JOB TITLE: Community Substance Use Health and Social Service Coordinator
LOCATION: One Coordinator in each community (Lake Manitoba, Pinaymootang, Lake St. Martin, Little Saskatchewan and Dauphin River)
SALARY: $29.86 – $32.63 per hour
START DATE: ASAP
Job Description:
The Community Mobile Withdrawal Management Service (MWMS) is a Program offered in respective communities with Interlake Reserves Tribal Council and Interlake Eastern Regional Health Authority; to provide medically supported, non- residential withdrawal services and stabilization support to clients. The Program is for individuals 18 years and older for a period of 30 days. Reporting to the Health Promotion, Protection and Harm Reduction supervisor at IRTC, successful candidate is expected to work in a multi-disciplinary team.
Responsibilities:
- Responsible for assessing clients’ physical and psychological status during intoxication, withdrawal and stabilization
- Perform client admission and discharge
- Monitor and document changes in client status and reports changes to designated nursing staff as required
- Interview clients and identify needs, assist clients to determine appropriate services, facilitates referrals and linkages to identified supports and participates in case planning with client and Team
- Support client wellness and recovery in a collaborative team approach
- Provide support and guidance to clients and families
- Link clients with appropriate community resources
- Participate in program development
- Liaise with community resources and service organizations
- Work as part of a team and promote team functioning
- Assist in the development of resource material
- Charts appropriately according to Klinic Policies
- Assists volunteers and students
- Participate in community development activities
- Provide public education and training activities, as requested
- Perform program intake and participates in the program intake review process
- Participates in training courses and in services offered elsewhere and by Klinic in order to maintain and improve quality of service
Qualifications:
- Undergraduate degree in the social sciences, or equivalent experience
- Minimum two years supervised social services experience
- Minimum of two years’ experience working in substance use and mental health which may include working with clients with complex needs, substance use/dependence and complex behaviors
- Thorough understanding of issues related to addictions
- Hold a Core Addiction Practices certificate or have an equivalent education and training experience in substance use.
- Have knowledge of the bio-psychosocial and spiritual model of care and best practices for co-occurring This knowledge will include stages of change, harm reduction approaches, motivational interviewing, and hope-inducing strategies
- Demonstrated ability to work with clients and their families, with serious and persistent substance use, mental disorders or both
- Demonstrated knowledge of community, mental health and substance use system resources to enable the transfer care of clients to alternate services as required based on a client’s clinical needs
- Demonstrated competence in risk and clinical assessment
- Ability to work independently and demonstrated decision making abilities
- Proven ability to promote team and program functioning
- Demonstrated effective communication skills
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Ability to work flexible hours, including evenings, and weekends
- Valid driver’s license and access to a vehicle required
- Awareness of and sensitive to issues of cultural diversity
- Awareness of and sensitivity to aboriginal culture
- Experience facilitating groups
- Proven ability to work from an empowerment model
Please provide a cover letter, resume and three (3) references (preferably from present and recent employers) to:
Katarina Tavares, Program Administrative Support Officer
Open Until Filled
Email: hr@irtc.ca
We thank all who apply and advise that only those selected for further consideration will be contacted. No phone calls will be accepted. Preference will be given to Indigenous people and applicants are asked to self-declare in their cover letter or resume. Incomplete and late applications will not be considered.
