Spo Mh 25 - Sooke, Canada - BC Public Service
Description
Posting Title- SPO MH 2- Integrated Practice Clinician, CYMH- Position Classification- Social Prog Off (CYMH) R25- Union- GEU- Location- Sooke, BC V9Z 0M8 CA (Primary)- Salary Range- $71, $81,188.
08 annually plus 1 Grid Temporary Market Adjustment- Close Date- 3/15/2023- Job Type- Regular Full Time- Temporary End Date- Ministry/Organization- BC Public Service -> Children & Family Development- Ministry Branch / Division- Child and Youth Mental Health- Job SummaryA hands-on role helping children and youth in your community
An integral member of a multi-disciplinary Community Mental Health Team and in coordination with other community agencies and professionals, you provide a range of mental health services to children, youth and their families, when the child or youth is suffering from serious emotional, psychological, behavioral or psychiatric illness.
The Integrated Practice Clinician works with children, youth and families that are involved with MCFD's teams such as intake, family service, guardianship, and adoptions teams.
Through a neurodevelopmental and trauma informed approach the Integrated Practice Clinician engages the community care teams of these children, youth and families in a collaborative treatment effort to help mitigate the impact of abuse, trauma, neglect, violence and other adverse childhood experiences on their mental health and help increase their environmental and relational stability.
Job Requirements:
- Masters in Social Work, Educational Counselling, Clinical Psychology or Child and Youth Care or comparable graduate degree at the Master's level, or equivalent.
NOTE: If your degree was obtained outside of Canada, you need to confirm it has been assessed for equivalency through the International Credential Evaluation Services (ICES). You must provide a basic report by the closing date of this posting to be considered.
- Minimum of one year fulltime equivalent experience working with children and youth and their families, with responsibility for providing a wide range of community based mental health services; AND/OR equivalent years experience providing a combination of clinical and other direct intervention services to complex children, youth and their families.
- Must possess and maintain a valid class 5 BC Driver's licence with no restriction or equivalent (i.e. from another Canadian Province).
Preference may be given to applicants with the following:
- Two (2) years or more experience working with children and youth and their families, with responsibility for providing a wide range of community based mental health services and other intervention services.
- Experience in providing direct interventions and using assertive case management to address the traumabased behaviours of children and youth.
- Experience working with Indigenous children, youth and families providing mental health services.
- One (1) or more years experience providing outreach services.
- Completion of formal postgraduate trauma training focusing on neurodevelopment, and attachment such as: Neurosequential Model of Therapeutics (Child Trauma Academy), and/or the Complex Trauma Certificate (JIBC).
- Completed training in infant mental health and parentchild relational interventions and assessment tools such as: Watch, Wait and Wonder, The Circle of Security, and the AMBIANCE-Brief measure.
- Experience facilitating presentations on trauma informed material to social workers, caregivers, educators, and other professionals involved in the care and treatment of complex children and youth.
- Applicants who selfidentify as First Nations, Métis or Inuit with the required combination of education and experience.
About this Position:
Flexible work options are available; this position may be able to work up to one (1) day at home per week as per the Telework Agreement.
Applicants who do not fully meet the required qualifications may be considered for this position, but at a lower classification.
If hired, a successful applicant would be under-implemented at the Social Program Officer 21 classification with an employee development plan in place until the qualifications for Social Program Officer (CYMH) 25 are fully met.
Applicants with a completed Bachelor's Degree and are in the process of completing a Master's degree in a related field may be consider.
Working for the BC Public Service:
The BC Public Service is committed to creating a diverse workplace to represent the population we serve and to better meet the needs of our citizens.
Consider joining our team and being part of an innovative, inclusive and rewarding workplace.The BC Public Service is an award winning employer and offers employees competitive benefits, amazing learning opportunities and a chance to engage in rewarding work with exciting career development opportun
