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Devin T. Pollitt, MSW, RSW. 
Registered Social Worker - Reg #12027
​Psychotherapist
Depression  - Anxiety - Stress - Addiction - Trauma - Conflict - Crisis Intervention – Critical Incident Stress - Mood Disorders – Anxiety Disorders
General Counselling and Emotional Support 

Devin is Co-founder and owner of Northwest Integrative Healthcare Centre in Terrace, BC. He is a long-term resident of Terrace, was born and raised here in Northern BC, and is of Algonkian/Welsh ancestry, with his heritage roots in the Aboriginal Communities of the Gaspe Peninsula of Quebec and the Southern Coast of Wales. As a Registered Social Worker and Psychotherapist, Devin provides support to individuals and families (including youth) in a number of areas, including anxiety, depression, addictions, severe and persistent mental illness, trauma, geriatrics, chronic illness (diabetes), family, community violence, staff & organizational team coaching, and psycho-educational workshop design and delivery, with the majority of his time being spent working with and among Aboriginal communities in northern and remote B.C. Additionally, Devin is a PhD student with Memorial University and an international lecturer on the role of workplace cultural dissonance in healthcare worker experiences of compassion satisfaction, burnout and secondary traumatic stress. His Doctoral research at Memorial University continues to explore the impact of workplace value differences on healthcare worker professional quality of life.


​Past and Present Professional Engagements:​

• First Nations Health Authority Registered Mental Health Provider.
• Nisgaa Valley Health Authority - Clinical Mental Health Provider.
• Lax Kwalaams Health Clinic - Mental Health Provider.
• Legal Services - Section .211 Report Assessor/Provider.
• Kitselas First Nations Health - Mental Health Provider/Workshop Facilitator.
• RCMP - Counselling Provider - Medavie BlueCross - Provider # 2336
• Veterans Affairs Canada Registered Provider - Medavie BlueCross - Provider #2336
• RCMP - Terrace, Prince Rupert and Hazelton Detachments  - CISD Provider.
• Gitwangak First Nations - CISD Provider. 
• Tahltan Health - Mental Health & Addictions Provider and CISD Provider. 
• Iskut Valley Health - Mental Health & Addictions Provider and CISD Provider. 
• Cedars at Cobble Hill - Drug and Alcohol Addictions Consultant.
• Haisla First Nations - Mental Health Provider.
• Denisiqi Child and Family Services - Consultant.
• Terrace and Distrist Community Services Society - Program Developer.

Curriculum Vitae:

Education:
Memorial University
St. Johns Newfoundland.
Program: PhD - Doctoral Program.
Dates: Present.
Status: Active - Supervisor: Dr. Stephen Ellenbogen.
Research: Impact of Workplace Cultural on Healthcare Worker Professional Quality of Life and Lateral Violence.

University of Northern British Columbia
Prince George, BC Campus.
Program: Masters of Clinical Social Work
Dates: 2016-2022
Status: Complete. Supervisors and Committee: Dr. Bruce Bidgood (Supervisor), Dr. Jonathan Alschech (Supervisor), Dr. Rahul Jain (Supervisor), Dr. David Hemsworth (Committee Member/Statistician), and Dr. Susan Burke (Committee Member). 
Thesis: Workplace Value Differences as a Predictor of Healthcare Worker Professional Quality of Life: Structural Equation Modelling. 
Thesis Library Publication:  
https://doi.org/10.24124/2022/59325

University of Northern British Columbia
Terrace, B.C Campus.
Program: Bachelors of Clinical Social Work
Dates: 2012 to 2015
Status: Complete

University of Northern British Columbia
Prince George, B.C Campus.
Program: Clinical & Research Psychology
Dates: 2010 to 2012
Status: Complete

Northwest Community College
Terrace, B.C Campus
Program: Associates of Psychology
Dates: 2008 to 2010
Status: Complete
 
Graduate Research:
 
Area of Study:
Clinical Social Work and Social Sciences.
Supervisory Committee:
Dr. Jonathan Alschech; Dr. Bruce Bidgood; Dr. David Hemsworth; Dr. Rahul Jain; Dr. Susan Burke.
Research Study Topic:
Cultural Dissonance in Palliative Care Nursing: Structural Equation Modelling.
 
Licenses/Certifications:
Registered Social Worker
British Columbia College of Social Workers
License # 12027
Status: Full RSW registration – In good standing
Critical Incident Stress Debriefing Certification
International Critical Incident Stress Foundation
Instructor: Dr. Bruce Ramsay
Certification: CISD Provider - Assisting Individuals and Groups in Psychological Distress.
Section .211 – Family Law – Needs Assessment Certification Training
Justice Institute of British Columbia
Course Certification Description: 35 hour of direct practice training in the provision of children’s needs assessment, including Voice of the Child assessments, and court report writing.
Gladue Assessment and Report Writing Certification
Royal Roads University
Trainer: Dr. Jane Dickson, Professor, Department of Law and Legal Studies at Carleton University, and Royal Roads University.

