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Visit our VIMHS job fair in Campbell River on Wednesday July 13, 2022
We are hiring harm reduction, housing support, and sobering & assessment workers in Campbell River! Join us at the VIMHS Job Fair on July 13th to learn more about helping folks in need of harm reduction, supportive housing, and sobering and assessment services....
It’s CMHA Mental Health Week. Let’s #GetReal about how to help.
It's CMHA Mental Health Week. Let's #GetReal about how to help. Every May for the last 71 years, Canadians in communities, schools, workplaces and the House of Commons have rallied around CMHA Mental Health Week. Just as Canadians are experiencing pandemic fatigue...
VIMHS is hiring casual mental health support workers
Mental Health Support Worker (Casual), Nanaimo -- The Mental Health Support Worker (MHSW), under the direction of the Clinical Manager, provides support to adult residents with mental health and addiction issues. The MHSW facilitates life skill development using the...
Q’waxsem Place in Campbell River one year later
Residents at the VIMHS Q’waxsem Place supportive housing facility in Campbell River celebrated their first anniversary in the building last month. A 50 unit apartment supportive housing complex on Dogwood Street, Q’waxsem Place was opened officially in February, 2021....
Who is homeless? Why? What is being done to help? What can I do?
AUDIO | Homelessness is a huge problem in North America – and all over the world. But who is homeless? Why? What is being done to address the situation? What can I do? These questions and many more are addressed in Shelter, a book for readers aged nine to 12 and the...