facilitating educational workshops and/or capacity building an asset.

• May be required to work safely in a typical computerized office environment with frequent meetings.
• May be required to travel throughout the service area requiring a valid Manitoba driver’s license and use of a personal motor vehicle.