Community Mental Health Worker 2 | Mental Health Act

We are currently seeking a permanent part time (0.73 FTE) Community Mental Health Worker 2 to join our team at the Kamloops Mental Health centre and the Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) team.
Who are we looking for?
If you are trained in mental health and have a passion for providing care management to those in need, this opportunity is for you.
What We Offer

• Balanced lifestyle
• Employer paid training/education
• Contribution to Municipal Pension Plan
• Extended Health & Dental coverage
• Employer paid vacation starting at 4 weeks (20 days)
• Competitive salary and an attractive remuneration package
• Medical Service Plan
• Employer paid insurance premiums
• Career Growth

What will you work on?
The Community Mental Health Worker 2 functions as a part of the larger Hospitals & Communities Integrated Services (HCIS) health care team and as a member of a specific Mental Health and Substance Use (MHSU) multi-disciplinary specialized team whose purpose is to ensure that persons with severe and persistent mental health problems and/or substance use disorders have access to timely, responsive, evidence based psychosocial rehabilitation across the continuum of available services. Performs a variety of life skills, advocacy, supportive counseling, psychosocial rehabilitation planning, and general support duties involving clients who are living in their own housing for the assigned client population(s).
Reporting to the HCIS Manager (or designate), working within a psychosocial rehabilitation/harm reduction framework and informed by existing psychiatric and other health professional assessments, the Community Mental Health Worker 2 provides basic case management, establishes rehabilitation objectives and/or psychosocial rehabilitation plans for the assigned client population(s) and is expected to engage clients in various community settings as people with full potential and as meaningful collaborators in their own service planning, delivery and evaluation.
Shift types are days and evenings and shift times are from 12:30 to 16:30, 08:30 to 16:30 hours.
How will you create an impact?
Joining our IH team will allow you to challenge yourself professionally while enjoying all the personal pursuits available to you within this fantastic community.
Reasons to Apply at Interior Health... What we can do for you
For a challenging, growth-oriented career in a beautiful natural setting where balanced lifestyle choices abound, come to Interior Health and join our quest to set new standards of excellence in the delivery of health services in the Province of B.C.
Come live, work and play where others only vacation. Make a difference. Love your work!