Community Mental Health Worker

• Engages with clients and families to build trusting therapeutic relationships as well as developing case formulation, intervention plans and services.

• Collects and reviews initial clinical and psychosocial information, gathers and incorporates collateral information into initial screening and assessment.

• Assesses strengths, skills, capacities, resource needs, and readiness in relationship to the client’s primary goals and recovery plan.

• Develops case formulation and assists clients to establish service requirements and plans.

• Conducts risk evaluations for self-harm, violence and deterioration of mental status and intervenes in crisis situations.

• Provides mental health counselling as indicated using recognized evidenced based counselling models and methodologies with clients and families.

• Performs an intake role as assigned.

• In collaboration with the client, identifies the service conditions required to ensure that fundamental human needs are met. Assists to establish effective linkages to resources, agencies and service providers, advocating when required.

• Respects and values cultural healing practices in collaboration with client, family and cultural practitioners.

• Participates with related health providers and allied social service staff to assist with case management planning as it relates to mental health issues.

• Conducts a standard mental status examination, a comprehensive psychosocial assessment, a Co-Occurring Disorder (COD) screening, a Suicide Assessment (SAG), as well as other age related assessments as required.

• Provides assessment information, diagnostic impressions and treatment recommendations to other health service providers following PHIA and FIPPA requirements.

• Assists the client to attain and maintain optimal mental and physical health.

• Engages family as important contributors to care planning as defined and chosen by the client. Provides emotional support and education to family members within the following of privacy legislation.

• Ensures that the individual or community receives appropriate and effective service, including crisis planning and intervention for safety and protection.

• Collaborates with family members, other agencies, organizations and individuals from hospital and community to facilitate a well-coordinated, recovery-oriented service system for clients with chosen follow up systems.

• Provides follow-up services and monitoring of mental health status as required.

• Provides individual, group and public education to promote awareness of mental health problems, mental illness, mental wellness, and resiliency.

• In collaboration with the client, coordinates comprehensive care planning meetings that may involve family, multiple disciplines, agencies and programs to ensure communication among all parties.

• Documents assessments, interventions and results/recommendations in an approved format in accordance with professional and regional standards.

• Advocates for service improvement including mobilizing existing services and/or creating new services.

• Coordinates admissions, discharge planning, closures or transfers with other mental health services within Prairie Mountain Health, other regions, community agencies and/or informal supports.

• Practices in accordance with legislation relevant to community health practice (i.e. Mental Health Act including Public Guardian and Trustee legislation, Vulnerable Persons Act, Child Welfare Act, Personal Health Information Act, etc.)

• Provides collaborative case management as mandated for clients with orders with the Criminal Review Board, with delegated authority under the Public Trustee, or through a Service Purchase Agreement.

• Understands group dynamics and effectively uses facilitation skills to support group development and delivery.

• Supervises/orientates in collaboration with the Proctor Supervisor and Managers, Mental Health Proctors, Activity Instructors, and Community Support Workers as applicable.

• Provides orientation, supervision and evaluation of new staff, students and physicians/ medical residents as appropriate.

• Other duties as assigned.

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