LIFESKILLS WORKER, SPECIALIZED MENTAL HEALTH SUBSTANCE USE OUTREACH

Quesnel, BC
On-site
Posted Oct 15, 2026
1 position

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Employment type: Full-time
Experience level: Entry, Junior · 0+ years
Posting language: English
Working hours: 40 hours per week
Seniority: Entry level

Job summary

Provide community-based outreach and support to clients experiencing mental health, behavioral, or developmental challenges, and assist with mental health and substance use treatment. Deliver life skills training, coaching, advocacy, and daily living support according to established care plans, while monitoring and reporting clients’ progress and medication reactions.

Job details

Are you a Lifeskills Support Worker looking to highlight your knowledge, skills, and abilities in a new and dynamic environment? We currently have an opportunity for you to bring your excellent work ethic to Northern Health. In accordance with the established mission, vision, values, and strategic priorities of Northern Health, and under the general supervision of Manager or designate, the Lifeskills Worker-Specialized MHSU Outreach provides outreach community-based support services, assists in mental health and substance use treatment, provides life skills training, coaching, advocacy, and support to clients experiencing mental health, behavioral, and developmental problems and to their caregivers/families, in accordance with an established plan of treatment/care. Motivates, assists, and instructs clients with the activities of daily living, reports clients’ progress and condition, including reactions to medications.

What you’ll do

Requirements

The posting does not specify formal education, certifications, or years of experience. It seeks a Lifeskills Worker with relevant knowledge, skills, abilities, and a strong work ethic to provide support under the supervision of a manager or designate.