Lead Integrated Child & Youth Program Masters Degree - Mission BC MHSU

Are you ready to make a profound impact on Indigenous health and well-being? We're searching for passionate individuals with Master's degrees in nursing, psychology, or social work, coupled with at least five years of hands-on experience in project management and community development.
Join Our Team as a Champion for Indigenous Health!

Fraser Health is responsible for the delivery of hospital and community-based health services to over 1.9 million people in 20 diverse communities from Burnaby to Fraser Canyon on the traditional territories of the Coast Salish and Nlaka'pamux Nations.
Our team of 43,000 staff, medical staff and volunteers is dedicated to serving our patients, families and communities to deliver on our vision:
Better health, best in health care.

We invite you to apply today and find out why employees recommend Fraser Health to their friends as an exceptional place to work.
We are committed to planetary health, we value diversity in the work force and seek to maintain an environment of Respect, Caring and Trust.

Effective October 26th, 2021, all new hires to Fraser Health will need to have full COVID 19 vaccination (have received a full series of a World Health Organization 'WHO' approved vaccine against infection by SARS-COV-2, or a combination of approved WHO vaccines).
Please note this applies to all postings, and individual medical exemptions must be approved by the Provincial Health Officer.

Supporting the Vision, Values, Purpose and Commitments of Fraser Health including service delivery that is centered around patients/clients/residents and families:

Under the Pathway to Hope, the Province has established Integrated Child and Youth (ICY) teams in several communities defined by school district boundaries.
Each ICY team supports a cluster of Public, Independent and First Nations operated schools and will include all children and youth within the geographic region, including those who do not attend a school.
These community-based multidisciplinary teams coordinate and deliver wraparound mental health and substance use services and supports for children and youth 0-19 and their families.
Integrated Child and Youth teams are comprised of team members employed by various organizations and ministries.

Reporting to the Director or Manager as assigned, the Lead, Integrated Child and Youth Program is a dynamic multi-functional administrator role that champions integration of service across the team and community, plays a critical role in ensuring fidelity to the ICY model of care, and leads team integration and cohesion to enable effective provision of mental health and substance use supports to children, youth and families in the applicable service area.
The service delivery will be flexible and outbound, reflecting the preferences of children, youth, and families.
Through the collective impact of partners working together in an integrated way, children and youth with mild, moderate, and severe mental health and/or substance use challenges and their families/caregivers will have timely, equitable access to a seamless system of culturally safe and effective interventions that are based on the unique strengths, needs and risks of children, youth and families.

Leadership of Team

• Provides leadership and manages integration of all ICY multi-disciplinary team members by methods such as coaching, mentoring, training, developing, and providing practice support.
  Fosters cooperation, collaboration, communication, and harmonious relationships among all team members.
• Manages and evaluates performance to improve individual and organizational performance, taking corrective action as needed in accordance with Fraser Health policies and procedures; administers, with support from human resources, applicable collective agreement provisions of staff in direct reporting relationships.
• Provides expert consultative advice to other health care practitioners and acts as a resource for the assigned clinical operation(s) or service contracts.
• Communicates regularly with employer organizations for on-going collaboration, integration, issues management, and to ensure the mandate of ICY teams is being met.
• Develops and maintains fidelity of the ICY model of care, and provides guidance and direction on the interpretation of Acts, regulations, standards, policy, and procedures.
• Delivers onboarding and orientation to all team members.
  Assesses training needs and supports training opportunities by methods such as delivering training modules and providing access to available education/training through partners and in community for all ICY team members.
• Supervises assigned Fraser Health staff including responsibility for hiring, firing and disciplinary actions.
• Represents the Employer in a confidential capacity in matters relating to labour relations or personnel.

Coordination & Monitoring Service Delivery

• Oversees efficient operations of the service, including equitable workload distribution to ensure that children and youth requesting service receive timely responses from ICY team members.
• Ensures that practice principles, including building resiliency and innovation, are embedded in ICY team practice, and ensures that team members bring an explicit diversity, inclusion and equity lens to service design and delivery.
  Ensuring a strengths-based, child/family-centred, culturally safe, and trauma informed approach to care is employed by all team members.
• Provides oversight to the establishment of the integrated care plan by such methods as facilitating check ins, team meetings, case reviews and overseeing closing reports with all ICY team members, and ensures child/youth and family care plans are appropriate to their needs.
• Models and ensures that ICY Team staff provide integrated care while demonstrating confidentiality regarding children/youth, their families and treatment programs.
• Oversees collection of data for monitoring and evaluation, and supports team efficacy in use of ERP / clinical information systems.
• Develops and maintains an effective service through continuous quality improvement activities such as by leading community involvement in evaluation of ICY teams.
• Manages and is financially accountable for ICY operational budget and procurement.
• Ensures compliance with complaint review and audit processes.

Coordination with Partner Organizations & Community

• Establishes and implements program standards of care, protocols, procedures and safety precautions that are consistent with the mission, philosophy and policies of the employer organizations of ICY team members, current legislation and accreditation standards.
• Oversees and coordinates the day-to-day activities of staff and standards of care; consulting with appropriate clinical leads when necessary.
• Assesses and arranges admission of children, youth and families to ICY services within the context of a coordinated intake process.
• Works to ensure an integrated system of care for children, youth and families by methods such as providing oversight and organization of an integrated response around child/youth and famil.