Program Overview The Complex Care Housing (CCH) Program supports Indigenous women who are pre‑natal and post‑natal, with lived experience of homelessness, mental illness, substance use, complex trauma, and behavioural challenges. Participants often present with concurrent disorders, chronic health conditions, and life‑skill deficits.

Participants reside with their child in a 24/7 staffed townhouse and may remain in the program until their child reaches 18 months of age. The program operates within a low‑barrier, harm‑reduction framework, providing intensive clinical and psychosocial care alongside culturally-safe, trauma‑informed, recovery‑oriented, and evidence‑informed approaches.

The goal of the CCH Program is to provide a safe and stable environment where mothers and infants remain together while participants strengthen mental health, substance use recovery, emotional regulation, parenting capacity, and life skills, preparing them for independent living and long‑term well‑being.

Position Summary The Mental Health & Substance Use Clinician provides specialized clinical mental health support, individual counselling and group therapy services to participants of the CCH Program. The clinician’s primary responsibilities include individual mental health and addictions counselling, DBT-informed group facilitation, mental health assessments, relapse-prevention and recovery planning, clinical interventions, risk assessments, crisis intervention, and intake evaluations.

Using trauma-informed and evidence-informed approaches, the clinician supports participants’ mental wellness, substance use recovery, emotional regulation, and parenting capacity.



The clinician collaborates with the interdisciplinary team and provides recommendations for supports and referrals, while maintaining timely and accurate clinical documentation to support continuity of care.

This role is ideal for a clinician experienced in complex care, concurrent disorders, and high-acuity mental health settings, with the ability to engage and support pre‑natal and post‑natal participants requiring specialized clinical and psychoeducational support.

Key Responsibilities

- Provide individual counselling focused on mental health, substance use, trauma, emotional regulation, and behavioural challenges
- Facilitate DBT-informed group therapy
- Conduct clinical assessments, intake evaluations, risk assessments, and develop treatment and recovery plans
- Provide psychoeducation and clinical support tailored to the perinatal context (e.g., post-partum mental health)
- Deliver crisis intervention, safety planning, and therapeutic containment when clinically indicated
- Collaborate with the interdisciplinary team and ensure supports align with the participant’s care planning
- Maintain accurate and timely clinical documentation in accordance with the case management structure

Qualifications

- Master’s degree in Clinical Social Work, Counselling Psychology, Clinical Psychology, or a related field
- Registered or eligible for registration with a recognized regulatory body in BC (e.g., RSW, RCC,



CCC, RPsych)
- Minimum two (2) years of clinical experience with mental health, substance use, trauma, or high-acuity populations
- Formal DBT training with experience facilitating DBT or DBT-informed groups
- Knowledge of trauma-informed, harm-reduction, recovery-oriented, and evidence-informed practices
- Experience working with Indigenous populations and within community-based, housing, perinatal, or concurrent-disorder settings is an asset

Skills

- Strong clinical judgement and therapeutic skills
- Risk assessment, crisis intervention, and de-escalation skills
- Excellent group facilitation and clinical documentation abilities
- Ability to work from multiple therapeutic modalities, including solution-focused and DBT-informed interventions
- Ability to work independently and collaboratively within an interdisciplinary team

Job Details

- $45-$55 per hour based on experience and qualifications
- Part-time: 16 hours per week
- On-site service delivery

What We Offer

- Opportunity to work within an Indigenous-led organization supporting women, infants, and families
- Collaborative and supportive multi-disciplinary team
- Meaningful clinical work with high-impact outcomes
- Competitive compensation based on experience and qualifications

How to Apply Submit a resume and cover letter outlining your relevant experience and interest in the role.

We are committed to equity, diversity, inclusion, and culturally safe practice, and strongly encourage applications from Indigenous applicants and individuals with lived experience relevant to the role.

Job Type: Part time

Pay: $45.00-$55.00 per hour

Work Location: In person

📌 Mental Health & Substance Use Clinician (Surrey)
🏢 Kekinow Native Housing
📍 Surrey