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Mental Health and Substance Use Clinician

(Social Worker 19)

Health PEI

Location – Behavioural Support Team, Charlottetown

Full time Permanent (UPSE) Position

(Commencing Immediately)

Preference to Members of UPSE Bargaining Unit of Health PEI

Are you ready to make meaningful connections and drive impact in a growing healthcare organization? At Health PEI, we offer more than a job - we’re inviting you to join a dynamic workplace committed to creating meaningful changes. From hospitals to community care and beyond, you’ll play a pivotal role in attracting top-tier health professionals and building a workforce that supports the evolving needs of Prince Edward Island. With access to training and development resources, leadership opportunities, and a collaborative environment, this is your chance to thrive while making a real difference in the lives of others. If you’re passionate about shaping the future of healthcare, we want to hear from you.

Health PEI values the different ideas, perspectives and backgrounds that a diverse, equitable and inclusive work-place culture can bring. Not only does this help us deliver better outcomes, more innovation, but it also creates a safer space for our patients when our employees are more reflective of the communities we serve. It is important for us to create an environment where our employees are comfortable bringing their authentic selves to work and challenging the status quo to make Health PEI a better more inclusive employer and healthcare system. We recognize we have more work to do but finding intentional ways to grow our understanding and support of those who have faced barriers due to accessibility, ethnicity, ancestry, gender identity, age, sexual orientation, language or other grounds is a key priority for us. We encourage underrepresented groups to join our team, be yourself, and help us achieve our vision for an inclusive workplace and healthcare system.

The incumbent is to function as the Social Worker in a small specialized multi-disciplinary Provincial Team providing assessment, consultation, and behavioural intervention in high need, high complexity child and youth mental health and addictions cases. This position has a special focus on child mental health, behaviour management and family therapy. The incumbent is expected to operate with a high degree of autonomy and independence, have an advanced understanding of mental health problems and their treatment,



independently implement assessment and treatment, and seek consultation and input when indicated. This position reports to the Clinical Supervisor, Behavioural Support Team.

Duties will include:

- contributing to accurately diagnosing or classifying the clients condition taking into consideration the environmental, individual, family and social perspective by examining the client’s emotional situation, assessing the client’s family support system, and consulting and utilizing expert knowledge of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Psychiatric Disorders;
- developing trusting and productive communication with clients who are presenting a wide variety of symptoms and/or behaviours;
- develop evidenced based mental health treatment plans that will deal with the issues, complaints, and problems presented by the client by educating clients about their illness, consulting with medical, legal and other professional practitioners and encouraging and facilitating productive communication with the client;
- provide direct care to children, adolescents, their families/caregivers;
- responding to and dealing with urgent calls of clients and their families in a crisis situation;
- providing expert consultation, within a multi-disciplinary team, to other services within the region and within the health care system and to various agencies in the community;
- offering advice and feedback on the advisability of courses of action to other health care and other social service professionals and support services;
- maintaining and protecting confidential records and case reporting as part of the case management process;
- ensuring completion of the client record in the EMR;
- providing staff training, workshops and information sessions to the community and other health care professionals;
- participating in public relations activities to raise awareness and promote mental health;
- other duties as required.

Minimum Qualifications:





- Applicants must have a Master’s Degree in Social Work plus considerable related experience in a mental health setting and the treatment of disruptive behaviour conditions.
- Experience with child and parent, family and group therapy are required.
- Must be eligible for registration with the PEI Social Work Registration Board. Registration is a requirement for employment.
- Working knowledge of the Mental Health Act, the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual for Mental Disorders 5 and other relevant Federal and Provincial statutes and acts.
- Must be able to operate with a high degree of autonomy and independence.
- Strong communication skills, both oral and written.
- The successful applicant must have a valuable previous work and attendance record.
- Access to reliable transportation

Other Qualifications:

- Additional relevant education and experience will be considered an asset.

Important Notes:

Preference will be given to Members of the UPSE Health Bargaining Unit in accordance with Article 30.01 of the Collective Agreement.

Please ensure the application clearly demonstrates how you meet the noted qualifications as applicants will be screened based on the information provided. The successful candidate will be the only individual receiving written notification of competition results. The "Notification of Successful Candidates" list posted on the Employment Opportunity board will serve to inform all other applicants of competition results.

Salary Range: $40.32 - $50.42 per hour (Level 19D)

Bi-Weekly Hours: 75.0 Hours Bi-Weekly / Days / Evenings & Weekends as Required

Posting ID: 175150-1026BSPI

Closing Date: Tuesday November 3, 2026 at 4:00pm

Where possible, submitting an electronic resume or job application is preferred. Otherwise, applications may be submitted by mail to the PEI Public Service Commission at either P.O. Box 2000, Charlottetown, PE C1A 7N8, or c/o ACCESS PEI/ACCÈS Î.-P.-É., 120 Heather Moyse Drive, Summerside, PE C1N 5L2. Applications may also be sent by fax to (902) 368-4383 or (902) 888-8083. As receipt of faxed applications cannot be guaranteed, applicants are encouraged to confirm receipt by telephone or in person prior to the closing date. Please ensure the appropriate Job Posting ID number is included on all application materials. Applications may be submitted online, and application forms may be obtained at www.jobspei.ca, any ACCESS PEI/ACCÈS Î.-P.-É. location, PEI Government office, Regional Services Centre, or by telephone at (902) 368-4080 or (902) 888-8013.

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