Mental Health Support Worker

1 day ago

North Vancouver, Canada Marineview Housing Society Full time

**Job description**

At Marineview Housing Society, we operate multiple 24/7 Mental Health group homes with up to 10 Residents per home. We are looking to hire multiple Mental Health Workers for casual positions to work between all homes, and provide coverage for staff vacations. These positions are unionized with HEU; salary and benefits based upon HEU collective agreement.

Reporting to the Manager of Care and/or Director of Care, the Mental Health Worker is responsible for assisting residents with mental health concerns to live in the community. The Mental Health Worker supports and assists residents in learning activities of daily living such as personal hygiene, housekeeping, making and keeping appointments and grocery shopping using role modelling, demonstration and reinforcement. The Mental Health Worker is responsible for assisting residents to meet Rehabilitation Plan Goals, maintaining documentation and administering oral and topical medications following established policies and procedures.

**Duties**:
1. Assists residents to develop life skills such as maintaining personal hygiene, housekeeping, planning and preparing meals and making and keeping appointments as identified by individual care plans.

2. Assists residents with activities and programs as directed by Activity Coordinator.

3. Administers oral and topical medications following established policies and procedures

4. Observes residents and the environment, and documents and reports any unsafe conditions or changes in the residents’ mental health status or behaviour to supervisor.

5. Participates and encourages residents to participate in planned programs and activities both in-house and in the community.

6. Accompanies residents on scheduled outings and appointments when necessary.

7. Assists with resident care planning by providing feedback to supervisor regarding behaviour, progress and problems.

8. Completes and maintains records related to resident care such as medication records and progress notes.

9. Performs housekeeping duties in the residence such as washing dishes, laundry, sweeping and mopping floors and cleaning and dusting.

10. Performs minor maintenance tasks such as changing light bulbs, tightening screws, raking leaves and clearing snow.

11. Performs other duties as assigned.

Qualifications: Education, Training and Experience - Graduation from Grade 12 - Certificate as a Community Mental Health Worker - 6 months of recent related experience or an equivalent combination of education, training and experience - First Aid and CPR certification

Skills and Abilities - Ability to communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing - Ability to work effectively with others - Physical ability to carry out the duties of the position - Ability to establish and maintain effective relations with residents, families and staff - Ability to demonstrate and explain independent living skills - Ability to organize work.

COVID-19 considerations:
All staff must be fully immunized. All visitors must show proof of immunization to enter homes. All homes follow VCH regulations in terms of cleaning and use of PPE.

Thank you to all the applicants for applying; however only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

**Job Type**: Casual

Pay: $27.92 per hour

**Benefits**:

- Casual dress
- On-site parking

Flexible language requirement:

- French not required

Schedule:

- Day shift
- Evening shift
- Monday to Friday
- Morning shift
- Night shift
- On call
- Overtime
- Weekends as needed

Ability to commute/relocate:

- North Vancouver, BC: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

**Experience**:

- mental health support: 1 year (required)

Licence/Certification:

- First Aid Certification (required)
- Certificate as a Community Mental Health Worker (required)
- Food Safety Certification (Level 1) (required)

Work Location: In person

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