Adult Mental Health Worker

**Adult Mental Health Worker**

**Practicing Professional 2**

Are you passionate about contributing to the community? Are you interested in working for an organization that is committed to learning and growing, puts people at the centre of our work, believes in a culture of belonging and build on the strength of our community?

Camino Wellbeing + Mental Health supports individuals, families and communities as they work to strengthen their wellbeing and mental health. Our vision is to have a connected community where all people thrive.

**WHAT’S THE OPPORTUNITY?**

We have an exciting opportunity for an **Adult Mental Health Worker** to join the Family Supports team with Polaris In this role you will be supporting parents and caregivers who have one or more children with significant mental health challenges. As an Adult Mental Health Worker, you will support Adults with Children within the Polaris program by coordinating and providing their treatment.

This work isn’t easy - in this portfolio of work we support families at the extreme end of the range in children’s mental health. We are looking for a hands-on practitioner and relationship builder who wants to join our talented multi-disciplinary team and make a positive impact in the lives of families with children who are experiencing significant mental health challenges.

**WHY WORK FOR US?**

We are a new organization (a new entity formed from the unification of KW Counselling Services, Monica Place and Carizon) that serves individuals, families and communities within the Waterloo Region. We are excited about our work, the impact we have in the community and our people (our people are our superpower). We a committed to doing what is best for our community and to developing our people.

**Join us to**:

- Do work that matters.
- Be part of a caring, passionate, and collaborative workplace that lives its values.
- Learn a ton and support us in creating a more seamless experience for individuals, families and our community.
- Be a part of our diversity, equity, and inclusion journey.
- Put the people we serve at the centre of everything we do.
- Have a positive impact in our community.
- Work with an organization that supports your growth and provides opportunities for you to use your transferrable skills among other teams and programs.

**WHAT YOU’LL BE DOING**:

- Provide support and treatment to adults, individually, and in groups using a trauma informed, motivational interviewing approach and with stage matched interventions
- Participate and contribute to the comprehensive assessment of caregivers needs and desires
- Assess the mental health and addiction needs of the adult family members
- Coordinate the services offered to adult family members
- Advise and support adult family members as they navigate the adult mental health and addictions systems
- Develop and maintain a comprehensive knowledge of and connections to the local adult mental health and addictions treatment system

**WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR**:

- Diploma or degree in social work, social service work or a related discipline
- Experience providing support and/or treatment to adults with significant mental health/trauma/addiction challenges

**ARE THERE BONUS POINTS?**
- Knowledge of attachment based developmental trauma
- Knowledge of adult psychiatric assessment and treatment systems
- Experience working in partnership with families with children experiencing mental health challenges
- Experience in motivational interviewing and staged matched interventions
- Knowledge of the local adult mental health and addictions systems ideally with existing personal connections within these systems
- Knowledge of childhood and adolescent development and children’s mental health

**ANYTHING ELSE I SHOULD **KNOW?**:

- This is a full-time permanent role that requires some evening and weekend work.
- This position will take place in client homes, community settings, and in the office with frequent travel throughout the Waterloo Region.
- Must have a valid driver’s license, access to a reliable vehicle, and applicable auto insurance
- Satisfactory Criminal and Judicial Matters Police check is required.
- Must be able to provide either proof of vaccination or documentation providing a satisfactory reason under the Ontario Human Rights Code for not being vaccinated.
- Wage: $25.77 to $36.38 per hour.
- Full-time employees start at 3 weeks' vacation (prorated based on start date) and are eligible to participate in Camino’s benefits and RRSP matching program after three months of service.
- In this role you will experience on the job learning opportunities and training - one of our Camino values is that ‘We learn and grow and try new things’
- We offer an awesome workplace culture and truly seek to live out our Camino values each day.

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