What's Up Walk-in and Brief Counsellor - Scarborough, Canada - YouthLink
Description
November 10th, 2023Posting #1392
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YouthLink believes in the potential of every youth. We are dedicated to providing them with the support, guidance and opportunities they need to make positive life choices. We provide youth with brief and ongoing counselling, in-home wraparound support, shelter, housing, educational support, and safe drop-in spaces. _
YouthLink works towards equitable outcomes for youth in our community and, as such, is committed to equity-based hiring practices._
YouthLink Benefits are Top of Class
- Competitive pay
20 working days per year.
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5'authorized absence' days for family illness or emergency circumstances that prohibit employees from reporting to work.
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3 paid agency days every calendar year after 3 calendar months' service.
- Maternity / parental /adoption leave topup payments (to topup Canadian government unemployment benefit payments).
- Eligibility to participate in pension plan after 2 years of continuous service with generous matching contribution from employer.
(pro-rated for part-time employees according to the employee's full-time equivalency (FTE)_
What's Up Walk-In and Brief Counsellor
(Permanent Part-Time, 21 hours/week)
Bargaining Unit Position
This position is responsible for providing brief counselling for individuals and families.
It also may involve providing some case management, psycho-education, advocacy, and consultation to support youth and their families or caregivers presenting with mental health, emotional or behavioural issues.
YouthLink serves youth ages 12-24 and their families through our What's Up Walk-In Clinic and other brief services. This may include carrying a small brief therapy client caseload.Highlights of Your Role
- Provides brief counselling sessions to individual youth and or their caregivers utilizing a Brief Solution Focused framework and/or Narrative Therapy approaches.
- Researches and coordinates external services; works with multidisciplinary professionals, such as child protection, youth justice and the broader Youthlink team.
- Makes appropriate referral recommendations if further services are needed in collaboration with clients.
- When providing service to a client that presents with suicidal or homicidal ideation, counsellor completes a full suicide assessment, creates a safety plan and disseminates to client and parents if appropriate; making immediate referrals if warranted, supporting the client through the process of accessing hospital and/or psychiatric services in the moment.
- Prepares documents and other resources for clients and disseminates appropriately.
- Documents clinical case notes to capture the contents and recommendations of each single session counselling session, ideally in a contemporaneous fashion.
- Completes referral process, organizes, attends and case manages Tele-Mental Health appointments with Sick Kids for those youth that require a psychiatric assessment and are between the ages of 01
- Reports to appropriate person or body any incidents that may jeopardize client or staff safety.
- Develops professionally through clinical supervision, team meetings, case consultations, external training events.
- Increases awareness of Youthlink by attending community events.
- Actively contributes to the Agency's Strategic Plan by participating in initiatives and committees to support the overall Plan.
- Takes all reasonable and necessary precautions to protect his or her own health and safety and that of coworkers by complying with and demonstrating knowledge of the policies, procedures and safe practices established by YouthLink.
- Any other duties as assigned.
Supports Organization's Strategy:
Actively contributes to the Agency's Strategic Plan by participating in initiatives and committees to support the overall Plan.
Takes all reasonable and necessary precautions to protect his or her own health and safety and that of co-workers by complying and demonstrating knowledge of the policies, procedures and safe practices established by YouthLink
Highlights of What You Bring
Education:
- Master's Degree in Counselling Psychology, Mental Health Counselling, Social Work or other directly related discipline.
- Knowledge of a variety of treatment modalities (such as; CBT, SFT, DBT, Narrative Therapy, etc.) and training in evidencebased, trauma informed practices.
- Familiarity with single session model required.
- Additional training related to cultural humility, diversity, antioppression and Anti-Black Racism preferred.
- Full member in good standing with a relevant governing body or RP (qualifying).
Experience:
- Knowledge of community services, relevant legislation, social justice issues, child and youth mental health.
- Familiarity with suicide/risk assessment and crisis support services.
- Significant understanding an
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