Peer Support Worker

1 week ago

Etobicoke, Canada Canadian Mental Health Association- Peel Branch Full time

**Support your community. Advance your career. Fulfill your purpose**

Joining the Canadian Mental Health Association - Peel Dufferin Branch means you’ll be part of something meaningful. For starters, we’re honored to have received the Canadian Non-Profit Employer of Choice Award for our efforts to help people live better. Providing support and services to those who live with mental illness and addictions, we’re committed to increasing awareness and addressing the stigma surrounding mental health. That’s why we’ve made it a priority to create a diverse organization that represents the communities we serve - and the people we help.

**What We Offer**

As a community-based agency, we’re dedicated to the mental, physical, and social health of everyone - including our team members. That’s why we’re proud to offer a total rewards package that helps our team members balance their professional and home life. You’ll also be empowered to keep learning new skills and reaching your goals - from developing a career growth plan to participating in training sessions.
- In addition to EAP, we offer our team members some perks that really stand out:_
- 4 weeks accrued vacation (to start)
- Up to 18 paid personal days accrued per year, plus 2 flexible days each year
- HOOPP Pension Plan
- Ongoing professional development plus $250 annual funding for continuing education and certifications
- $250 annual allowance to invest in achieving your personal wellness goals
- Mileage reimbursement and car detailing for work-related travel
- Participation in the organizational pay for performance incentive program

**Salary Range: $53,808.52 - $64,421.64**

**We are currently seeking a permanent full-time Peer Support Worker to join our team**

Reporting to a Multi-Disciplinary Team Manager, the Peer Support Worker will provide holistic assessment and case management using a stepped care approach**. The Peer Support Worker will carry an individual caseload in addition to participating in team-based decision-making and care planning.
- **Stepped Care approach is a system of delivering and monitoring mental health and addictions treatment so that the most effective, yet least resource-intensive treatment, is delivered first, only “stepping up” to intensive/ specialist services as required and depending on the level of client distress or need._

**What you will do**
- Conduct assessment and assist clients to **develop goals for recovery** using one-to-one and group sessions.
- Utilize tools such as the **Wellness Recovery Action Plan (WRAP)** to assist clients in creating individual care plans.
- Support clients in developing **empowerment skills and combating stigma** through self-advocacy.
- Assist to identify and combat negative self-talk and identify and overcome fears by **sharing own techniques and strategies.**:

- Manage a caseload including regular re-assessments, updating risk levels and caseload reviews.
- Collaborate with the multi-disciplinary team to build a client care plan and provide **short-term or intensive case management** as needed.
- **Refer and link** clients to community resources and groups that support recovery goals.
- Participate in **regular staff meetings** and care planning to provide the **peer expertise** for client care.
- **Contact primary care** at regular intervals to report clients’ care plan and discharge summary.
- Work collaboratively with other Peer Support Workers to **support organizational needs** **(e.g., volumes across all regions).**:

- Update all appropriate documentation within 24 hours of client contact, as required by CMHA PD policy and procedure.
- Participate in the **Peer Community of Practice** and other agency and community committees and workgroups as requested by manager.

**What you need to join our team**
- Post-secondary degree or diploma in relevant discipline (e.g., BSW, MSW, OT, RN)
- Peer certification is an asset.
- Being a registered and / or regulated health professional is an asset.
- Minimum 2 years’ experience in the mental health and addictions sectors with a focus on assessment, brief interventions and short term supports.
- A personal experience with mental health and/ or addiction and established recovery, as well as a willingness to share experience.
- The following experience / trainings are an asset with an expectation to attend trainings as they become available:

- Wellness Recovery Action Plan (WRAP)
- Concurrent Disorders
- Cognitive Behavioural Skills
- Motivational Interviewing
- Trauma Informed Care
- Virtual Care
- Interprofessional Multi-Disciplinary Teams
- Crisis Intervention Skills
- Required immunization(s) and/or administered vaccine(s) as per CMHA Peel Dufferin's Immunization Program Policy.
- Current CPR/First Aid certification.
- Valid driver’s license.
- Access to an automobile in good repair and insurance coverage as required by agency policy.
- Satisfactory police records search and vulnerable sector screening.

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