Mental Health and Substance Use

2 weeks ago

Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada Interior Health Authority Full time

A casual opportunity exists for a Mental Health Clinician to join the welcoming Mental Health Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) team at the Outreach Urban Health Centre in Kelowna, B.C.

Interior Health and our partner agencies provide a range of mental health and substance use services for all ages.

We strive to ensure that our services are welcoming of all peoples, gender identities, cultures, ethnicities and backgrounds.


What we offer:

  • Competitive salary and an attractive remuneration package
  • Career Growth
  • Employer paid training/education
  • Balanced lifestyle
What will you work on?

This role is part of the ACT team which is an assertive community outreach team working with the most serious and persistent mentally ill clients with concurrent disorders.

The Substance Use Clinician functions as a member of the larger Hospitals & Communities Integrated Services (HCIS) health care team and as a member of a specific MHSU multi-disciplinary team whose purpose is to ensure that persons experiencing substance use problems/disorders or concurrent substance use and mental health problems have access to timely, responsive, evidence based treatment and clinical supports across the continuum of available services.

The Substance Use Clinician provides, at the advanced practice level, assessment, treatment, service coordination and, as required, urgent response to the most complex clients, frequently with co-occurring disorders, who may also have serious functional impairment in the domains of physical health and personal, family, financial, occupational, and social life.

The Substance Use Clinician functions as a primary clinician utilizing a variety of specialized treatment modalities/therapies for individuals, groups of clients and/or their families.

Scheduling Information:

Shift types are days and scheduled shifts are Monday through Friday from 08:30 to 16:30 hours. This is a Casual opportunity. Casual means there are no guaranteed hours and work requirements can vary from hours per week. Many careers with us begin with casual employment and lead to permanent or temporary career opportunities.

  • There is a regular overnight on-call attached to this position.

About this location/unit

ACT is a team treatment approach designed to provide comprehensive, community-based psychiatric treatment, rehabilitation, and support to persons with serious and persistent mental illness such as schizophrenia.


Among the services ACT teams provide are:

case management, initial and ongoing assessments; psychiatric services; employment and housing assistance; family support and education; substance abuse services; and other services and supports critical to an individual's ability to live successfully in the community.

Clients served by ACT are individuals with serious and persistent mental illness or personality disorders, with severe functional impairments, who have avoided or not responded well to traditional outpatient mental health care and psychiatric rehabilitation services.

Persons served by ACT often have co-existing problems such as homelessness, substance abuse problems, or involvement with the judicial system.


How will you create an impact?

Joining our IH team will allow you to challenge yourself professionally while enjoying all the personal pursuits available to you within this fantastic community.

Reasons to Apply at Interior Health... What we can do for you

We offer a work environment conducive to growth and development of strong clinical skills and a work environment that supports and promotes psychological health & safety for all.

We offer the opportunity to have a balanced lifestyle that allows you to maintain the quality of life you desire.


If you are an experienced mental health professional and passionate about helping those in our community, apply today

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