Mental Health and Substance Use

1 week ago


Surrey, British Columbia, Canada Fraser Region Aboriginal Friendship Centre Association Full time

About Us:


The Fraser Region Aboriginal Friendship Centre Association (FRAFCA) is a rapidly growing Indigenous community-based organization, serving BC's largest urban Indigenous population of children, youth, families & Elders.

Our Vision is to build _
a community of strong, healthy, successful Indigenous people connected to each other and to their roots _by fostering their health & well-being through culturally relevant services, support, and advocacy

Why FRAFCA:

  • Opportunity to work alongside cultural knowledge keepers & Elders;
  • Chance to obtain program specific certifications;
  • Holistic, culturally safe, approaches to serving our clients and community;
  • Freedom to share and observe own cultural practices (i.e. smudging in the office);
  • Parking available onsite;
  • Extended Health Benefits Package (Medical, Dental, Travel) and Employee Assistance Plan after 3month continuous employment;
  • Paid sick/personal leave days;
  • Paid vacation days;
  • Offices located along main transportation routes; main office by the Skytrain station.

Job Summary:


In accordance with established vision and values of FRAFCA, as well as within a client and family centered care model, the
Counselling & Treatment Clinician functions as a member of the larger
Complex Care Housing team and as a member of a specific multi-disciplinary team whose purpose is to ensure that persons with serious acute mental health problems and /or problematic substance use issues have access to timely, responsive, evidence-based short term treatment and clinical supports across the continuum of available services.


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


Role and Responsibilities:

Provides comprehensive bio/psycho/social services that include a continuum of services designed to optimize clients' recovery and ability to function, including but not limited to:
a) providing intake, orientation, crisis stabilization, and comprehensive mental health and substance use in-depth diagnostic assessments using the DSM V Diagnostic Criteria, including those for the most difficult and complex presentations (such as high co-occurring substance use, post-trauma, severe personality disorders, and chronic medical illness or disability);
b) bringing advanced practice to the team through case conferencing, modeling and team education in areas such as CBT, DBT, psycho-dynamic individual therapies, family therapy, group psychotherapy, supportive counseling, psycho-educational interventions or other evidence-based treatment modalities, in accordance with professional standards and clinical policies and practices to promote client self-determination, strengthen readiness for change, and improve the client's overall psychosocial functioning;
c) interpreting the results of the assessment to identify the primary issues and stage of change; collaboratively planning therapeutic treatment goals with the client;
d) implementing treatment plans and evaluating treatment outcomes;
f) facilitating clients use of appropriate community resources by keeping knowledgeable about other services;
g) offering consultation, support, and education to families, informal supports, community agencies, and other health care providers involved with CCH clients;
h) advocating for clients by providing assistance in accessing community assets that contribute positively to the social determinants of health;
i) responding to risk indicators that identify a need for clinical or legal intervention to ensure safety and well-being of an individual or others;
j) providing assertive or planned outreach services as required by the client population or individual client;
k) utilizing a variety of interpersonal skills, engages with each client in order to facilitate the building of a therapeutic working relationship.

  • Arranges access to specialized services such as substance use, forensic/criminal justice, developmental disability, and acquired brain injury.
  • Identifies the need for, and ensures or arranges transition plans are in place for clients transferring between levels of care, including involvement in the client's admission to acute care and discharge planning and follow up after an admission to a hospital unit or emergency department.
  • Works with any client who presents asking for CCH services by providing the assistance directly or through linking the client to the appropriate service and staying involved until the linkage is made.


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