Lead: Child

4 weeks ago

Thunder Bay, Canada Matawa Health Co-Operative Full time

**CHILD & YOUTH MENTAL HEALTH & WELLNESS LEAD**

**JOB DESCRIPTION**
- Must be “fully vaccinated” against COVID-19. (In Ontario, a “fully vaccinated individual” is defined as one who has received the required number of doses as outlined by Health Canada and they have received their final dose of the COVID-19 vaccine at least 14 days ago.) Must provide Health Canada’s proof of vaccination (vaccine receipt or enhanced vaccine certificate)._

**PURPOSE OF THE POSITION**

Matawa First Nations established the Matawa Health Co-operative (MHC). This provincially incorporated Co-operative consists of the nine Matawa member communities - Webequie, Neskantaga, Nibinamik, Eabametoong, Marten Falls, Aroland, Ginoogaming, Long Lake #58 and Constance Lake First Nations.

The MHC Child & Youth Mental Health & Wellness Lead will work closely with the Director of Mental Health Services, the Mental Health Team, and Matawa Health Cooperative staff. He/she will be responsible for overseeing our Child & Youth Mental Health Team as well as the implementation, evaluation and professional development of youth mental health programs/services. He/she will report to the Executive Director of the Matawa Health Co-operative.

**SCOPE**

The MHC Mental Health & Wellness Lead (Child & Youth) will oversee our Child & Youth Mental Health Team/Staff who service and provide mental health and wellness supports specifically to First Nation children and youth from the communities served by Matawa. He/she will oversee preventative mental health and wellness-based service delivery and programming from a holistic perspective; seeking to address all areas of wellness including: physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual. Service delivery must also take into strong consideration our
Indigenous culture and traditional values.

**RESPONSIBILITIES**

**Supervision & Support of Youth Staff**:

- Acts as a role model; provides strong leadership and guidance to Child & Youth Mental Health Team/Staff. Demonstrates ability to build positive rapport and healthy working relationships with superiors, colleagues, and staff - while also demonstrating the ability to respectfully give constructive criticism in a way that encourages and promotes growth and skill development amongst staff;
- Supervises and directs the activities of Child & Youth Mental Health Team/Staff. Works with youth staff to ensure they are being given adequate support, supervision, and direction while also ensuring that all necessary performance evaluations are being completed in a timely fashion;
- Assists Child & Youth Mental Health Team/Staff with coordination, planning and scheduling of travel and travel itineraries;
- Oversees scheduling and time off requests (e.g., overtime, lieu time, annual/vacation leave, medical/sick leave, etc.) of Child & Youth Mental Health Team/Staff to ensure consistency, continuity of care, and ongoing maintenance of day-to-day operations and services.

**Program Management & Development**:

- Participates in the development policies and procedures and work instructions for Child & Youth Mental Health Team;
- Seeks input and feedback from our Matawa communities, Health Directors, leadership, as well as MHC Child & Youth Mental Health Team/Staff to ensure that our mental health services are responsive to the unique needs and requests of each Matawa community;
- Works in collaboration with MHC Director of Mental Health, Child & Youth Mental Health Team, and the EMR/Privacy Coordinator to ensure and maintain that all documentation, reporting, and forms are being created, collected and stored in a way that respects and honours client confidentiality and ethics;
- Works collaboratively with MHC Director of Mental Health and Child & Youth Mental Health Team to ensure ongoing program evaluation of youth mental health services is taking place. Seeks input and feedback in order to ensure we are consistently improving the quality of our youth services;
- Gives input and assists MHC Director of Mental Health with proposal development and submissions that will benefit and support youth services based on areas of need;
- Works with MHC Director of Mental Health & Child & Youth Mental Health Team to ensure necessary data and statistics are being inputted and collected as required;
- Ensures that service delivery is being delivered in compliance with regulations, policies, and procedures. Ensures that he/she remains up-to-date on any relevant changes to mental health regulations, laws, policies and standards which may impact service delivery. Ensures that Child & Youth Mental Health Team is aware of any necessary updates which impact service delivery and that they are acting in accordance with such;
- Works with the Director of Mental Health Services (and designated Board Members) in recruiting, and hiring qualified mental health staff. Recruits, screens and interviews, conducts reference checks and facilitates orientation/training for new youth hires;
- Provides an

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