Lead, Integrated Child

Salary range: The salary range for this position is CAD $45.46 - $65.35 / hour Why Fraser Health?:
Taking an Indigenous cultural healing approach and operating from a cultural safety and trauma informed lens, the Indigenous Lead, Integrated Child & Youth Program provides clinical leadership, supervision, operational guidance to Indigenous Integrated Child & Youth (ICY) team members and the larger Fraser Health Child, Youth and Young Adult portfolio.

Reporting to the ICY Clinical Operations Manager, and working in collaboration with local ICY Program Leads, the Indigenous Lead for ICY provides administrative support and leadership to all Indigenous ICY positions across Fraser Health.

This includes providing leadership and collaborating with clinical and operational leaders in the ICY communities to support best practice models for Indigenous programs and services within the ICY teams that support the mental health and substance use needs of children, youth and families in the applicable service areas.

The successful applicant has experience with and deep understanding of First Nations, Métis and Inuit history, culture, traditional healing practices, intergenerational-trauma and intergenerational-strength.

For this position, we also want to highlight that** First Nations, Inuit, Métis ancestry is regarded as directly relevant to the skills and knowledge for excellence in this position**, as the position influences decisions that directly impact the Indigenous community.

If leading change in collaboration with dynamic leaders and team for Indigenous children and youth is close to your heart, we encourage you to apply.

Detailed Overview:
**Supporting the Vision, Values, Purpose and Commitments of Fraser Health including service delivery that is centered around patients/clients/residents and families**:
Under the Pathway to Hope, the Province has established Integrated Child and Youth (ICY) teams in several communities defined by school district boundaries. Each ICY team supports a cluster of Public, Independent and First Nations operated schools and will include all children and youth within the geographic region, including those who do not attend a school. These community-based multidisciplinary teams coordinate and deliver wraparound mental health and substance use services and supports for children and youth 0-19 and their families. Integrated Child and Youth teams are comprised of team members employed by various organizations and ministries.

Reporting to the Director or Manager as assigned, the Lead, Integrated Child and Youth Program is a dynamic multi-functional administrator role that champions integration of service across the team and community, plays a critical role in ensuring fidelity to the ICY model of care, and leads team integration and cohesion to enable effective provision of mental health and substance use supports to children, youth and families in the applicable service area. The service delivery will be flexible and outbound, reflecting the preferences of children, youth, and families. Through the collective impact of partners working together in an integrated way, children and youth with mild, moderate, and severe mental health and/or substance use challenges and their families/caregivers will have timely, equitable access to a seamless system of culturally safe and effective interventions that are based on the unique strengths, needs and risks of children, youth and families.

**Responsibilities**:
Leadership of Team
- Provides leadership and manages integration of all ICY multi-disciplinary team members by methods such as coaching, mentoring, training, developing, and providing practice support. Fosters cooperation, collaboration, communication, and harmonious relationships among all team members.
- Manages and evaluates performance to improve individual and organizational performance, taking corrective action as needed in accordance with Fraser Health policies and procedures; administers, with support from human resources, applicable collective agreement provisions of staff in direct reporting relationships.
- Provides expert consultative advice to other health care practitioners and acts as a resource for the assigned clinical operation(s) or service contracts.
- Communicates regularly with employer organizations for on-going collaboration, integration, issues management, and to ensure the mandate of ICY teams is being met.
- Develops and maintains fidelity of the ICY model of care, and provides guidance and direction on the interpretation of Acts, regulations, standards, policy, and procedures.
- Delivers onboarding and orientation to all team members. Assesses training needs and supports training opportunities by methods such as delivering training modules and providing access to available education/training through partners and in community for all ICY team members.
- Supervises assigned Fraser Health staff including responsibility for hiring, firing and disciplinary act