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[Abigail Anugengen]

Your Opportunity:
An exciting and innovative position awaits as a Community Outreach Worker with the AHS – Bow Valley Addiction and Mental Health team. Based in Canmore, the Community Outreach Worker (under the direction of the manager, clinical supervisor, and program facilitator) carries out community based mental health prevention and promotion activities supporting Canmore, Banff, and surrounding communities. The incumbent will provide community support and services associated with health promotion activities, that will incorporate community and AHS staff input. This may include activities such as the delivery of workshops, coordinating and offering social marketing campaigns, psychoeducational services in collaboration with community partners, and health promotion campaigns supported with the use of multi-media and various social media platforms. Participation in wellness-focused community development initiatives is the central part of the outreach role.

Description:
As an Outreach Worker, you will work as a member of a multidisciplinary team, supporting clients to stabilize in their current environments as an extension of their clinical care service. As an Outreach Worker, you will conduct outreach assessments, determine outreach service goals and develop outreach treatment plans in collaboration with clients and clinicians. You will facilitate client connections with community and government supports and advocate for clients with these external service providers. You will focus on establishing housing, financial, food and clothing, transportation and social supports for clients. You will be responsible for providing education and coaching support related to daily living skills and activities (attending appointments, money management, searching for jobs, grocery shopping, etc.), observing and reporting changes in the clients’ behaviors, participation and ability to function independently to the interdisciplinary team. You will evaluate client progress and functioning and make adjustments to the outreach treatment plan as required. As a part of your role as an Outreach Worker, you may be required to provide outreach crisis stabilization support for clients, exercising various de-escalation techniques and linking clients with the appropriate supports (EMS, Police and Crisis Team, etc.). You also may be required to enter clients’ residences and assist clients to transfer in and out of vehicles, care facilities and residences.

Click here https://careers.albertahealthservices.ca/jobs/outreach-worker-i-community-326778 to learn more and/or to apply.

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