Mental Health Navigator

2 weeks ago

Ottawa, Canada Somerset West Community Health Centre Full time

**Position Title**:Mental Health Navigator

**Department**: Primary Health Care (PHC)

**Reporting to**: Manager, Ottawa Newcomer Health Center

**Type**: 0.5 FTE - Term Contract ASAP until March 31, 2026

**Pay Scale**: $26.20 to $31.56 per hour.
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**About Us**

We are Somerset West Community Health Centre (SWCHC), a non-profit, community-governed organization that serves over 18,000 clients annually. Established in 1978, SWCHC provides a wide range of health care services such as primary health care, health promotion, community development, mental health, and harm reduction. We are deeply connected to the communities we serve and committed to removing barriers to accessing services for people who are vulnerable because of their age, income, ability, sexual orientation or gender identity, and language or culture.

SWCHC strives to ensure that our team reflects the communities we serve. We work within an anti-racist, anti-oppressive framework that acknowledges the existence and impacts of systemic racism and seeks to ensure that systems are fair and equitable for everyone.

ONHC is a proud program of SWCHC that provides healthcare, offers timely, coordinated and culturally appropriate health and social services to newcomers. Our approach to care is through a health equity lens with a focus on addressing the social determinants of health to improve the lives and wellbeing of our clients.

**Position Description**

**Position Requirements**

**Education**
- Bachelor’s degree or Undergraduate Diploma in Social Work or equivalent combination of training and experience
- Member of a recognized college

**Professional Experience**
- Minimum of 2 years’ experience in a community setting with emphasis on crisis intervention, practical assistance, and case coordination
- Minimum 3 years’ experience working with marginalized and diverse client populations, specifically with refugees and immigrants.

**Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities**
- Awareness of acts or legislation that governs practices: Workplace Hazardous Material Information System (WHMIS), Child Protection Act, Personal Health Information Protection Act (PHIPA), Mental Health Act, Principles of routine practices (universal precautions)
- Knowledge of social determinants of health, mental health promotion and prevention
- Awareness related to cultural competence.
- Experience with crisis counseling.
- Ability to provide system navigation support.
- Good awareness and knowledge of local community resources and services
- Good understanding and knowledge of culturally sensitive care and interventions
- Community mental health experience
- Knowledge and comfort with a harm reduction approach
- Commitment to strength-based philosophy and practice
- Assessment and intervention skills; sound judgment
- Ability to provide basic education to individuals and families.
- Working in a collaborative interdisciplinary team environment
- Excellent communication skills, able to bridge gap between clients and service providers and service agencies.
- Ability to coordinate case conferences of professionals from various disciplines and family/significant others.
- Ability to provide client advocacy.

**Language Capability**
- Fluency in English is required.
- Fluency in French, Arabic, Dari, and Pashtu, or Spanish is highly desirable.
- Fluency in any other language is an asset.

**_It is the policy of SWCHC to require COVID-19 immunization for all employees, volunteers, and students, including those who work off-site with the following exceptions: Persons with a medical reason that prevents them from being vaccinated against COVID-19; Persons with other reasonable considerations pursuant to the Ontario Human Rights Code that restrict them from being vaccinated against Covid 19 vaccination.**_**
- Somerset West Community Health Centre is an equal opportunity employer who values the diversity of individuals in our programs and services._

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