The Opportunity
We have a full time, 1-year term Mental Health Clinician position in CMHA’s Huddle Broadway Program. Huddle provides youth (ages 12-29) with access to mental and physical health services, addiction support, financial and employment assistance, Indigenous cultural programming, mental health counseling, community connections, and educational programs to help them reach their goals and potential.
The Position
The Mental Health Clinician is responsible for providing individual, group, and family clinical interventions and educational sessions for youth and caring adults at Huddle Broadway. As many of the youth we serve are Indigenous, a comprehensive knowledge of Indigenous history, culture, traditions, and practices is essential. Observing best practices in privacy, trauma informed approaches, person-centred care and value alignment with CMHA Manitoba and Winnipeg. A full job description is available on request.
The hourly scale for this position falls within Band 5, $27.20 and $33.09, of the Collective Agreement, for 35 hours of work per week. Hours may be flexed over evenings and weekends when necessary.
The Qualifications
Required
- A completed 3-year post-secondary degree in a human service-related discipline such as social work, psychology, or nursing. Equivalent education and experience may be considered.
- Eligibility for registration with the corresponding professional association.
- Two years’ experience in a counselling, case management, or other clinical role.
- Experience working with Indigenous, Metis and Inuit populations, their traditional healing and wellness beliefs and practices.
- Experience working with diverse communities and from an inclusion/anti-oppression framework including specific understanding of 2SLGBTQIA+ youth and community services, services for youth and families of colour, and settlement services.
- Knowledge of the Child Welfare System in Manitoba.
- Knowledge of mental health, mental illness, substance use, Harm Reduction principles.
- Knowledge of local mental health and addictions systems and community services.
- Satisfactory criminal record check and vulnerable sector check.
- Satisfactory child and adult abuse registry checks.
- Legally entitled to work in Canada.
- Acceptable work record.
Total Rewards
CMHA offers an inclusive and respectful culture along with paid leaves for vacation, illness, bereavement, and mental health. A flexible working environment, supporting work life balance, with paid extended health, dental, employee assistance programming and life insurance benefits. A defined benefits pension plan is equally cost shared between CMHA and the employee, long term disability is 100% employee paid, when eligible. There is annual, budgeted support for professional development. Employees enjoy 12 paid general (statutory) holidays per year as well as a paid closure between December 24th at noon up to and including January 1st.
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