If you’re an experienced Child and Youth Outreach Counsellor looking for a meaningful career move - and a change in lifestyle - Island Health welcomes you. As an essential member of the healthcare team, your expertise plays a critical role in delivering safe, compassionate, and patient-centred care every day. Join a team that values your knowledge, recognizes the impact of your work, and invests in your professional growth.
This is a casual role at Port Hardy Health Centre in Port Hardy on Vancouver Island, BC.
What You’ll Do
Reporting to the Program Lead, Integrated Child and Youth Teams, or the Manager, the Child and Youth Outreach Counsellor supports children and youth experiencing a mental health crisis. The role provides triage and assessment, urgent clinical response, short-term counselling and stabilization, resource navigation, and coordination with community service providers.
The Counsellor works with high-risk children and youth experiencing complex mental health, emotional, behavioural, physical, psychosocial and environmental challenges. This includes assessing factors that may contribute to or increase the risk of suicide and participating in service planning and priority-setting.
Travel is required. Transportation must meet Island Health’s operational requirements and may include the use of a personal vehicle.
What You’ll Need to Apply
- Bachelor’s degree in a health-related discipline from a recognized post-secondary institution.
- Eligibility for registration with the appropriate regulatory college and/or licensing body.
- Two years of recent, related experience involving: Crisis intervention and risk assessment, Mental health and substance use concerns, Psychiatric and suicide risk assessments, Crisis response techniques and strategies
- Knowledge of: Relevant programs and services, Applicable legislation, including the Mental Health Act, child protection legislation and the Infants Act.
- An equivalent combination of education, training and experience may be considered.
- Valid BC driver’s licence.
What We Offer
At Island Health, healthcare professionals can build long-term careers supported by competitive compensation, comprehensive benefits, a strong pension plan, internal mobility, and opportunities across urban, community, and rural practice settings throughout Vancouver Island.
- Competitive salary: $44.85 - $56.02 per hour plus applicable shift differentials.
- Comprehensive benefits including health, dental, and vision.
- Municipal Pension Plan with employer contributions.
- 4 weeks paid vacation (prorated to FTE) plus 13 statutory holidays.
- Continuing education and professional development opportunities.
- Relocation assistance may be available for eligible candidates.
You shouldn’t have to choose between meaningful work and quality of life. Apply today and find more connection and balance here.
Pay: $44.85-$56.02 per hour
Benefits:
- Company pension
- Dental care
- Disability insurance
- Employee assistance program
- Extended health care
- Life insurance
- On-site parking
- Paid time off
- Vision care
Work Location: In person
