164183-67 - Rft Peer Navigator - Mental Health

3 weeks ago


Burlington, Canada Joseph Brant Hospital Full time

**Position Available**:Peer Navigator
- **Status**: Regular Full-Time (1.0 FTE)
- **Department**: Mental Health - Early Intervention
- **Union**: Non-Union
- **Shifts**:Days, Evenings, Weekends**Rate of Pay**: $30.70 - $38.38/hr**About Joseph Brant Hospital**:
Joseph Brant Hospital (JBH) is a full-service community teaching hospital located in the growing and thriving community of Burlington, Ontario, serving more than 185,000 residents in Halton, Hamilton, Waterdown, Flamborough, Milton and Stoney Creek. JBH is honoured to be recognized as one of Hamilton Niagara’s Top Employers for eight (8) consecutive years, with a skilled staff of 194 physicians, 1,911 full
- and part-time staff, and more than 300 volunteers.

JBH is a Clinical Education site in conjunction with McMaster University, and designated as an Academic Community Teaching Hospital. Its expanded campus includes the state-of-the-art Michael Lee-Chin & Family Patient Tower, featuring a new Emergency Department, 295 acute inpatient beds, 9 new Operating Rooms, and post-anaesthetic care unit to support expanded medical, surgical, and outpatient services. JBH is also a partner member of the Burlington Ontario Health Team (OHT).

**Responsibilities**:

- Work one-to-one with youth to support them in the development and achievement of self-determination, personal empowerment, and their individual recovery goals
- Support and working collaboration with youth, their families and the interdisciplinary team in the creation of recovery goals and or treatment plans
- Collaborate with community partners, service providers and other stakeholders to help facilitate connections and referrals to other resources whenever appropriate
- Share aspects of one's lived experience in a manner that is helpful to youth being supported, while demonstrating compassionate understanding and hope for recovery
- Facilitate and coordinate youth focused peer driven/recovery oriented groups utilizing the values and principles of a peer support/person centred philosophy
- Outreach to internal and external stakeholders to build awareness of and promote the Early Intervention Service to Youth
- Maintain ethical and professional conduct in accordance with Psychosocial Rehabilitation Canada and Peer Support Accreditation Certification Canada
- Perform appropriate record keeping and documentation for health record and statistical data entry

**Qualifications**:

- Minimum Grade 12 Diploma
- Certificate in Peer Support Training from a recognized Training Provider
- Formal training in Psychosocial Rehabilitation an asset
- Demonstrated ability and understanding of core essentials of youth engagement and youth-focused peer support provision
- Personal lived experience of mental illness and/or addiction
- Demonstrated ability to role-model strong self-care and self-management strategies in recognition of the need for health, personal growth and resiliency in youth focused peer support work
- ASIST Training an asset
- Knowledge and experience working in a community based setting with young people experiencing serious mental health problems and/or addictions concerns
- Knowledge of the unique developmental issues of adolescent/young adult clients and their families
- Adaptable, creative, innovative and flexible
- Excellent interpersonal, customer service skills; maintain confidentiality
- Ability and willingness to travel and work in various settings/environments throughout the day (i.e. office, community, schools, work-places, homes).

Any information obtained during the recruitment process will be used for employment recruitment only, and not for any other purpose.

At Joseph Brant Hospital, we are committed to diversity and inclusion as we continue and expand our efforts to become a more inclusive, safe and respectful place for everyone to visit, work and receive care. HR will accommodate any needs under the Ontario Human Right Code (OHRC) and the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA). Recruitment processes will be modified to remove barriers to accommodate those with disabilities, if requested.

Posting date: February 14, 2024

Closing date: February 21, 2024



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