Mental Wellness Clinical Lead

SHIBOGAMA HEALTH JOB DESCRIPTION

PROGRAM: PAYAHTAKENEMOWIN WELLNESS PROGRAM

JOB TITLE:

Clinical Lead – Community Mental Wellness Services

POSITION DETAILS:
Full time position based in Sioux Lookout, ON

The Shibogama Payahtakenemowin Wellness Program has been designated responsibility over mental wellness service coordination in partnership with the Shibogama communities. The program is a resource in providing access to cultural resource people, mental health professionals and other social service workers who are informed in Indigenous knowledge and healing, and Western-based knowledge systems of overall community wellness, including mental health and addictions.

This includes services delivered at the community level, as well as the coordination of programs for youth who are out of their communities attending secondary school and /or receiving specialized services.

Receiving direction from Shibogama Community Leadership and Health Directors, the Payahtakenemowin Wellness Program staff work closely with community-based resource teams and front-line workers to meet the following objectives:

• Improve access to needed specialized services where gaps exist.
• Enhance knowledge, skills, and capacities of community front line workers.
• Provide support via a team approach of consultation, clinical supervision, coaching and mentoring.
• Build and/or strengthen bridges between Indigenous and mainstream approaches to wellness.

The Clinical Lead oversees the effective delivery of programs, interventions, and service coordination of mental wellness services for communities in the Shibogama First Nation tribal area. Under the direction of the Shibogama Health Director or designate, the Clinical Lead works with other program staff to identify and implement effective, evidence-informed, and culturally appropriate programs, workshops, events, and awareness campaigns to increase overall well-being for Shibogama community members.

The Clinical Lead works in close collaboration with other staff members of the Payahtakenemowin Wellness Program and Shibogama Health to ensure that services are consistent with the vision and mandate of the Shibogama First Nations Counciland Shibogama communities.

The Clinical Lead reports directly to the Shibogama Health Director or designate.

The Clinical Lead is responsible for the administration and coordination of the Payahtakenemowin Community Mental Wellness Team and other community-based mental health services provided to the Shibogama communities. Working closely with Health Directors and leadership of the Shibogama communities, the Clinical Lead also provides clinical support and training for community resource teams and contracted mental health counsellors. The Clinical Lead also supports Shibogama communities in the delivery of their community-based Suboxone programs, the monitoring external mental health resources and provides consultation for the delivery of therapeutic services as needed to build upon capacity of community-based programs and services.

Duties of this position include the following:

• Maintain and enhance formal partnerships with the Shibogama First Nation communities.
• Foster community collaboration, involvement, and support to ensure the Program is responsive to the needs and goals as identified by each community.
• Work closely with community Health Directors to ensure that service coordination and programming is alignment with local priorities and objectives.
• Travel to member communities regularly to strengthen and enhance relationships.
• Provide ongoing clinical and training support to the community-based resource teams.
• Provide critical incident stress debriefing to all resource team workers after each traumatic incident.
• Recommend appropriate training for the community resource teams, which will include compiling relevant components for self-directed learning by interested resource team workers.
• Attend local and regional meetings, as required to keep abreast of needs of communities and the political climate of the region.

• Reinstate the Payahtakenemowin Advisory Circle which will include recruitment of membership, development and updating of terms of reference and facilitating regular meetings and annual gatherings.
• Travel regularly to the communities to facilitate ongoing clinical consultations and in-person training with community-based resource teams.
• Provide clinical consultation and advisory support during monthly virtual individual case conferences with community-based resource teams and on case management conference calls and meetings regarding complex and high-risk clients. This includes support with client assessments, files, referrals, and other paperwork.
• Keep current on evidence-informed and culturally appropriate approaches for family, group, and individual counselling.
• Work closely with designated…