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Halton Healthcare

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1001 - 5000 employees

🏥 Healthcare

⚕️ Healthcare Insurance

💊 Pharmaceuticals

Healthcare • Healthcare Insurance • Pharmaceuticals

Halton Healthcare is a healthcare organization comprised of three community hospitals - Georgetown Hospital, Milton District Hospital, and Oakville Trafalgar Memorial Hospital. Together, these hospitals provide healthcare services to nearly 400,000 residents in the communities of Halton Hills, Milton, and Oakville. With a vision of transforming the community hospital experience, Halton Healthcare strives to deliver exemplary patient experiences through compassion, accountability, and respect. The hospitals are recognized for their best practices in patient safety and care initiatives.

📋 Description

• Facilitate and perform health promotion and wellness education planning and implementation activities • Participate in skills and capacity-building activities • Participate in research and evaluation activities • Provide consumer-oriented eating disorder information and reference materials through print and electronic resources • Design, conduct, and update community assessments to determine population eating disorder education needs • Identify and develop eating disorder wellness and education initiatives for particular populations • Develop collaborative partnerships and linkages with community, clinical, health administration, partner organization, and government stakeholders • Organize and implement health service, promotion, education, and community outreach events • Participate in community networks addressing eating disorder health issues • Assist community resources in accessing health-related services • Advocate for community resources to access capacity- and skills-building opportunities • Identify and develop health events, forums, and learning opportunities • Implement health promotion strategies including health education, social marketing, population health, and community development • Provide culturally competent and ethnoculturally sensitive eating disorder promotion strategies • Conduct or arrange in-service presentations for Community Program staff • Recommend and assist with acquiring accurate, current, reliable, and appropriate educational materials • Provide quick reference and referral assistance for adult influencers, youth, and children • Present at health conferences, seminars, and workshops • Seek opportunities to publish research findings • Precept students from community health programs

🎯 Requirements

• Must live in York Region • Completion of a degree in a health-related discipline or recognized equivalent • Membership in a regulated health or social service college • Mental health clinician or counsellor, or undergraduate degree with additional education in counselling or mental health • Over 3 years up to and including 4 years of practical and related experience and/or 3 months of on-the-job training • Minimum two years of experience in a mental health setting focused on children and youth • Psychotherapy qualifications, community development, and/or public health experience preferred • Experience in health promotion, health education, or child/youth education • Experience with child/youth mental health areas and community development preferred • Experience working with anxiety disorders, depression, past trauma, eating disorders, or motivational enhancement • Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively with multiple groups and stakeholders • Valid driver's license and own transportation required • Excellent organizational, time management, and problem-solving skills • Facilitation skills and ability to drive consensus across clinical, professional, educator, and community sectors, in person and virtually • Knowledge and experience of health promotion, population health, community development principles, and determinants of health • Ability to collaborate as a team member and use colleagues' skills and expertise • Ability to collaborate with program staff and community practitioners to provide activities, programs, and services • Excellent verbal and written communication skills • Ability to demonstrate respect for the strengths of individuals and communities • Awareness and understanding of specific communities and their needs • Understanding of conventional and alternative health practices, health and wellness, and cultural diversity • Compliance with pre-employment medical clearance and Halton Healthcare immunization and vaccination policies • Successful applicants must provide proof of vaccination or documented medical exemption

🏖️ Benefits

• Remote/work from home arrangement • Monday to Friday day shifts • 7.5-hour shifts • Accommodation throughout the recruitment and selection process • Pre-employment medical clearance and health, safety and wellness support • Vaccination policy and documented medical exemption process