Crisis response and psychological first aid define this full time Vancouver position with PHSA, supporting people after critical incidents and overdoses.

As a Crisis Intervention Specialist, you provide psychosocial outreach, trauma-informed care, and community support. You facilitate training, coordinate defusings, and analyze service evaluation data. The work supports resilience, emotional wellness, and peer-led psychosocial programs across British Columbia.

Key Responsibilities:
Provide individual and group support after critical incidents
Facilitate psychological first aid and trauma response training
Deliver community defusings and debriefings following incidents
Administer Naloxone and train community members
Collect and analyze service evaluation data





Requirements:
Bachelor’s degree in a related field or equivalent
Five years’ recent crisis response, mental health, and addiction experience
Knowledge of overdose response and crisis management
Solid communication, diplomacy, decision-making, and problem-solving skills
Valid British Columbia driver’s license and extensive travel availability

Support PHSA communities through crisis intervention, psychological first aid, Naloxone education, and trauma-informed psychosocial services.
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📌 Crisis Response Specialist Vancouver
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📍 Vancouver