Rural Adult Mental Health and Substance Use Clinician | Aftercare

Put your Mental Health and Substance Use skills to the test and come join the welcoming Mental Health and Substance Use staff at the Williams Lake Mental Health in Williams Lake, B.C.

We are hiring a permanent full-time Rural Adult MHSU Clinician to join the MHSU Aftercare team. The Interior Health Mental Health & Substance Use Programs’ purpose is to restore, preserve and promote good mental health through sustainable and accountable practices.

What We Offer

• Competitive salary and an attractive remuneration package
• Career Growth
• Employer paid training/education
• Employer paid vacation (per collective agreement)
• Employer paid insurance premiums
• Extended Health & Dental coverage
• Contribution to Municipal Pension Plan
• Balanced lifestyle

Who are we looking for?

This position will provide Aftercare services that complement other treatment and recovery services and ensure people can access long term, evidence-based recovery-oriented supports in the community. Aftercare clinicians will be embedded within Substance Use Counselling and Treatment teams. The clinician will provide a net-new service, offering longer term support to those who have completed an intensive bed-based service.

We are looking for a Clinician who is self-directed, independent, and has good understanding of Mental Health complex issues. This is a challenging but rewarding position requiring the Clinician to work with people who have Mental Health and/or Substance Use concerns in the area.

Aftercare clinicians are required to be familiar with policies and guidelines related to confidentiality and information sharing, including; IH Privacy Policies, Family Involvement, Circle of Care, and the BC Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act.

What will you work on?

The Clinician functions as a member of the multi-disciplinary team, whose purpose is to ensure that adults and elderly persons with serious mental disorders and/or substance use problems and co-occurring impairment in personal, family, financial, occupational and/or social life, have access to responsive, sensitive and relevant assessment and treatment services. This includes individuals with acute psychosis, depression, anxiety, complicated grief, suicidal ideation, substance use disorders, substance dependence and concurrent disorders.

The primary duties include, at the advanced practice level, intake assessment, crisis intervention, referral, case management, short term individual and group psychotherapy, psychogeriatric support, collaborative community planning, psycho-education with clients and their families, and liaison with appropriate professionals. Duties include urgent response intervention to individuals in acute crisis, consultation with other care providers, and the coordination of services for adults and elderly with mental health and/or substance use problems.

Scheduling Information

Shift types are days and shift times are from 08:00 to 16:30 hours.

Reasons to Apply at Interior Health... What we can do for you

We offer a work environment conducive to growth and development of strong clinical skills and a work environment that supports and promotes psychological health & safety for all. We offer the opportunity to have a balanced lifestyle that allows you to maintain the quality of life you desire.

If you are a dynamic, experienced clinician, motivated to be challenged professionally, have excellent interpersonal skills and aspire to create long term roots in a small-town setting, this is the move for you.

Come live, work and play where others only vacation. Make a difference. Love your work. Apply today!