Mental Health & Substance Use Intake Clinician - Youth Alcohol and Drug (Baccalaureate/Bachelors)
Vancouver Coastal Health
- Vancouver, BC
- Temporary
- Full-time
- Work as a member of an interdisciplinary team to conduct the intake functions for the designated treatment program to ensure linkages between client and the appropriate resources occurs.
- Perform initial screening, triage and referrals based on client needs, urgency of request and best practices to determine the appropriate treatment and educates and provides consultation to client/family.
- Provide information to health providers and the general public, establish and enhance relationships/communication within Vancouver Community and other community resources, prepare and maintain client records, maintain and provide accurate intake/referral data and statistics, participate in team meetings and continuing education, and engage in on-going team planning and quality improvement.
- Broad knowledge of other facilities and community resources.
- Broad knowledge of other health care disciplines and their role in client care.
- Broad knowledge of adult education principles, methods and tools.
- Demonstrate knowledge of substance-use recovery services in the community and across British Columbia.
- Demonstrate Knowledge of health inequities and discrimination faced by designated client population.
- Demonstrate knowledge of the principles of harm reduction in a health care setting.
- Demonstrate knowledge of strengths based, client centered approach and ability to incorporate into practice.
- Demonstrate knowledge of Indigenous Cultural Safety.
- Demonstrate knowledge of traditional healing practices.
- Demonstrate knowledge of trauma-informed practice.
- Demonstrate knowledge of substance-use recovery model.
- Knowledge of LGBTQ2S+ services and programs in the community.
- Broad knowledge of legislation and government policies and procedures that relate to client population.
- Demonstrate knowledge of recovery community agencies, health care agencies and a range of service options available to the designated client population.
- Demonstrate knowledge of case- management approach.
- Ability to utilize strategies to reduce barriers to care for the designated client population.
- Knowledge of facilitation and conflict resolution techniques.
- Demonstrated ability to build and maintain relationships with a variety of individuals/service providers.
- Ability to establish and maintain supportive, trusting and professional relationships with clients and allies in individual and group settings.
- Ability to establish, maintain and facilitate effective working relationships with colleagues and other service providers.
- Ability to prepare and maintain a variety of charts, records and reports.
- Demonstrated ability to establish workload priorities.
- Ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing, with clients, their families and service providers.
- Demonstrated ability to work both independently and collaboratively as a member of a multidisciplinary team.
- Demonstrated ability to adjust to new or unexpected events.
- Ability to perform a range of needs assessments.
- Demonstrated skills in building partnerships with service providers.
- Demonstrate skills in basic computer literacy.
- Demonstrate knowledge of applicable legislation as it related to the rights and protections of individuals.
- Ability to operate related equipment.
- Physical ability to perform the duties of the position.
- Comprehensive health benefits package, including MSP, extended health and dental and municipal pension plan
- Grow your career with employer-paid training and leadership development opportunities
- Wellness supports, including counselling, critical incident and innovative wellness services are available to employees and their immediate families
- Award-winning recognition programs to honour staff, medical staff and volunteers
- Access to exclusive discount offers and deals for VCH staff