Manager - Community Mental Wellness & Substance Use Programs - Whitehorse, Canada - Government of Yukon

Description

This posting will be used to one permanent fulltime position working 75-hours bi-weekly.

The job is based in the thriving and diverse city of Whitehorse in the beautiful Yukon.

Our Philosophy

The Government of Yukon's Mental Wellness and Substance Use Services division is known for its innovative, holistic, trauma informed and culturally accessible approach to providing mental health and substance use supports to all Yukoners. We aim to provide clients with the highest level of care and a healthy workplace for staff. Mental Wellness and Substance Use Services offers a goal focused approach to providing harm-reduction or recovery-based services for all individuals seeking to reduce the symptoms of mental wellness and/or substance use issues. Mental Wellness and Substance Use Services provides counselling, nursing, outreach, social work, support, primary health care, withdrawal management, harm-reduction and live-in treatment services from a person centered, client led and evidence-based model of care.

Our communities include: Beaver Creek Burwash Landing Carcross Carmacks Dawson City Destruction Bay Faro Haines Junction Mayo Old Crow Pelly Crossing Ross River Teslin Watson Lake

This opportunity

Reporting to the Director, Mental Wellness & Substance Use Services, this position is responsible for providing collaborative leadership and direction for the operations and clinical management, utilization and risk management, and quality improvement of mental wellness and substance use programs in Yukon Communities. This position is responsible for community-based counselling, mental health nursing, mental health supports and all mental wellness and substance use health care referrals in all Yukon Communities. The Manager will work closely with clinical supervisors to inform evidence-based, culturally accessible, trauma-informed and client centered care for all those seeking supports for their mental health and/or substance use.

This position will be responsible for working closely with all stakeholders and partners providing health and community care in the community. The Manager will work closely with all First Nation Government Health Departments to ensure that wrap-around mental wellness services are provided, considering the needs of each community and First Nation. This position will work closely with allied health partners such as the RCMP, Emergency Medical Services, Community Nursing, non-government organizations and community members to innovate, design and complement community health programs for up to 14 communities outside of Whitehorse. This position is an opportunity for someone who has a strong knowledge of the clinical application of mental wellness services and a desire to support the public service through relationship building, public administration and focusing on reconciliation to improve health care delivery.

For more information about this position, please contact Cameron Grandy, Director, Mental Wellness and Substance Use Services at

For more information about the recruitment process, please contact Sneha Iyer, Human Resource Consultant at

Your benefits

In addition to a competitive salary, we offer many additional financial and non-financial benefits.

• Government of Yukon's many benefits

Your career, your home, your lifestyle

We are the Yukon public service. Every day, we come together to serve the people who live here and make a difference in so many ways. Here, you will find the diverse opportunities you desire to develop your career while enjoying a warm sense of community and vibrant artistic, cultural, and recreational amenities, all set in a spectacular natural environment.

As part of our team, your achievements and enjoyment in both your work and personal life will be valued as you explore the many opportunities the Yukon, and the Government of Yukon, has to offer.

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Important application and job requirements

Essential qualifications

Please submit your resume clearly demonstrating how you meet the qualifications below. Selections for further consideration will be based solely on the information you provide in your resume.

• A bachelor's or master's degree in a related field, with significant experience providing clinical social work, counselling, inpatient or outreach services to high-risk substance users and clients experiencing social challenges. Graduate education in a related field may be considered an asset.
• Significant progressive management experience in change management within mental wellness and substance use programs and services.
• Significant experience managing inter-disciplinary health teams, which include the provision of counselling, social work, nursing, and outreach support services.
• Considerable experience managing human and financial resources in a mental wellness and substance use setting.
• Significant experience working with First Nations Governments departments of Justice or Health and Social to support, design or adapt mental wellness programs in a rural setting.

It may be helpful for you to review "Prepare your resume and cover letter".

Please note we will not accept resumes sent through email. A profile must be created, and resumes must be submitted in English, through E-recruitment. The official language used in the workplace is English.

Desired knowledge, skills, and suitability

If selected for an interview, candidates should have, and may be assessed on, the following:

• The Mental Wellness & Substance Use Services branch is seeking an individual who excels at building, fostering, and managing collaborative and cooperative working relationships.
• The ideal candidate works as part of a larger team and has a strong grasp of the complex and interdisciplinary approach to health care administration.
• The ideal candidate has a strong grasp of both the spirit and action items to progress reconciliation through partnership on delivering mental wellness and substance use supports.
• The ideal candidate is a skilled influencer and a proactive problem solver who has demonstrated integrity and authenticity.
• The ideal candidate can negotiate and resolve conflict; looks at innovative means to accomplish goals and has strong decision-making abilities.
• This individual is a role model with the ability to motivate, mentor and coach a high functioning, diverse team drawing on significant clinical and past leadership experience.

It may be helpful for you to review "The job interview process".

Candidates will be expected to demonstrate their competencies to the standard set by the Yukon Government Core Competency Framework

This competition will specifically focus on, but not limit itself to, the following competencies:

Modeling Interpersonal Skills and Personal Responsibility - Demonstrates strong self-awareness through deliberate learning from past experience and self-reflection to increase personal effectiveness and responsibility. Uses strong interpersonal skills to build credibility and personal effectiveness.

Influencing Others - Generates commitment while inspiring others. Builds coalitions internally and externally, to reach the organization's goals by using a variety of methods and adapting influence approaches, and by effectively using knowledge of how the organization really works.

Thinking Strategically - Takes a comprehensive, long-term view, critically assessing options and implications, while linking decisions to strategic goals.

Demonstrating Client Focus - Creates a client-focused culture for the entire organization and engages others in providing outstanding service to internal and external clients.

Taking Action and Achieving Results - Focuses, commits, and applies resources to identify and achieve appropriate results.

Leading Change and Innovation - Leads the organization effectively through fast changing environments and creates and implements a vision of an organization that is willing to take risks and test new approaches.

Conditions of employment

You must meet the following conditions before being hired or within the time frame noted.

• Security Clearance with Vulnerable Sector.
• Valid Yukon Class 5 Driver's Licence or Equivalent,
• Verification of Degree.

Job requirements

This job requires you to perform, and/or be exposed to, the following:

• Travel and work in formal and informal work environments within Yukon and outside of territory.

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