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Mental Health Worker, Irvine Place (Temporary Part Time)

MPA Society3 days ago
Vancouver, BC
CA$3,156 - CA$3,328/hour
Mid Level
part_time

About the role

POSTING NUMBER:

2025-031

POSITION:

Mental Health Worker, Temporary Part-Time

UNION:

HEU – MPA Certification

PROGRAM:

Irvine Place

LOCATION:

Vancouver

SALARY RANGE:

Grid 34: $31.56 - $33.28

HOURS OF PAY:

28.5 hours per week

SCHEDULE:

Friday to Sunday: 1000 hrs to 2000 hrs

START DATE:

August 22, 2025

Internal applicants no later than 5:00pm on Tuesday, August 5, 2025

External applicants no later than 5:00pm on Tuesday, August 12, 2025

All employment is subject to a satisfactory result from a criminal record check through the Ministry of Public Safety and Solicitor General.

Job Description – Mental Health Worker

Supported Housing

Classification Benchmark:

Support Worker 2

Grid Level:

Grid 34

Collective Agreement:

Community Subsector Association

Reports to:

Manager, Supported Housing

Job Summary

Assists clients with mental, developmental, and/or physical disabilities to live successfully in the community by determining appropriate care to meet individual needs and situational requirements. Provides a variety of day-to-day physical, emotional, and social supports, advocacy, life skills assistance, information, resources and demonstrations.

Functions & Responsibilities

  • Participates in case planning with clients and/or healthcare providers by performing duties such as interviewing clients to identify problems and needs, obtaining required information from a variety of sources such as families and care providers, documenting client needs and wants, and assisting clients to determine appropriate programs.

  • Advocates for clients by problem solving in areas such as landlord-tenant disputes, financial assistance, accessing community resources, and obtaining volunteer or work placements.

  • Observes clients, identifies and assesses potential emergency situations, and develops short-term strategies to deal with such situations. Reports medical, behavioural, and other problems as required. Provides feedback and input regarding clients’ needs, performance, and progress.

  • Provides supportive feedback, demonstrations, modeling, and behaviour management to clients, their families, and their personal networks, to assist with the development of physical, social, emotional, and life skills such as maintaining personal hygiene, housekeeping, meal planning and preparation, meeting financial obligations, making and keeping appointments, and interpersonal skills.

  • Provides medication support, in accordance with established policy.

  • Identifies available social, economic, recreational, and educational services and resources in the community that will meet clients’ needs. Provides clients with related information.

  • Facilitates clients’ physical, recreational, educational, and employment needs by performing duties such as arranging for clients to be transported to programs/services, assisting clients to attend appointments, and implementing programs.

  • Carries out administrative transactions such as petty cash, client accounts, collecting rents and money from clients for personal items, completing forms and making deposits and withdrawals.

  • Completes and maintains related records and documentation such as care plans, progress reports, statistics, and daily logs.

  • Ensures the maintenance, cleanliness, and safety of programs and residence. Contacts outside contractors for maintenance work as required. Ensures the residence’s inventory of supplies is maintained by performing duties such as contacting outside suppliers and following up on discrepancies.

  • Assists clients to search for housing, negotiate tenancy agreements, arrange for security deposits and payments of rent, acquiring furnishings and household items, arranging for utilities, negotiating moving allowances, arranging for movers and physically assisting with moves.

  • Receives client feedback, and inquiries and complaints, and responds as required.

  • Orientates new staff by sharing job information.

  • Provides direction to volunteer and or practicum students as required.

  • Performs other related duties as assigned.

Education, Training & Experience

  • B.A. in Behavioral Sciences or Diploma in Community Social Service - Mental Health preferred.

  • Class 5 BC Driver’s License (optional requirement for operation of agency van).

  • Certificates in CPR, First Aid, and Food Safe.

  • Recent related experience in a like setting of two years.

  • Or an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.

  • Or other qualifications determined to be reasonable and relevant to the level of work.

Skills & Abilities

  • Physical ability to carry out the duties of the position.

  • Ability to work independently and in cooperation with others.

  • Ability to operate related equipment.

  • Ability to communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing.

  • Ability to organize and prioritize.

  • Ability to observe and recognize changes in clients.

  • Ability to establish and maintain rapport with clients, staff and management and collateral service providers.

  • Home management skills.

  • Ability to instruct.

  • Ability to analyze and resolve problems.

  • Conflict resolution and crisis intervention skills.

  • Advocacy skills.

  • Knowledge of Psychosocial Rehabilitation and Concurrent Disorders including theories and methods.

About MPA Society

Mental Health Care
201-500

Inspiring hope and supporting recovery for people with mental illness by establishing and operating social, vocational, recreation, advocacy and housing programs that support people in their own communities.

MPA Society is a registered charitable organization (or non-profit) that was founded in 1971. The Society works to support people with mental health challenges through offering a variety of supports and services, including housing and advocacy.

Today, MPA operates 30 programs throughout the lower mainland including: • Court services • Supported and Licensed housing programs • A Resource Centre in Kitsilano • Housing and hotel outreach services • Modular Housing Program in Downtown Vancouver

We have over 360 employees and an annual operating budget of approximately $17 million. We are an HEABC affiliate employer, working with the same collective agreements as Health Authorities and other non-profits in the mental health sector.

MPA Society's vocational, recreational, advocacy and housing programs support people in their own communities. We offer a dynamic working environment, competitive wages and benefits, as well as an opportunity to grow professionally with the organization, while applying your abilities and values in a meaningful way for those we support.

MPA Society is CARF accredited, having achieved a three-year accreditation in November of 2015 and again in November 2018. Accreditation is official recognition that our organization is guided by internationally recognized best practices and the same standards that Health Authorities are held to.