25-025 Child Youth Mental Health Outreach Worker

Position: Child & Youth Mental Health Outreach Worker

Location: White Rock and North Surrey area

Hours: 35 hours/week; permanent fulltime

Salary: $27.81

Start Date: ASAP

We are looking for a Child & Youth Mental Health Worker to join our Mental Health Child and Youth Outreach team! Ideally this individual must be able to work well independently be a great team player have a passion for working with young people have a good understanding of trauma informed and strengthbased approaches.

About Sources:

SOURCES is a communitybased nonprofit organization providing support and hope to communities in the Lower Mainland on Vancouver Island and across Northern BC. Sources strives to create vibrant and resilient communities through support to adults children youth and families facing challenges in life such as mental health disability poverty substance use and conflict. We support our communities through leadership education and volunteerism.

Sources is committed to learning about celebrating and incorporating Indigenous knowledge into our practices as we continue our work in truth and reconciliation. People of all races cultures ethnicities 2SLGBTQIA and abilities are welcomed to work with us. We value diversity respect and collaboration as we promote our mission: social wellness for our community.

Description of Position:

Reporting to: Youth Services Manager

This position receives referrals from the MCFD Child and Youth Mental Health team to support youth to build adaptive skills and selfmanagement. The worker will intervene with the client to support the goals as directed by the referring Mental Health Clinician. Activities include but are not limited to socialization symptom reduction and skill development. Integrated case management required. The Child & Youth Mental Health worker requires an ability to enable children/youth (ages 6 to 18 to engage in positive and developmentally appropriate activities with peers and in the community. Requires the ability to provide activitybased interventions including onetoone work or group work focusing on skill building and/or support stabilizing in the community. The Worker will network with and prepare written reports and/or required documentation for the MCFD Mental Health Clinicians. Transporting clients in own vehicle also required. The Worker must demonstrate an ability and willingness to initiate contact with difficult to serve youth. The work is outreach in nature requires shift flexibility and is provided mainly in the North Surrey area.

General Responsibilities:

• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Ability to maintain records write session notes and complete monthly reports.
• Complete various program related administration tasks.
• Ability to professionally liaise with community partners.

Programspecific Responsibilities:

• Working knowledge of mental health concerns including common diagnoses such as anxiety depression ADHD substance abuse and eating disorders.
• Training and ability to work from a trauma informed harm reduction perspective an asset.
• Training in Indigenous Cultural Safety an asset (Training may be accessed through Sources).
• Ability to work in collaboration and professionally with CYMH/MCFD staff.
• Provides and engages in ageappropriate mental health activities for youth.
• Develops goals in collaboration with clients and CYMH clinician to address mental health needs.

Physical Demands of Job:

Cognitive Demands of Job:

Qualifications:

• Possess an undergraduate degree in Child and Youth Care Psychology or related.
• Experience working with youth dealing with any of the following: behavioral concerns mental health challenges family challenges substance use.
• Use of a vehicle that is safe and passes inspection.
• Effectively utilize Office suite including Excel Word Outlook and central data systems.
• Effectively communicate professionally verbally and written in English.
• Current Food Safe certificate (Training may be accessed through Sources).
• Standard First Aid and CPR (Training may be accessed through Sources).
• Nonviolent Crisis Intervention Training (Training may be accessed through Sources).
• Clear criminal record check results.
• Valid Class 5 BC Drivers License and clean drivers abstract.

Benefits:

All employees regardless of benefit eligibility have access to an Employee & Family Assistance Program.

Other benefits (if applicable):

• 100 employer paid coverage for extended health and dental
• Long term disability life insurance critical illness insurance accidental death & dismemberment coverage
• Pension plan
• Generous paid time off starting at 3 weeks

Closing Date: Once filled

Internal candidates will be contacted by: Youth Services Manager