Health Promotion Specialist, Mental Health and Wellbeing - VancouverUBC, Canada - University of British Columbia

Description

Job Category
M&P – AAPS

Job Profile
AAPS Salaried – Student Management, Level B

Job Title
Health Promotion Specialist, Mental Health and Wellbeing

Department
Health Equity, Promotion and Education Student Health and Wellbeing VP Students

Compensation Range
$6,551.00 – $9,418.83 CAD Monthly

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Posting End Date
December 19, 2023

Note: Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM on the day prior to the Posting End Date above.

Job End Date

At UBC, we believe that attracting and sustaining a diverse workforce is key to the successful pursuit of excellence in research, innovation, and learning for all faculty, staff and students. Our commitment to employment equity helps achieve inclusion and fairness, brings rich diversity to UBC as a workplace, and creates the necessary conditions for a rewarding career.

Job Description Summary
Working from a strengths-based, inclusive, and health equity perspective, the health promotion specialist will develop and implement campus-wide programming to promote mental health and wellbeing, as well as a sense of connection, community and belonging across the UBC student population. Provides programming to support students' mental wellbeing and attaining their learning and academic goals. Offers consultation to faculty and staff in promoting the mental wellbeing of students, including response to crises. Promotes mental wellbeing for students through the development and delivery of wellness education and outreach. Assesses and evaluates mental wellbeing promotion and outreach programs and services.
Organizational Status
The Health Equity, Promotion and Education (HEPE) unit facilitates and enhances the student health and wellbeing learning through health promotion, projects and initiatives. Through a stepped care approach HEPE works collaboratively across Student Health and Wellbeing to support student mental health and wellbeing.
Work Performed

• Works across Student Health and Wellbeing to develop and deliver mental wellbeing programming, including orientations, outreach programs, workshops, seminars, groups and other resources that helps students normalize stress, understand how to manage stress and maintain mental wellbeing, and how to seek support when needed.
• Considers and supports culturally appropriate wellbeing programming for all students as well as mental health programming to meet the unique needs of specific student populations.
• Works within an integrated, collaborative stepped care system of mental health support, providing information about the range of available supports and resources for registered UBC students to resources on and off campus as needed including self-directed online resources, peer support, coaching, group programs, individual counselling, medical care and crisis intervention.
• May supervise and lead student staff and Peer Health Educators, a student volunteer team, in mental health and wellbeing community outreach and education
• Builds and maintains a network of UBC and external resources specific to needs of students across the UBC campus.
• Provides consultation staff and faculty and student leaders, including the AMS and GSS on student mental health and wellbeing concerns including crises.
• Collaborates with staff, faculty and student groups to design and deliver wellbeing events.
• Develops and delivers orientations, presentations and training on how to support students' mental wellbeing for faculty and staff, including how to refer students to the most appropriate resources.
• Leads mental health and wellbeing campaigns across campus, such as Thrive and Bell Let's Talk.
• Prepares reports, publications and other documents as required, and may be asked to sit on and participate on committees and working groups across campus.
• Works closely with communications professionals to develop content for and promote wellbeing programming for students in various channels such as web, social media and print. Responsible for ensuring student wellbeing web resources are up to date and accurate.
• May provide supervision for project staff and/or students involved in peer programs, work-study programs, and/or volunteer assignments.

Consequence of Error/Judgement
Must be able to act with a considerable degree of autonomy and independence in the provision of mental health programming to students while adhering to the ethical standards of the profession. It would also have a significant negative impact on public relations and the reputation of the University and in some cases result in legal liability for the University.
Supervision Received
This position reports to the Director, Health Equity, Promotion and Education and requires and person capable of interpreting the position responsibilities and carrying them out with minimal supervision. Acts independently within established ethical guidelines.
Supervision Given
May provide supervision for project staff and/or students involved in peer programs, work-study programs, and/or volunteer assignments. May delegate administrative work to program assistants.

Minimum Qualifications
Undergraduate degree in a relevant discipline. Minimum of three to four years of related experience, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
– Willingness to respect diverse perspectives, including perspectives in conflict with one's own

– Demonstrates a commitment to enhancing one's own awareness, knowledge, and skills related to equity, diversity, and inclusion

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's degree in Psychology, Social Work, Public Health, Nursing, Education, or a related field.
• Minimum of five years of experience in Public Health, Counselling, Social Work, Education, Nursing role.
• University or college employment experience, especially in Student Affairs, an asset.
• Experience with community engagement and understanding of collaborative leadership and collective impact frameworks.
• Experience supervising staff and volunteers.
• Commitment to serving the needs of a broadly diverse student population. Demonstrated ability to provide outreach and programming that are responsive and sensitive to the needs of specific student populations including Indigenous students, international students, graduate students, racialized students, students with disabilities and 2SLGBTQIA+ students.
• Demonstrated understanding of health equity and experience in conducting health equity impact assessments
• Demonstrated knowledge of student development theory and experience in program development, consultation and outreach.
• Experience in program and process evaluation.
• Strong interest in and commitment to effective problem solving and continuous improvement of programs and services. Possession of personal attributes that facilitate teamwork and the development of effective working relationships with a wide range of students, faculty, and staff.
• Knowledge of the unique issues facing university students and university life.
• Knowledge of treatment of a wide range of concerns that post-secondary and professional program students may experience including stress, depression, anxiety, substance use, relationship difficulties, eating/body image issues, career/life planning, transition issues and sexual violence.

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