Mental Health Rehabilitation Worker

Why Fraser Health?:
We hire great people for excellent jobs and need your help to expand our ability to deliver prompt and professional services. We are currently looking for a
**Casual Mental Health Rehabilitation Worker** to join our Mental Health and Substance Use Services team and provide services at the Connolly/Cottonwood/Cypress Lodges located in
**the Tri-Cities, B.C.**

Fraser Health is responsible for the delivery of hospital and community-based health services to over 1.9 million people in 20 diverse communities from Burnaby to Fraser Canyon on the traditional, ancestral and unceded territories of the Coast Salish and Nlaka’pamux Nations, and is home to six Métis Chartered Communities. Our team of 43,000 staff, medical staff and volunteers is dedicated to serving our patients, families and communities to deliver on our vision: Better health, best in health care.

Effective October 26th 2021, all new hires to Fraser Health will need to have full COVID 19 vaccination (have received a full series of a World Health Organization “WHO” approved vaccine against infection by SARS-COV-2, or a combination of approved WHO vaccines). Please note this applies to all postings, and individual medical exemptions must be approved by the Provincial Health Officer.

Curious to learn what it’s like to work here? Like us on
**Twitter** &
**LinkedIn** (fraserhealthcareers) for first-hand employee insights.

Detailed Overview:
Reporting to the Program Coordinator, under the direction of the nursing staff and working as a member of the interdisciplinary team, the Mental Health Rehabilitation Worker assists residents with mental, developmental, and/or physical disabilities to live successfully in the community; works with the Mental Health team to implement appropriate psychosocial rehabilitation (PSR) and recovery plans to meet the resident's needs; provides daily physical, emotional, social support/ advocacy, personal life skills assistance, teaching and coaching; supports resident participation in daily living activities such as light housekeeping, personal laundry and by side-by-side food preparation; provides transportation services to and from events, outings, appointments and programs.

The Mental Health Rehabilitation Worker is expected to engage the resident and their support systems as people with full competence and as full collaborators in service planning and evaluation.

**Responsibilities**:

- Participates as a member of the interdisciplinary team in the development and implementation of psychosocial rehabilitation (PSR) and recovery care plans; provides required information with regard to the resident's daily functioning and needs; facilitates discussion with residents and others to determine appropriate care.
- Participates and provides feedback on the effectiveness of PSR and recovery-oriented interventions and treatment plans developed through the daily interaction with the residents and through weekly team meetings; provides feedback and input regarding residents' needs, performance and progress; assists in conducting functional assessments.
- Provides supportive conversations, demonstrations, modeling and behaviour management to residents and their families; assists residents in the development of physical, social, emotional and life skills such as interpersonal skills/development, personal hygiene, housekeeping, meal planning, shopping and preparation, money management, making and keeping appointments; works with residents in maintaining contact with their families.
- Assists residents in identifying appropriate social, vocational, recreational and educational resources in the community and provides clients with related information; transports residents to programs, appointments, services and other activities including booking client trips, altering schedules, arranging time for pickup and dropping off clients.
- Transports/escorts residents to programs, appointments, services and other activities by operating a passenger van; book resident's appointments, alter schedules, arranges time for pick up and dropping off of residents.
- Prepares and serves meals, as required; provides guidance to residents in their daily meal planning and food preparation by taking the lead, monitoring, assisting and/or working alongside the resident during meal planning and preparation; assists residents who require help with their meals.
- Cleans and sanitizes kitchen and dining area before and after meals; assists with regular food inventories; performs and/or assists the residents in performing housekeeping duties such as sweeping and mopping floors, vacuuming, dusting, cleaning their rooms and/or kitchen; performs and/or assists the resident with cleaning, sorting, folding and the storing personal laundry.
- Advocates for residents through problem solving with staff in community resources and modeling appropriate self-advocacy; identifies available social, economic, educational and personal services/re