Mental Health and Addictions Supervisor, Fraser
5 months ago
**Mental Health & Addictions Supervisor***
BC Mental Health & Substance Use Services
Maple Ridge, BC
This position will be required to provide virtual support to Ford Mountain Correctional Centre and may be required to travel to provide in-person support at Ford Mountain Correctional Centre.
Correctional Health Services (CHS) is a province-wide, specialized program providing care for clients who are incarcerated in one of BC’s 10 provincial correctional facilities. We believe everyone deserves a chance to access healthcare treatments and heal, and CHS offers a non-judgemental place to help make that happen. Check out what it means to be apart of the CHS team **HERE**. Please indicate in your cover letter why you are interested in joining our team at Fraser Regional Correction Centre (FRCC)
**What you'll do**
- Coordinate daily mental health and addictions-related patient care activities and provides leadership for the mental health and addictions team in the planning and implementation of consistent, evidence-based service-wide approaches for the delivery of services. Promote quality of care by reviewing mental health screens for completeness and referrals for mental health and addictions assessment from Mental Health Intake Screeners, other health professionals, Correctional Officers and other sources and triaging same; coordinates and schedules patients’ mental health appointments with psychologists and psychiatrists; and consult and collaborate with inter-professional team members to help establish appropriate goals for care and individualized care plans considering the patient’s physiological, psychological, spiritual and sociocultural needs.
- Assess the patient’s overall mental health and addiction service needs; conducts risk assessments and monitor the progress of all patients identified as at risk for suicidal ideation or self-harm, depression, and serious mental disorders; formulates initial diagnostic impressions and determines priority of care requirements; refer patients to the psychologist, general practitioner or other care providers as required.
- Visit patients in segregation/observation for review, referral and follow-up care as required; document as appropriate in the electronic patient care information system and communicate the outcome of reviews to the Warden or designate as appropriate.
- Engage others in treatment planning, evaluation and the review of patient progress and needs. Provide formal and informal consultation as needed to health care team members, other health care providers and students. Provide guidance/knowledge in the management of mental health and addictions care, including co-occurring psychiatric and substance use/misuse disorders. Promote inter-professional collaboration to address treatment concerns, continuity of care, crisis management protocols and community resource coordination. Assist with therapeutic interventions and problem solving, provide clinical guidance and information on complex cases, discuss patient care issues and develops linkages/partnerships to meet patient need.
**What you bring**
- Master’s Degree in an Allied Health Discipline from a recognized Program and current practicing registration with the applicable professional College.
- Three (3) years' recent experience in a mental health and addictions setting, including working with mentally disordered offenders, forensic psychiatric or tertiary mental health/concurrently disordered populations.
- Two (2) years related administrative/supervisory experience or an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.
- Valid BC Driver's License and access to personal vehicle for local area travel may be required.
**You will also have knowledge of**:
- Comprehensive knowledge of mental illness and treatment, substance use and addictions treatment, and of the principles of recovery.
- Broad knowledge of psychotherapeutic and counselling skills, psychoeducation principles and methods and psychopharmacology (indications and side-effects).
- Provide effective leadership, supervision, work direction and consultation.
- Conduct comprehensive mental health and addiction clinical and risk assessments, utilizing relevant tools and rating scales, and formulate a treatment plan, participate in discharge planning, and provide crisis intervention.
- Demonstrated ability to perform CPR.
- Communicate (orally and in writing) and collaborate effectively with patients and their families, coworkers, physicians, other health care staff, and staff of external agencies.
- Awareness of and commitment to learning and understanding the Truth & Reconciliation Commission’s 94 Calls to Action (2015), In Plain Sight Report (2020), BC's Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act (2019), and other related reports.
- Commitment to upholding the shared responsibility of creating lasting and meaningful reconciliation in Canada as per TRC (2015) and BC's Declaration on the Rights of Indigeno
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