Mental Health Worker - Peterborough, Canada - Canadian Mental Health Association-Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge

Canadian Mental Health Association-Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge
Canadian Mental Health Association-Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge
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Peterborough, Canada

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Description
The Mobile Crisis Intervention Team (MCIT) works collaboratively with the O.P.P. Peterborough County.

This collaboration aims to reduce the number of repeat callers who call Police Services in times of crisis due to mental health and substance use issues.

The
Mental Health Worker (MHW) - MCIT provides assessment and follow up to individuals who come into contact with police in a mental health crisis, liaising with community partners and Hospitals to ensure that clients are connected to appropriate services, diverting clients from engaging with the Police due to a mental health crisis.


Location:
Peterborough


Status:
Full-Time


Posting# MHW-MCIT-04-24


Wage:
$28.70 to $30.13 per hour

Application Deadline: 12:00 noon on Tuesday, April 23, 2024**
Key Responsibilities

1. Client Supports

  • Working at/out of a police detachment, respond to police calls and direction to attend in crisis situations
  • Attend with Police Officers at police calls involving individuals who may be experiencing mental health issues or are in crisis
  • Provide crisis intervention services to deescalate immediate situation
  • Utilize appropriate therapeutic approaches when dealing with potential aggression
  • Immediate assessment of the individual's mental health needs and, assessment of risk pertaining to the client's mental health status
  • Collaborate with Police, hospital, shelter, and other crisis intervention services to support the person and family to address immediate mental health needs
  • Work from a traumainformed and concurrentdisorderinformed approach
  • Formulate and develop support/followup plan for individual and care providers
  • Provide brief case management support and services for clients in their place of residence, and in the community
  • Respond to requests from police for follow up and community linkages
  • Assess, implement, and develop evidencebased, bestpractice short term interventions based on principles of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, and Motivational Interviewing, to promote improved psychological function and recovery
  • Advocate and make appropriate referrals, with consent, for needed services and supports as identified in the client's service plan
  • Provide mental health, developmental disorder, physical health and concurrent disorder information to individuals, care givers and other service providers
  • Ongoing assessment, monitoring and supporting clients working towards treatment goals.
  • Perform mental health status assessments, where applicable and collaborate with psychiatrists and other medical practitioners
  • Stay current on relevant legislation, best practices, treatment approaches, basic psychopharmacology and agency policies and procedures

2. Documentation

  • Ensure all client documentation is accurately recorded in a timely manner, e.g., consents, progress notes, service agreements, crisis plans, safety reports, risk assessments etc. as required by agency and program policies and procedures
  • Complete all required programrelated data collection (e.g., statistics, outcome measures, e) in an accurate and timely manner
  • Communicate and /or submit case notes or data as required by police, for their records, with appropriate consents
  • Complete administrative tasks e.g., time sheets, expense claims, vacation requests, training
  • Completion of O.C.A.N. assessments as appropriate

3. Other Activities

  • Liaise with the Hospitals, Police, community partners
  • Attend and participate at Situation Table
  • Develop and promote collaborative partnerships with other service providers, agencies, and community partners
  • Maintain positive and effective working partnerships with Police, hospital staff and community partners
  • Participate in community outreach activities through the development of collaborative partnerships and through presentations, education and visits to community agencies and services as appropriate
  • On an occasional rotational basis, fill in for other Nurses in other C.M.H.A. H.K.P.R. programs, during periods of absence, to ensure service continuation.

4. Performance Management and Professional Development

  • Participate cooperatively in the agency performance management process/system
  • Stay current on relevant legislation and best practices, current research, policies, and procedures
  • Participate in ongoing professional development and mandatory training
  • Actively engage and participate in supervisory process
  • Maintains current certificate of competence as an R.P.N. with the College of Nurses of Ontario (CNO) and accepts responsibility for professional competency as a nurse in accordance with CNO's practice standards.
  • Maintain membership in good standing with R.P.N.AO and have liability insurance.

5. Health and Safety - Worker Responsibilities

  • Work in compliance with the Occupational Health and Safety Act, applicable regulations and all organizational health and safety requirements and procedur
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