Summary
Description
The Team
The Vancouver Coastal Child and Youth Mental Health (CYMH) team, is a compassionate and collaborative team that is dedicated to supporting children, youth, and families. While these positions work out of smaller communities, you will be a part of a larger and well connected team that works together to share their varied experience and expertise. Our team shares a commitment to knowledge-sharing, while working alongside families and community partners to deliver wrap-around support for children, youth, and their families. We provide a welcoming and respectful environment with opportunities for training and clinical discussions, empowering each team member to grow in their practice.
The Role
As a CYMH Clinician on our team, you’ll play a vital role in providing direct clinical services including intake services, assessment, treatment, suicide risk assessment, safety plans and crisis intervention for children and youth from birth to age 18 and their families. You will work closely with local Indigenous Nations, community agencies, schools, hospitals and other ministry programs to provide comprehensive care, including individual, group and family therapy. You will have the opportunity to work with a supportive and passionate team to make a meaningful positive difference in the lives of children, youth, and their families facing emotional and behavioral challenges, with a strong focus on building relationships with the Indigenous community.
Qualifications:
Education and Experience Requirements
- Masters in Counselling, Social Work, Educational Counselling, Clinical Counselling, Clinical Psychology or Child and Youth Care or comparable graduate degree at the Master’s level in a similar subject may be considered.
- NOTE: If your degree was obtained outside of Canada, you need to confirm it has been assessed for equivalency through the International Credential Evaluation Services (ICES). You must provide a basic report by the closing date of this posting to be considered.
- Minimum of one year full-time equivalent experience working with children and youth and their families, with responsibility for providing a wide range of community based mental health services.
- Must possess and maintain a valid class 5 BC Driver’s license with no restriction or equivalent (i.e. from another Canadian Province).
Preference may be given to applicants with the following:
- Two years or more experience working with children and youth and their families, with responsibility for providing a wide range of community based mental health services.
- Applicants who self-identify as Indigenous (First Nations, Métis or Inuit) with the required combination of education and experience.
Please refer to the Job Profile for the full list of willingness/ proviso requirements.
For questions regarding this position, please contact Kathleen.Collins@gov.bc.ca.
About this Position:
There are currently 2 full time positions available:
- 1 position is located in Bella Coola
- 1 position is located in Bella Bella (Waglisla)
Note about location: These positions can be based in the other locations listed above (Gibsons, North Vancouver, Pemberton, Sechelt, Squamish) and must work on a travelling schedule working two (2) weeks on-site per month in either Bella Coola or Bella Bella (Waglisa), followed by two (2) weeks per month in your home location. The positions are on travel status two weeks a month while in Bella Coola or Bella Bella (Waglisla). Additional travel may be required to the communities of Klemtu and Wuikinuxv (Rivers Inlet).
Note about schedule: While these positions are full time, successful candidates may have the option to work part time.
Flexible work options are available for staff based in Bella Coola and Bella Bella (Waglisla); these positions may be able to work remotely up to 1 day at home per week subject to an approved telework agreement and operational requirements.
Applicants who do not fully meet the required qualifications may be considered for this position, but at a lower classification.
An eligibility list may be established to fill future temporary and permanent vacancies.
Please refer to MyHR for more information on Temporary Market Adjustments.
A Criminal Record Check (CRC) and Criminal Record Review Act Check (CRRA) will be required.
Employees of the BC Public Service must be located in BC at the time of employment.
Working for the BC Public Service:
The BC Public Service is committed to creating a diverse workplace to represent the population we serve and to better meet the needs of our citizens. Consider joining our team and being part of an innovative, inclusive and rewarding workplace.
We are committed to ensuring that reasonable accommodations are available throughout the hiring process, including the assessment and selection stages. Please email the individual or contact listed on the posting if you require an accommodation to fully participate in the hiring process.
The Indigenous Applicant Advisory Service is available to Canadian Indigenous (First Nations [status or non-status], Métis, or Inuit) applicants. Indigenous applicants can contact this service for personalized guidance on the BC Public Service hiring process including job applications and interviews.
The BC Public Service is an award-winning employer and offers employees competitive benefits, amazing learning opportunities and a chance to engage in rewarding work with exciting career development opportunities. For more information, please see What We Offer.
Bella Coola sits in the Bella Coola valley and is a gateway to the Great Bear Rainforest. It is home to the Nuxalkmc people, who have been stewards of these lands and waters since time immemorial. Bella Coola serves as a centre for more remote communities in the area, and is a beautiful valley community, surrounded by mountains, with limitless recreation opportunities including fishing, hiking, camping, and hunting. Bella Coola boasts of spectacular mountain scenery, rivers, trees and wildlife. Set in stunning wilderness with essential amenities, Bella Coola is a paradise.
With a population of 1,200, Waglisla (Bella Bella) is the largest community to be found on the Central Coast north of Queen Charlotte Strait and the Heiltsuk are strong stewards of these lands and waters since time immemorial. Paddlers can enjoy the many small straits, exposed coastline, and islands accessible from the communities of Bella Bella and Denny Island (Shearwater), such as the Goose Group in the western reaches of the Hakai Provincial Recreation Area. From fully exposed shorelines to rolling, forested hills and 1000-metre peaks, Hakai offers some of the most varied and scenic coastline in the province. Special features such as lagoons and reversing tidal rapids, beaches, all-weather anchorages, and an intricate network of coves, inlets, and channels make it an ideal area for boaters, anglers, scuba divers, naturalists – and experienced sea kayakers.
How to Apply:
Your application must clearly demonstrate how you meet the job requirements listed above. Applicants who are selected to move forward in the hiring process may be assessed on their knowledge, skills, abilities, competencies and other position related requirements as outlined in the Job Profile at the bottom of the posting.
Cover Letter: YES – A cover letter is required as part of your application. The content and/or format of your cover letter may be evaluated as part of the assessment process.
Resume: YES – Ensure your resume includes your educational accomplishments, employment history including start and end dates (month and year) of your employment, and any relevant information that relates to the job to which you are
Questionnaire: YES – You will need to complete a basic questionnaire to demonstrate how you meet the job requirements.
Find more information on the recruitment process, including helpful tips and videos about the application process, visit the Your Job Application page of MyHR. Gain insights into the hiring journey by joining a Career Conversation. Applications will be accepted until 11:00 pm Pacific Time on the closing date of the competition. If you are experiencing technical difficulty applying, visit the Technical Assistance page of MyHR.
