WAHA Job Board
2025-104 Regional Early Psychosis Intervention Worker/Social Worker
Description
Title: Regional Early Psychosis Intervention Worker/Social Worker
Division: Integrated Indigenous Health and Specialized Community Services
Affiliation: Public Service Alliance of Canada
Site: Moosonee, ON
Reports to: Director of Mental Health & Addictions
Status: Permanent Full-Time
Weeneebayko Area Health Authority (WAHA) is seeking an experience candidate to fill the key role of Regional Early Psychosis Intervention Worker.
Life at WAHA
A beacon of healing, wellness, and innovation, WAHA connects remote communities with the care they deserve. With spellbinding views surrounding each site, team members bask in the tranquility of the land, juxtaposed against a bustling workplace busy addressing the complex needs of the region. Here, we work with purpose, knowing each action matters. Patients are neighbours, family, and colleagues. Each day brings a challenge- the good kind that stretches you, helps you grow, and makes you feel vital. These hurdles birth opportunities to problem solve, develop new skills, and explore new roles. Here, we step into a version of ourselves once forgotten, overshadowed by the daily grind, and rediscover a deep connection with ourselves, the land, and each other. Here, we experience work with wonder. #WeAreWAHA
What We Do
There has never been a more exciting time to be at WAHA. We are an integrated health system providing the full continuum of care to the six communities of the western James Bay coast with over 500 employees, physicians, and partners in care. As a health authority, you will work in a unique setting where you have the opportunity to care for patients in all phases of their life journey, in all areas of their health experience. From Primary, Acute, and Mental Health, Dental, Specialty Clinics, Population Health and the WAHA Paramedic Service, the opportunities for growth are boundless. We provide community-based programming in all six of our communities, have six paramedic bases, three hospitals, four emergency departments, one community health centre and a total of 72 beds. Our guiding goal is to be a centre of excellence in Indigenous and remote healthcare. To make this goal a reality, we have formed partnerships with other centres of excellence to remove barriers and eliminate the inequity of health services access that have long impacted the patients that we serve.
At WAHA, we are leading the way in health transformation. Come and immerse yourself in the local Cree culture, work with dedicated and passionate colleagues, and live in beautiful northern communities with amazing community members. Our mission is to provide optimum healthcare as close to home as possible. You can be part of this rewarding experience. Come and find your adventure in the nor
Who You Are
- The ability to work cooperatively with co-workers and management and to use such relationships to improve work performance
- Possesses a friendly and helpful demeanor
- Knowledge of First Nations Issues such as colonization and residential school impacts etc.
- Superior verbal, written, and oral communication skills in English
- Ability to maintain a high level of confidentiality and discretion
What You’ll Do
- Demonstrate the ability to conduct and document a comprehensive psychosocial and family assessment in mental health
- Demonstrate the ability to build relationships and nurture an environment of quality, trauma informed, and culturally safe care
- Demonstrate knowledge of and ability to provide crisis intervention, counselling individuals and families, and group therapy using evidence-informed approaches including motivational interviewing and harm reduction strategies
- Demonstrate the ability to work collaboratively and effectively in an inter-disciplinary environment.
- Strong case-management skills
- Ability to use initiative and exercise clinical judgment
What You Bring
- Bachelor of Social Work required, Master of social Work preferred
- G or G2 Driver’s License
- Registration with the Ontario College of Social Workers and Social Service Workers and in good standing
- Ability to communicate in the local native Cree language is an asset
Why Choose Us
- Hospitals of Ontario Pension Plan
- Group health, welfare, and Employee and Family Assistance Program Benefits
- Relocation paid by the organization
- Housing provided by the organization
- Annual retention bonus, a northern living allowance, and vacation travel bonus (all pensionable earnings)
- Be part of an organization leading health transformation in the remote north
Salary: $90,090.00 - $97,675.50
How to Apply
The successful candidate must provide a valid Criminal Record Check within a specified time frame.
Please apply in writing, providing three recent work references, quoting Competition #2025-104 to:
- For more information contact the HR team by email: jobs@waha.ca
- Only those selected for an interview will be contacted
- This position will remain open till filled
- Please be advised that in order to be eligible for employment at Weeneebayko Area Health Authority, all new hires must have received the full series of a COVID-19 vaccine or combination of COVID-19 vaccines approved by Health Canada
Weeneebayko Area Health Authority is an inclusive employer. Accommodations are available in accordance with the Ontario Human Rights code and Accessibility of Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005.
Compensation
$46.20 - $50.09 per hour