Mental Health Outreach Coordinator | Coordonnateur.rice de sensibilisation en santé mentale
Requisition ID: 378554
Position Number: 480-715701091C570-01
Posting End Date: April 14, 2025
Employer: Southern Health-Santé Sud
Site: Mental Health Program - Winkler, Steinbach or Portage
Union: MGEU
Department/Unit: Mental Health & Addictions
Work Location: Mental Health Program - Winkler, Steinbach or Portage
City: Winkler, Steinbach or Portage la Prairie
Hiring Status: Permanent
FTE: 1.0
Employment arrangement: In Person
Daily hours worked: 7.75
Anticipated shift: Days
Annual base hours: 2015
Anticipated Start Date To be determined
Salary: As per MGEU Collective Agreement
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.
This text is available in French upon request. |Ce profil de poste est disponible en français sur demande.
Position Overview
Reporting to the Manager of Adult/Intensive Case Management, Child and Adolescent and Crisis Services, the Mental Health Outreach Coordinator works within the guidance of the Regional Management Team as a lead clinician. This role includes the responsibility of supporting client care and services in accordance with Southern Health-Santé Sud’s community mental health program goals and service delivery models. Responsibilities include applying advanced clinical judgement, evidenced based practices, continuous quality improvement while enhancing client access and navigation to services, monitoring program indicators, client flow and desired outcomes. The incumbent assists all staff to respond effectively to clients and families, within a family centered care approach, achieve continuous growth, engage in critical thinking, and provides support to staff with complex clinical presentations. The Mental Health Outreach Coordinator supports program change initiatives, standardized, innovative and safe practices for both clients and staff, and identifies learning and practice development needs for staff in maintaining clinical competencies.
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 three (3) years acute mental health and/or supervised counselling experience in the last five (5) years.
- Experience in providing mental health services for adults or children and adolescents or adults with serious mental illness, or senior’s mental health.
- Experience in completing psychosocial assessments and mental status examinations.
- Team leadership experience and the ability to create a space where all opinions are valued and people are free to share.
- Demonstrated experience in leadership, program coordination and supervisory skills.
Education (Degree/Diploma/Certificate)
- Graduate of an accredited post-secondary education in a health-related social sciences program (e.g. SW, BScMH, BScPN, BN, RPN, MOT).
- Certificate in Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST).
- Other suitable combinations of education and experience may be considered.
Certification/Licensure/Registration
- Health Care Management and/or Health Care Leadership Certification are an asset.
- Maintains an active license and registration to practice in good standing with the appropriate college, and professional association meeting provincial legislation. Full professional registration with an approved regulatory body without any restrictions to service provisions and able to support the entire age spectrum serviced by the regional program.
Qualifications and Skills
- Knowledge and understanding of all aspects of mental health services.
- Advanced mental health psychosocial assessment skills and knowledge of appropriate evidence informed therapeutic counseling models, approaches and interventions.
- Advanced knowledge of human development theory and mental health concerns typically identified for various populations across the age spectrum including signs and symptoms of mental illness.
- Knowledge of recovery principles in the treatment of mental illness.
- Knowledge and understanding of co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders.
- Knowledge of commonly prescribed psychotropic medications for mental disorders across the age spectrum.
- Knowledge of mental health self-help and client and family engagement in mental health treatment.
- Knowledge of the complexities of clinical work and various client populations, as well as the issues faced by caregivers and other service systems.
- Knowledge of relevant legislation and standards in Manitoba i.e. Personal Health Information Act, Mental Health Act and others as specified by Southern Health-Santé Sud and program area.
- Proficiency with MS Office suite of programs and other technological applications (i.e. telehealth, and virtual platforms).
- Demonstrated experience in leadership, program coordination and supervisory skills.
- Demonstrated ability to problem solve in complex situations and effectively manage rapidly changing situations.
- Demonstrated written and oral communication skills.
- Demonstrated ability to complete a psychosocial assessment, including mental status examination, preparing diagnostic impressions, and identifying crisis intervention plans.
- Demonstrated computer literacy in software programs.
- Demonstrated organizational, decision making and problem-solving skills.
- Demonstrated ability to prioritize in a changing environment.
- Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively within a multi-disciplinary team and across service sectors.
- 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.
All Health Care Workers are required to be immunized as a condition of employment in accordance with Southern Health-Santé Sud policy.
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.
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