Shared Care Counsellor / Conseillier.ère en soins partagés
Requisition ID: 395438
Position Number: 809-715101015C568-01
Posting End Date: January 22, 2026
Employer: Southern Health-Santé Sud
Site: Mental Health - St. Claude
Union: MGEU
Department/Unit: Mental Health & Addictions
Work Location: Mental Health - St. Claude
City: St. Claude
Hiring Status: Permanent
FTE: 0.5
Employment arrangement: In Person
Daily hours worked: 7.75
Anticipated shift: Days
Annual base hours: 2015
Anticipated Start Date: As mutually agreed upon
Salary: As per MGEU Prof Tech Collective Agreement
Including Notre Dame de Lourdes, Swan Lake and Somerset.
Find your rewarding career in a vibrant and diverse community within Southern Health-Santé Sud. Our organization is privileged to provide care for people at every point in their lives.
Partnering with our communities, we provide safe, accessible and sustainable people-centered health care. We are proud to work in collaboration with all our partners within and throughout our diverse region: seven First Nations Communities, Francophone, Métis, Mennonite and Hutterite communities as well as a growing number of immigrants from all over the world.
Be part of the Southern Health-Santé Sud team, who is rooted in what matters most. Join a region that offers a lifestyle like no other – a safe, peaceful, beautiful, fulfilling life for you and your family.
Trouvez une carrière enrichissante dans une communauté dynamique et diversifiée au sein de Southern Health-Santé Sud. Notre organisation a le privilège de fournir des soins aux personnes à chaque étape de leur vie.
En partenariat avec nos communautés, nous fournissons des soins de santé sûrs, accessibles et durables, axés sur les personnes. Nous sommes fiers de travailler en collaboration avec tous nos partenaires dans notre région diversifiée : sept des communautés des Premières nations, des communautés francophones, métisses, mennonites et huttérites, ainsi qu'un nombre croissant d'immigrants du monde entier.
Faites partie de l'équipe de Southern Health-Santé Sud, qui s'enracine dans ce qui compte le plus. Joignez-vous à une région qui offre un style de vie sans pareil - une vie sécuritaire, paisible, belle et épanouissante pour vous et votre famille.
Position Overview
Working collaboratively with, and guided by the principles of My Health Teams, the Shared Care Counsellor - Adult offers one-time consultation, as well as evidence-informed short-term counseling intervention to individuals with non-complex mental health needs accessing services in Primary Care settings, while collaborating with family physicians, consulting psychiatrists and other health care services. As part of an integrated Primary Care Team, Shared Care also offers education, service coordination and liaison to further enhance continuity of care. Services are provided within a framework of advanced clinical practice and include consultation, psychosocial assessment, counseling interventions and psychiatric assessment for individuals whose mental health needs are likely to improve in a maximum of 6-8 consecutive sessions.
The incumbent exercises the appropriate level of initiative and independent judgment in determining work priorities, work methods to be employed and action to be taken on unusual matters. The position functions in a manner that is consistent with the mission, vision and values, and the policies of Southern Health-Santé Sud.
Experience
- Minimum of two (2) years supervised counselling experience.
- Experience providing Psychosocial Assessment, mental status exams and evidence-informed counselling interventions.
Education (Degree/Diploma/Certificate)
- Graduate of an accredited post-secondary education program in Social Sciences, i.e. BSW, BScMH, or nursing, i.e. BScPN, RPN, BN.
- Other relevant educational qualifications and experience may be considered.
Certification/Licensure/Registration
- Active license and registration to practice as required by professional association and provincial legislation.
- Certification in Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST) or prepared to acquire.
Qualifications and Skills
- Knowledge and understanding of the range of mental disorders, and co-occurring substance use disorders as per DSM V, including corresponding evidence-informed psycho-therapeutic interventions.
- Demonstrated familiarity with psychotropic medications commonly prescribed for acute mental disorders.
- Demonstrated familiarity with client-related self-help and family participation.
- Demonstrated knowledge of all relevant legislation and standards.
- Demonstrated knowledge of Recovery-Oriented principles.
- Proficiency with MS Office suite of programs.
- Demonstrated excellence in communication, interpersonal and organizational skills.
