Reporting to and under the supervision of the Manager, Suicide Prevention and Life Promotion, the Suicide Prevention and Life Promotion Training Facilitator is primarily responsible for delivering CMHA BC’s suicide prevention and life promotion education to external partners.
Facilitates CMHA BC Suicide Prevention & Life Promotion training to external partners and to community.
Facilitates other workshops and training, as needed.
Contributes to the ongoing development and evaluation of the CMHA BC Suicide Prevention & Life Promotion training programs.
Assists in the creation of suicide prevention and life promotion specific curriculum course content and materials.
Participates in committees and working groups.
Reports and provides recommendations to CMHA BC senior leadership, community agencies and other partners on training and training content.
Develops project reports, briefing notes, and status updates.
Engages knowledge experts of various disciplines and with professional and/or lived and living experience in advising and consulting capacities within course design and review.
Ensures proper use of mechanisms that evaluate and track effectiveness of training courses.
Engages with community and provincial partners to assess needs relating to suicide prevention and life promotion training.
Participates in the suicide prevention and life promotion department’s strategic planning activities, policy and program evaluation, and issues management.
Liaises with external partners to assess training needs and gaps.
Consults with external partners around specific training needs.
Works collaboratively with diverse partners across the province.
Engages diverse partners in co-design of training materials and service improvements.

Requirements

A bachelor’s degree, related to mental health and substance use, social work, child and youth care or a similarly relevant discipline.
Suicide Prevention and Life Promotion training/education (e.g., ASIST, crisis line training...).
A minimum 2-3 years of experience in facilitation and/or public speaking.
A minimum of 1-2 years of experience in curriculum development and delivery.
A minimum of 2-3 years of experience in the mental health and substance use service sector.
A minimum of 2-3 years of experience engaging in direct suicide intervention work.
A minimum of 1-2 years of experience with project management or components of project management.
Active registration with a clinical regulatory body in British Columbia (ex. RCC, RSW...).
Experience working in or with health care systems.
Lived experience of suicide, either through self or through supporting loved ones.
Knowledge of mental health, substance use, harm reduction, and crisis care systems in BC.
Excellent interpersonal, written and verbal communication skills.
Comfort and experience with public speaking and group facilitation.
Ability to work collaboratively and effectively with diverse communities and stakeholders.
Knowledge and ability to use Office 365 tools and cloud-based management software tools.
Knowledge of reconciliation, decolonization, and equity principles as they relate to suicide prevention, life promotion, and health.
Strong project management, time management and organization skills, demonstrating the capacity to juggle multiple demands with varying deadlines.
Ability and confidence to work in a self-directed manner and collaboratively with multi-stakeholder teams in a fast-paced environment.
Capacity to juggle multiple demands with varying deadlines.

Benefits

This position is a unionized position under The Health Science Professionals Bargaining Association Collective Agreement.

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools

curriculum developmentfacilitationpublic speakingproject managementsuicide interventionmental health knowledgesubstance use knowledgecrisis care systems knowledgetraining program evaluationlife promotion training

Soft Skills

interpersonal communicationwritten communicationverbal communicationcollaborationorganizational skillstime managementself-directed workgroup facilitationstakeholder engagementcapacity to manage multiple demands

Certifications

active registration with a clinical regulatory bodyASIST trainingcrisis line training