B-Level Psychometrics & DSM Assessment and Diagnosis
UNBC - Clinical SW Practice
 
Internships:
University of Northern British Columbia
Agency: Northern Health – Geriatrics - Clinical
Supervisors: Dr. Bruce Bidgood and Anne Huston
Year: 2013
Number of Hours: 262
University of Northern British Columbia
Agency: Northern Health – Adult Mental Health and Addictions – Psychiatry
Supervisors: Dr. Bruce Bidgood
Year: 2014
Number of Hours: 441
 
Professional Experience:
Burrows Consulting and First Health Solutions
RCMP Critical Incident Stress Debriefing Provider
2015-Present

Scope of Work:
Critical Incident Stress Group Debriefing Services Provided to:

• Terrace RCMP Detachment
• Prince Rupert RCMP Detachment
• New Hazelton RCMP Detachment

 
Burrows Consulting/First Health Solutions
Associate Partner
Mental Health Provider – Clinical Counselling – Northwest Regional Lead.
2015-Present
Supervisor: Neil J. Burrows
Number of Hours of Practice Experience: 10,000+

Scope of Work:
Under the supervision of the clinical supervisor, provide the following clinical services:

• Provide monthly, onsite clinical counselling services to the communities of Iskut, Dease Lake, Telegraph Creek, Lax Kwalaams, Gitlaxt'aamiks, Gitwinksihlkw, Lax̱g̱altsʼap, and Ging̱olx. 
• Mental Health and Addiction counselling and community-based interventions.
• Cognitive Behavioural Therapy in both a group and individual context.
• Crisis intervention and management.
• Provide CISD (critical incident stress debriefing) to RCMP, Fire Rescue and EMS.
• Act as a resource person to community agencies and clients.
• Deliver psycho-educational programs.
• DSM and B-Level testing applications in provisional assessment and diagnosis. 
• Develop and apply clinical social work interventions following a generalist model of practice. 
• Administer clinical assessments, including mental status exams, suicide risk assessments, and psychosocial assessments, and develop treatment plans.  
• Apply relevant knowledge of psychopharmacology while working with patients on medication.
• Formulate client centered treatment goals and interventions.
• Provide psychiatric/psychological rehabilitation practice guidance to staff.
• Provide both 1:1 and group counselling and psychotherapy.
• Display sound judgement, strong written and non-verbal communication skills, organization skills, workload prioritization skills, and problem solving.
• Actively function within a multi-disciplinary team.
• Provide a social work perspective to a multi-disciplinary team in the development of services across all programs.

 
Northwest Integrative Healthcare Center. Terrace B.C.
Founder/Owner & Mental Health Provider.
Mental Health Counselling and Support Services
2013 - Current.
Description of Scope of Work:

• Provide direct clinical counselling and support services to clinic patients in areas of acute and chronic illness, mental health and addictions, depression, anxiety, suicide, existential crisis, end of life, pre-marital counselling, couples counselling, and psycho-social assessments.
• Provide clinical mental health assessments using the DSM.
• Provide contracted mental health services to rural and remote First Nations Communities, including: Kitselas First Nations, Haisla Nation, Iskut Valley Health, Dease Lake and Telegraph Creek, and Lax Kwalaams, as part of clinical scope with First Health Solutions. 
• Develop, design and deliver psycho-educational workshops in areas of couples/family conflict, self-care, burnout, compassion fatigue, and vicarious trauma.
• Provide direct clinical supervision to on-site mental health clinicians, as well as clinicians in remote communities.
• Improve the operational systems, processes, and policies in support of the clinic’s mission specifically, support better management reporting, information flow and management, business process and organizational planning.
• Manage and increase the effectiveness and efficiency of Support Services (HR, IT and Finance), through improvements to each function as well as coordination and communication between support and business functions.
• Play a significant role in long-term planning, including an initiative geared toward operational excellence.
• Oversee overall financial management, planning, systems and controls (budgets, in-house statements, and cash flow).
• Management of agency budget in coordination with the Executive Director.
• Development of individual program budgets
• Invoicing to funding sources, including calculation of completed units of service.
• Payroll management
• Disbursement of checks for agency expenses.
• Supervise and coach office manager on a weekly basis.

Academic Activities, Presentations & Awards:
International Conference on Social Science and Humanities
Location: Kuta Bali, Indonesia
Year: 2019
Research Presentation: Cultural Dissonance Among Canadian Palliative Care Workers
Award: Best Research Paper In Technical Presentation and Research Contribution

University of Northern British Columbia
Location: Terrace, BC.
Year: 2015
Award: Valedictorian 2015 Graduating Class

University of Northern British Columbia. Terrace B.C.
Representative to the School of Social Work 
Years: 2012 – 2015

Terrace and District Community Services Society (TDCSS), Terrace B.C.
Program Developer & Instructor
Years: 2011 – 2012
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Northwest Community College
College Education Council Student Rep.
Year: 2009

Professional Organization Memberships:
British Columbia College of Social Workers: Registered Member since 2015
British Columbia Association of Social Workers: Registered Member since 2015
Canadian Association of Social Workers: Registered Member since 2015

Professional Liability Practice Insurance:
Group Provider: BMS & Novex Insurance Company of Canada
$5 Million Professional Liability Insurance, including Online and Cyber Security Insurance.




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