Job Description

Requisition ID: 323395

Position Number: 20049335

Posting End Date: November 28, 2022

City: Winnipeg

Site: WRHA Community Health Services

Work Location: Access St. Boniface

Department / Unit: Mental Health St Boniface

Job Stream: Clinical

Union: MGEU-COMMUNITY

Anticipated Start Date - End Date: ASAP - 11/17/2024

Reason for Term: Other Leave

FTE: 0.80

Anticipated Shift: Days

Daily Hours Worked: 8.00

Annual Base Hours: 2080

Salary: $20.097, $20.720, $21.433, $22.168, $22.915, $23.650

Grow your career in the Winnipeg Health Region! Our team provides a spectrum of health care services through an integrated network of sites, services and organizations. We're united by a shared commitment to excellent and equitable health care.

Position Overview

The Mental Health Support Worker as a member of a multidisciplinary team will assist in carrying out individual service plans under the direction of the Clinical team members on the Mental Health Team. The Mental Health Support Worker is responsible for rehabilitative and supportive functions including skill building/enhancement, creation and maintenance of formal and informal support networks, linking to and maintaining formal and informal support services, provision of appropriate and accurate information and consultation with families as related to skill building/enhancement and development of supports.

Aperau du poste
En tant que membre d'une equipe multidisciplinaire, la travailleuse ou le travailleur communautaire de soutien en sante mentale aidera a mettre en A"uvre des plans de services individuels sous la direction des membres de l'equipe clinique du groupe de la sante mentale. La travailleuse ou le travailleur communautaire de soutien en sante mentale est responsable des fonctions de readaptation et de soutien, y compris le renforcement et l'amelioration des competences, la creation et le maintien de reseaux de soutien officiels et officieux, la prestation d'information appropriee et exacte et la consultation des familles au sujet du renforcement et de l'amelioration des competences et de la mise en place de soutiens.

Experience

• Two years of related experience with people with mental health issues, or other human service.
• Experience in life skill teaching and support to individuals who struggle with mental health issues or other disabilities or conditions.
• Experience in developing, planning and coordinating services.

Experience

• Deux ans d'experience pertinente avec des personnes ayant des problemes de sante mentale, ou en prestation d'autres services a la personne.
• Experience en enseignement d'aptitudes a la vie quotidienne et en soutien de personnes qui sont aux prises avec des problemes de sante mentale ou d'autres handicaps ou troubles.
• Experience de l'elaboration, de la planification et de la coordination des services.

Education (Degree/Diploma/Certificate)

• University or College education in human services, other related disciplines, or high school diploma and related training.

a?tudes (grade/diplame/certificat)

• a?tudes universitaires ou collegiales en services a la personne ou dans d'autres disciplines connexes, ou diplame d'etudes secondaires et formation connexe.

Certification/Licensure/Registration

• Requires a valid driver's license and a vehicle.

Certification/permis/immatriculation

• Le poste exige un permis de conduire valide et un vehicule.

Qualifications and Skills

• Knowledge of Recovery as it applies to individuals with mental illness.
• Knowledge of community support services related to income, housing, employment social integration and self-help.
• Demonstrated skills and competence to establish supportive, trusting relationships with individuals and other stakeholders.
• Demonstrate flexibility, creativity and be an enthusiastic team member.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Effective networking and agency relations skills.
• Knowledge of assessment, crisis intervention, service coordination and community consultation.
• Able to use problem resolution skills to handle sensitive and complex issues related to multiple service involvement and interdisciplinary teams.

Qualites et competences

• Connaissance du retablissement par rapport aux personnes ayant une maladie mentale.
• Connaissance des services de soutien communautaire en matiere de revenu, de logement, d'emploi, d'integration sociale et de developpement personnel.
• Aptitudes et competences demontrees en etablissement de relations de soutien et de confiance avec des personnes et d'autres intervenants.
• Faire preuve de souplesse et de creativite et atre un membre enthousiaste de l'equipe.
• Excellentes competences en communication et entregent marque.
• Competences efficaces en reseautage et en relations de mandataire.
• Connaissance de l'evaluation, de l'intervention en situation de crise, de la coordination des services et de la consultation des collectivites.
• Capacite d'appliquer ses competences en resolution de problemes pour regler des enjeux delicats et complexes lies a la participation de plusieurs services et a des equipes multidisciplinaires.

Physical Requirements

• Evening and weekend work will be required.

Exigences physiques

• La personne retenue devra travailler en soiree et les fins de semaine.

This position has been designated as bilingual. If no candidates satisfy the bilingualism requirement, candidates meeting all other requirements and qualifications will be considered for the position.
CE POSTE A a?Ta? DESIGNa? BILINGUE: Si aucun candidat ne satisfait aux exigences en matiere de bilinguisme, les candidats qui repondent a tous les autres criteres et possedent les autres qualites requises pourraient atre consideres.

This term position may end earlier as outlined in your collective agreement.

This position requires a current satisfactory Criminal Records Check (including Vulnerable Sector Search), Child Abuse Registry Check and Adult Abuse Registry Check as conditions of employment. The successful candidate will be responsible for any service charges incurred. A security check is considered current if it was obtained no more than six (6) months prior to the start of employment.

Please note that an employee is not permitted to hold two or more positions across the WRHA legal entity that combine to equal more than 1.0 EFT. The WRHA legal entity includes Churchill Health Centre, Deer Lodge Centre, Grace Hospital, Middlechurch Home of Winnipeg, Pan Am Clinic, River Park Gardens, Victoria General Hospital, WRHA corporate programs, and WRHA community health services.

Interviewed candidates may be called upon to participate in a skills assessment.

Any application received after the closing time will not be included in the competition

We welcome applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available upon request during the assessment and selection process.