Mental health support worker (Community Support Worker)
Terms of Employment: Permanent, Full Time, Weekend, Day, Night, Evening
Salary: $22.00 Hourly for 40 hours per week, Mileage Paid, Medical Benefits, Dental Benefits, Disability Benefits, Life Insurance Benefits, Group Insurance Benefits, Vision Care Benefits
Anticipated Start Date: As soon as possible
Location: Grande Prairie, Alberta (4 vacancies )
Skill Requirements:
Education: Completion of college/CEGEP/vocational or technical training, Completion of university
Credentials (certificates, licences, memberships, courses, etc.): Social Service Worker (SSW) Diploma, Community Support Worker (CSW) Diploma, Human Services Diploma, Chemical Dependency Counselling Training/Certification, Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST), Non-violent Crisis Intervention (NVCI) Certificate, Cultural Awareness Training, First Aid Certificate
Experience: 2 years to less than 3 years
Languages: Speak English, Read English, Write English
Work Setting: Group home, Private home
Target Groups or Clients: Male, Families, Aboriginal groups, Young offenders, Persons with intellectual disabilities, Persons with mental health disabilities, Persons with learning disabilities
Type of Community or Social Service: Personal and social adjustment and health (substance abuse, gambling, behaviour disorders), Socio-economic needs or conditions (housing, nutrition, unemployment, financial assistance)
Specific Skills: Obtain information and prepare reports or case histories, Appraise clients' needs or eligibility for specific services, Implement life skills workshops, Assess client's relevant skill strengths and development needs, Develop, coordinate and implement the delivery of specific services within the community, Provide suicide and crisis intervention, Resolve conflict situations, Supervise activities of clients living in group homes and half-way houses, Implement substance abuse treatment programs, Implement behaviour management programs, Provide personal services support to persons with special needs, Liaise with other social services agencies and health care providers involved with clients, Develop service intervention logic models and outcome measures
Additional Skills: Administrative and office activities, Food preparation
Security and Safety: Criminal record check, Child welfare check, Driver's validity licence check, Driving record check (abstract)
Transportation/Travel Information: Own transportation, Willing to travel regularly, Valid driver's licence, Travel expenses paid by employer
Work Location Information: Work in employer's/client's home
Essential Skills: Reading text, Document use, Numeracy, Writing, Oral communication, Working with others, Problem solving, Decision making, Critical thinking, Job task planning and organizing, Significant use of memory, Finding information, Computer use, Continuous learning
Employer: Mountain Plains CSS North

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