Community Mental Health Worker IV (ICM/Transition – Term)

Title: Community Mental Health Worker IV (ICM/Transition – Term)

Company: Winnipeg Regional Health Authority (WRHA)
Location: Winkler, Manitoba
Job Type: FullTime, Weekends

Description:

The CMHW, as part of the Intensive Case Management (ICM) Mental Health program, provides recovery-oriented, community-based rehabilitation and support to individuals living with psychotic disorders and severe functional impairments. The role involves crisis intervention, functional assessment, service planning, skill development, relapse prevention, and coordination with other service providers.

The CMHW also works in the Transition program, offering short-term support to individuals and families in need of assistance navigating and accessing services. The goal is to empower individuals, enhance skills, achieve personal goals, increase supports, and promote community integration.

The ideal candidate will have a graduate degree in Health-Related Social Sciences, active professional registration, and experience working with individuals with severe mental illness. Knowledge of mental health services, assessment skills, therapeutic counseling models, recovery principles, and relevant legislation is essential.

Strong communication, organizational, and interpersonal skills are required, along with proficiency in MS Office and telehealth applications. The ability to work collaboratively in a culturally informed manner and respect confidentiality is crucial. Fluency in multiple languages is an asset.

The position may involve occasional evening and weekend work, travel to regional facilities, and compliance with various checks and requirements. Specific duties include building therapeutic relationships, developing intervention plans, conducting risk evaluations, arranging proctor services, and fulfilling general CMHW responsibilities.

Qualifications:

Graduate of an accredited post-secondary education in Health-Related Social Sciences

Active license and registration to practice

Certificate in Applied Suicide Intervention Skills

Experience:

Demonstrated experience working with individuals with severe mental illness

Experience in completing psychosocial assessments

Knowledge, Skills And Ability:

Knowledge of mental health services and recovery principles

Advanced assessment skills and therapeutic counseling knowledge

Understanding of developmental theory and mental health concerns

Proficiency in communication, organizational, and interpersonal skills

Ability to work collaboratively in a culturally informed manner

Proficiency in MS Office and telehealth applications

Other Requirements And Conditions Of Employment:

Occasional evening and weekend work

Travel to regional facilities may be required

Compliance with various checks and requirements

Valid Driver's License and Vehicle Registration

Specific Duties And Responsibilities:

Building therapeutic relationships and developing intervention plans

Assessing strengths, skills, and resource needs

Conducting risk evaluations and arranging proctor services

Fulfilling general CMHW responsibilities

See Human Resources For Full Job Description. Eden welcomes applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available upon request during the assessment and selection process.

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Title: Community Mental Health Worker IV (ICM/Transition &#8211; Term)
Company: Winnipeg Regional Health Authority (WRHA)
Location: Winkler, Manitoba
Position Summary The CMHW as part of the Intensive Case Management (ICM) Mental Health program offers recovery orientated, communitybased rehabilitation, and supports to individuals living with a psychotic disorder accompanied by or experiencing a severe and persistent functional impairment that limits major life activities in one or more areas including daily living, employment, education, and/or leisure. The CMHW  ICM clinician will provide Intensive case management services to individuals through communitybased, personcentered and strengthsbased supports, that promote recovery, stabilization and independent living. Supports include crisis intervention, functional assessment, identification of service plan goals and objectives, ongoing service planning/intervention, skill development, relapse prevention, linkage to services, evaluation of measurable outcomes related to individual progress, case coordination and consultation with other service providers, and transfer of service, where appropriate. The CMHW as part of the Transition program will provide short term support to individuals and families who require support navigating and accessing alternate services, where the individual is not connected to other resources and appears to require assistance in identifying/connecting to other resources.

Services enable individuals to regain hope, selfdetermination and empowerment, identify and strengthen skills and abilities, achievement of personal goals, increase personal supports and community integration, and become active partners in their recovery journey to improve the quality of all aspects of life including social, occupational, educational, residential, intellectual, spiritual and financial. The position functions in a manner that is consistent with the mission, vision, values, and policies of Eden Health Care Services.

Qualifications Education/Certification:

Graduate of an accredited postsecondary education in HealthRelated Social Sciences (e.g. BSW, BScMH, BScPN, MACP, BN, RPN, OT). Other relevant educational qualifications and experience may be considered.
 Active license and registration to practice as required by professional association and provincial legislation.
 Certificate in Applied Suicide Intervention Skills (ASIST) or equivalent.

Experience

ICM  Demonstrated experience and/or significant knowledge of working with individuals with severe and persistent mental illness
 Experience in completing psychosocial assessments and mental status examinations

Knowledge, Skills And Ability

Knowledge and understanding of all aspects of mental health service
 Advanced mental health psychosocial assessment skills and knowledge of appropriate evidence informed therapeutic counseling models, approaches and interventions
 Advanced knowledge of human developmental theory and mental health concerns typically identified for various populations across the age spectrum including signs and symptoms of mental illness
 Knowledge of recovery principles in the treatment of mental illness
 Knowledge and understanding of cooccurring mental health and substance use disorders
 Knowledge of commonly prescribed psychotropic medications for mental disorders across the age spectrum
 Knowledge of mental health selfhelp and client and family engagement in mental health treatment
 Knowledge of relevant legislation and standards in Manitoba i.e. Personal Health Information Act and others as specified by Eden Health Care Services
 Demonstrated excellence in communication, interpersonal and organizational skills
 Demonstrated ability to prepare written communication
 Demonstrated ability to complete psychosocial assessment, including mental status examination, preparing diagnostic impressions, and identifying crisis intervention plans
 Demonstrated ability to work in a culturally informed manner within a range of cultures
 Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team and across service sectors
 Demonstrated proficiency with MS Office suite of programs and other technological applications such as telehealth
 Given the cultural diversity of our region, the ability to communicate in more than one language would be considered an asset
 Demonstrated ability to respect confidentiality including paper, electronic formats and other mediums
 Good work and attendance record

Other Requirements And Conditions Of Employment

May work occasionally evenings and weekends as necessary
 May be required to travel to other regional facilities as the position duties may require
 Satisfactory Criminal Record Check (with the Vulnerable Sector Check)
 Satisfactory Child Abuse Registry Check
 Satisfactory Adult Abuse Registry Check
 Valid Driver's License
 Current Vehicle Registration, indicating 3rd Party Liability Insurance of $1,000,000 or more

Specific Duties And Responsibilities

Engages with individuals and families to build trusting therapeutic relationships as well as developing case formulation, intervention plans, supportive and evidencebased counselling, skill teaching, resource counselling, linkage to services.
 Assesses strengths, skills, capacities, resource needs, and readiness in relation to the individual's primary goals and recovery plan with a goal of successfully maintaining in the community
 Conducts risk evaluations for selfharm, violence, and deterioration of mental status and intervenes as required.
 Arrange for the provision of proctor services as appropriate and provide supervision to assigned proctors
 As per general CMHW duties.

See Human Resources For Full Job Description.Eden welcomes applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available upon request during the assessment and selection process.

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