Posted 11 days ago
Clinician, Substance Use
@ Island Health
Port McNeill, British Columbia
Overview
Island Health is hiring a Substance Use Clinician to provide culturally safe individual and group psychotherapy and crisis response to adults with mental health and substance use issues. The role includes community resource planning, liaising with outside agencies, consultation and education for other providers, and maintaining clinical records. A Master of Social Work and current BCCSW registration are required, along with two years of related adult clinical experience.
Responsibilities:
- Provide individual and group clinical response and psychotherapy to adults
- Assess client needs and plan community resource linkages
- Liaise with community services and other agencies
- Provide consultation and education to service providers
- Maintain clinical records
Requirements summary:
- Master of Social Work from an accredited school
- Current BCCSW clinical registration
- Two years of recent adult mental health or substance use experience
- Crisis intervention and psychotherapy experience
- Knowledge of psychiatric disorders and relevant legislation
Tools & skills
Source and dates
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- Employer posting date
- 2026-10-26
- First seen by our source
- 2026-10-27
- Source record updated
- 2026-11-03
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Job details
| Seniority | Mid level |
| Department | Allied health |
| Experience | 2+ years |
| Travel | air: none · ground: minimal |
| Work setting | Client sites, Office |
| Position | Sitting and standing |
| Physical demands | physical low · computer moderate |
| Licences & certifications | BCCSW clinical registration |
| Education | Professional degree (MD, JD…) (required) |
| Fields of study | Social Work |
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Island Health
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Company size | 10001+ |
| Open jobs on Jobsy | 1,256 |
Job Description
In accordance with the Vision, Purpose, and Values, and strategic direction of Island Health (Vancouver Island Health Authority), patient and staff safety is a priority and a responsibility shared by everyone; as such, the requirement to continuously improve quality and safety is inherent in all aspects of this position.
Reporting to the Coordinator, and working as part of an interdisciplinary team, the Substance Use Clinician provides culturally safe individual and group clinical response and psychotherapeutic services to adults with mental health and substance use issues; participates in planning and assessment of community resources and client needs, liaising with relevant community services, linking the Substance Use program with other service agencies and providing consultation and education on mental health and substance use services to other service providers and maintaining clinical records.
QUALIFICATIONS:
Education, Training And Experience
Masters of Social Work from an accredited School of Social Work.
Current clinical registration with the British Columbia College of Social Workers (BCCSW).
Experience with crisis intervention, urgent response for clients in the community, individual treatment and group psychotherapy work. Knowledge of psychiatric disorders, Legislative Acts, and Mental Health & Substance use policy.
Two (2) years recent, related experience working with adult clientele in a mental health and substance use facility/program or related field, or an equivalent combination of education, training and experience.
Skills And Abilities
- Demonstrated ability to practice utilizing cultural safety principles.
- Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing.
- Ability to plan and organize workload and establish priorities.
- Ability to work independently and show initiative and creativity in clinical practice.
- Ability to exercise sound judgment, decision-making and problem solving.
- Ability to work effectively as part of an interdisciplinary team.
- Ability to establish relationships with internal and external contacts.
- Knowledge of community dynamics, agencies and resources.
- Physical ability to perform the duties of the position.
- Ability to operate related equipment.
- Knowledge of non-violent crisis intervention.
- Knowledge of and ability to implement problem-solving processes.
- Ability to deal effectively with a wide range of community and facility contacts.
- Ability to provide a client-centered holistic approach to care.
- Ability to demonstrate sound professional judgment, empathy, tact and integrity.
- Proven assessment, care, planning and coordination skills.
- Ability to respect client's rights, values and preferences including multi-cultural issues.
Link to Full Job Description
https://jd.viha.ca/JD4085.pdfJournal
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