Are you a registered Social 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 our Specialized Services department.

In accordance with the established mission, vision, values, and strategic priorities of Northern Health and under the general supervision of the Manager or designate, the Social Worker is a member of a multidisciplinary team that provides youth and their families with mental health and substance use treatment and supports. The primary responsibilities include community engagement and outreach services to at-risk youth or identified as at-risk, by providing assessments, early interventions and referrals for substance use and/or mental health problems. This position will work in settings where contact with youth at risk can best be established, e.g., street-based, school, and community settings.





Providing mental health and substance use services where the focus is maintaining clients in the community as well as enhancing youth treatment and rehabilitation plans through regular and supportive contact. As a member of a multidisciplinary health care team, providing direct community based early intervention, crisis response, assessment and treatment, planning and implementation of the acute discharge plan, and ensuring youth have a seamless transition between services.

The Social

Worker, Y-Star, works within the framework of Harm Reduction in substance use, promoting the benefits of this approach in cooperative work with collateral service providers.

Shift Rotation/Hours of work: Days - 10:00 to 18:30, Rotating

📌 SOCIAL WORKER, YOUTH SHORT TERM ASSESSMENT AND RESPONSE (YSTAR) (Terrace)
🏢 Northern Health - BC
📍 Terrace