Al Zwiers
Psychological Health & Safety Practice Leader @Provincial Health Services Authority
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WORK HISTORY
Psychological Health & Safety Practice Leader @Provincial Health Services Authority
Vancouver, BC, CA
I lead meaningful organization-wide initiatives that strengthen workforce resiliency, well-being and Psychological Health & Safety across the Provincial Health Services Authority in BC. As part of a strong and inspiring team, I advance the implementation of the National Standard of Canada for Psychological Health & Safety in the Workplace, collaborate with key partners and leaders across the system, and promote a healthy, respectful and inclusive workplace culture in which all staff and medical staff experience safety and belonging.
EDUCATION
Brock University
Bachelor of Arts, Business Administration & Politics
Brock University
Bachelor of Recreation & Leisure Studies
Carleton University
Master of Social Work
SKILLS
ABOUT AL ZWIERS
As a leader in healthcare and well-being, I bring a therapeutic and intersectional lens to the provision of services supporting and promoting the well-being of a diverse population. I strive to ensure that everyone feels accepted, validated and celebrated in the journey of building individual and team resiliencies and navigating change and conflict. I help people move forward together as they adapt to evolving needs and approaches in a trauma-informed manner. I incorporate new technologies into clinical practice and enjoy the process of bringing together tech and people to meet the emerging needs of our communities.I offer a few decades of experience as a person-centered therapist with individuals, couples and families, as well as years in group facilitation, community development and adult education. Grounded in the principles of structural social work, health promotion & harm reduction and community-based wellness, I strive to make my practice ethical and accessible by providing evidence-based counselling with an intersectional equity-informed perspective and a lens of Indigenous cultural safety and humility.I acknowledge my role as an uninvited white queer cisgender settler of Welsh and Dutch background on the unceded and ancestral territories of the Coast and Fraser Salish people. I am grateful for the stewardship of these lands, water and air by the Musqueam, Squamish, Tsleil-Waututh, Stolo, Kwantlen, Qayqayt and Tsawassen First Nations.Specialties: Employee Well-Being, Psychological Health & Safety, Trauma & Resilience, Sexuality, Gender Identity & Expression, Kink & Diverse Relationships, Community Health, Substance Use & Harm Reduction, Addictions & Compulsive Behaviours, Health Promotion
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