Mental Health Workers provide crisis intervention and intensive support in Peterborough’s Safe Beds residential program. Relief staff work rotating shifts, including nights and weekends.

This relief position supports adults experiencing mental illness, addictions, trauma, or crisis during short-term residential stays. You will assess client needs, develop plans, provide medication and illness-management education, and connect individuals with community resources. The program operates 24 hours daily.

Key Responsibilities:

- Assess individuals for Safe Beds program access
- Provide crisis intervention and intensive short-term residential support
- Develop goal, crisis, and discharge plans
- Connect clients with community resources and supports
- Document client records,



assessments, and case notes

Requirements:

- Minimum two years’ case management or community-support experience
- Bachelor’s degree in social or health sciences preferred
- Demonstrated crisis intervention and conflict resolution abilities
- Understanding of mental illness, medication, crisis theory, and recovery
- Availability for versatile evenings, weekends, overnights, and holidays

Apply mental health support, assessment, crisis intervention, and community-resource skills as a relief worker in Peterborough.

📌 Mental Health Worker Safe Beds (Peterborough)
🏢 Canadian Mental Health Association - Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge
📍 Peterborough