- Demonstrated ability to prepare written communication.
- Demonstrated ability to provide full Psychosocial Assessment including diagnostic impression, as well as evidence-informed counselling interventions.
- Demonstrated ability to work in a culturally informed manner within a range of cultures.
- Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively within a multi-disciplinary team and across service sectors.
- Demonstrated ability to perform networking and agency relations.
- Given the cultural diversity of our region, the ability to respect and promote a culturally diverse population is required.
- Proficiency of both official languages is essential for target and designated bilingual positions.
- Demonstrated ability to respect confidentiality including paper, electronic formats and other mediums.
- Good work and attendance record.
- Requires a valid Class 5 driver’s license, an all-purpose insured vehicle and liability insurance of at least $1,000,000.00.
Physical Requirements
- Demonstrated ability to meet the physical and mental demands of the job.
- No hazardous or significantly unpleasant conditions.
- May work occasionally evenings and weekends as necessary.
- Will be required to travel to other regional facilities as the position duties may require.
Applicants may request reasonable accommodation related to the materials or activities used throughout the selection process.
Consistent with the French Language Services Policy of the Government of Manitoba and Southern Health-Santé Sud’s FLS Policy, we are committed to offering services in English and French in designated program/service areas serving French-speaking communities within Southern Health-Santé Sud. If no candidates satisfy the bilingual qualification, candidates meeting all other qualifications may be considered for this position.
Southern Health-Santé Sud, in partnership with the Indigenous community, is committed to increasing the representation of Indigenous people within all levels of our workforce. Indigenous applicants are encouraged to apply and to voluntarily self-identify as being of Indigenous descent in their cover letter/application.
Completes and maintains Satisfactory Criminal Record Check, Vulnerable Sector Search, Adult Abuse Registry Check and Child Abuse Registry Check. The successful candidate will be responsible for any service charges incurred.
Please include three work-related references with your job application from persons who are not related to you but have direct knowledge of your current and past work performance.
Please be advised that job competitions for union represented positions may be grieved by internal represented applicants. Should a selection grievance be filed, information from the competition file may be provided to the grievor's representative. Personal information irrelevant to the grievance and other information protected under legislation will be redacted.
Les candidats peuvent demander des aménagements raisonnables en ce qui concerne le matériel ou les activités utilisés tout au long du processus de sélection.
Southern Health-Santé Sud, en partenariat avec la communauté autochtone, s’est engagé à mieux représenter la population autochtone à tous les niveaux au sein de son personnel. Southern Health-Santé Sud encourage les Autochtones intéressés à présenter une demande d’emploi et à déclarer volontairement leur ascendance dans leur demande ou leur lettre d’envoi.
Complète et maintien une vérification de casier judiciaire, vérification des antécédents - personnes vulnérables (VAPV), registre des mauvais traitements infligés aux adultes et registre de l’enfance maltraitée satisfaisants. Le candidat ou la candidate choisi(e) assumera les coûts associés.
Conformément à sa politique, Southern Health-Santé Sud exige comme condition d'emploi que tous les travailleurs de la santé soient vaccinés.
Veuillez joindre à votre demande d’emploi 3 références professionnelles provenant de personnes sans lien de parenté avec vous, mais qui ont une connaissance directe de votre rendement au travail actuel et passé.
En vertu des politiques sur les services en langue française du gouvernement du Manitoba et de Southern Health-Santé Sud, nous sommes engagés à l’offre et à la livraison de nos services de santé en français et en anglais dans les établissements et programmes désignés bilingues qui servent les communautés où la population d’expression française est concentrée. Si aucun candidat ne répond aux exigences du bilinguisme, les candidats répondants à toutes les autres exigences du poste pourraient y être considérés.
Veuillez noter que les concours pour des postes représentés par un syndicat peuvent faire l'objet d'un grief de la part de candidats représentés à l'interne. Si un grief de sélection est déposé, les informations contenues dans le dossier du concours peuvent être communiquées au représentant du plaignant. Les informations personnelles non pertinentes au grief et les autres informations protégées par la législation seront retirées.
This text is available in French upon request. |Ce profil de poste est disponible en français sur demande
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