Mental Health

**Summary** With direction, the Mental Health & Addictions Manager is accountable for providing the administrative support, oversight, and coordination to the various members of the Mental Health & Addictions team including Psychologists, Social Workers, Locum Clinical Specialists, and the Community Withdrawal (CWMS) programs as well as implementation of prioritized projects. The Mental Health & Addictions Manager ensures a culturally safe approach, successfully integrating with internal and external inter-professional health team members and with both indigenous and western approaches to mental health and healing. The Mental Health & Addictions Manager works with the team to ensure health services are focused on and responsive to the Anishinabek clients served. **Job Duties** **Provide the administrative support, oversight, and coordination of Mental Health & Addictions Services** - Assist in the recruitment and contracting of Mental Health & Addictions team members and locum clinical specialist support as required - Schedule and monitor clinics of locum clinical specialists - Ensure provider accountability and professional conduct through completion of performance evaluations and ongoing performance management, adherence to policies, completion of timesheets and leave requests, and disciplinary actions when required based on professional standards, legislation, and policy guidelines - Ensure team members’ adherence to professional standards of practice - Provide orientation to new members of the MH&A team - Provide information and advice for the MH&A team’s care planning, practices, and issues - Identify, develop and facilitate professional development opportunities to support the team’s learning needs and scopes of practices - Identify and promote opportunities to maximize efficiencies within the organization’s interprofessional model - Strengthen the interprofessional teamwork by ensuring linkages between the team and with primary health care and other health and social service providers - Oversee budgets for specific expenses related to MH&A programming - Ensure standardization and efficiencies of processes for providers on electronic charting systems - Ensure providers have access as required to most comprehensive medical information on each client as appropriate to provide informed and comprehensive health care to clients including access to FHT EMR, Medi Tech etc. **Perform administrative duties in support of the organization’s goals and objectives** - Participate in and promote the interprofessional primary health care model - Provide consultation services to community groups, agencies and centre staff as appropriate - Assist in the development and evaluation of policies, protocols and procedures to improve services to clients and to promote cooperative and efficient staff communications - Complete reports and presentations as required - Promote efficiencies with electronic charting systems, and improved access to medical information - Assist in the development, planning and evaluation of treatment, education, counselling, and health promotion programs - Collect and analyze statistical information as required - Participate in inter-agency and/or funder meetings on behalf of organization as an agency representative as required **Support quality improvement, integration, and cultural safety** - Assist in the development and implementation of the organization’s quality improvement initiatives - Network with partner agencies to collaborate, improve practices, enhance services, improve transitions, and care coordination, and move forward other shared initiatives relevant to the position - Participate in ongoing cultural safety training - Participate in efforts with traditional healing practitioners and other staff to improve communication and integration between western and traditional healing and health approaches - Ensure all work and interpersonal interactions are conducted with respect for all diversities, both visible and invisible, including staff, Board of Directors, clients, families/caregivers, and external partners **Perform other duties as assigned within the scope of the position** - Engage in professional development to maintain current skills and knowledge to work to the scope of the position - Participate in local and systemic advocacy in relation to Mental Health & Addictions priorities **Requirements**: **Mandatory** - Minimum Bachelor of Social Work Degree - Current registration in good standing in the Ontario College of Social Work and Social Service Workers (OCSWSSW) - Three to five years’ experience working within the MH & A sector, preferably in community setting - Experience working in a supervisory capacity - Current CPR Level C and First Aid Certification - Valid Class G driver’s license and have access to a vehicle **Preferred** - Experience working with First Nation populations - Experience working within an e