Pssp - Mental Health Resource Clinicians - Mississauga, Canada - Peel District School Board

Peel District School Board

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Mississauga, Canada

3 weeks ago

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Sophia Lee

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Description

Job Summary

Reporting to the Coordinating Principal of Social-Emotional Learning and Well-Being - Student Support, you will be part of the Mental Health Resource Team, working under the Coordinator of Student Well-Being.

You will be clinically supervised by the Managers of Social work or within the department of Psychology.

With your solid understanding of issues facing diverse communities represented in the Peel District School Board, including but not limited to African/Black/Afro-Caribbean, Indigenous, 2SGLBTQ+, disabled/persons with disabilities, Muslim and Sikh identities, you will provide services and support to students in a variety of ways that identify and address barriers to the well-being of underserved populations of students.

Key Responsibilities

As a part of the mental health team you will integrate equity, anti-racism and anti-oppressive practices into all professional services with a mindset to work collaboratively with families in the Peel community.

As Mental Health Clinicians, you will provide professional development related to mental health awareness and literacy to a variety of PDSB staff, including developing capacity in staff to understand lived experience and identities of under-served students; treat individuals and groups of students who are identified as needing your professional expertise; support to the PDSB's suicide prevention, intervention and post prevention initiatives; provide evidence-informed school based interventions for students generally at the Tier 2 level of need; partner with school based social workers and Psychoeducational Consultants in identifying and intervening with students who have mental health concerns; collaborate with community agencies and advocacy groups; translate your superior clinical knowledge of psycho social issues into the educational system to improve the mental health and well-being for students; coordinate and collaborate with other school staff across multiple disciplines to support individuals and families; use your experience working with individuals from cultural communities to provide culturally safe, reflective, relevant and affirming care, while being mindful of and responsive to other intersecting identities; as well as, perform other social work/psychologist duties as assigned.

As Mental Health Clinicians, you will provide professional development related to mental health awareness and literacy to a variety of PDSB staff, including developing capacity in staff to understand lived experience and identities of under-served students; treat individuals and groups of students who are identified as needing your professional expertise; support to the PDSB's suicide prevention, intervention and post prevention initiatives; provide evidence informed school based interventions for students generally at the Tier 2 level of need; partner with school based social workers and Psychoeducational Consultants in identifying and intervening with students who have mental health concerns; collaborate with community agencies and advocacy groups; translate your superior clinical knowledge of psycho social issues into the educational system to improve the mental health and well-being for students; coordinate and collaborate with other school staff across multiple disciplines to support individuals and families; use your experience working with individuals from cultural communities to provide culturally safe, reflective, relevant and affirming care, while being mindful of and responsive to other intersecting identities; as well as, perform other social work/psychologist duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Master's Degree in Social Work, Psychology or related field
Registered Mental Health Professional (i

e:
Registered Social Worker, Psychologist, Psychological Associate)

Good understanding of Employment Standards Act, Human Rights Code, and Occupational Health and Safety legislation
Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
Superb collaborative skills to work in a professional environment
Demonstrated ability to be creative and flexible
Willing and able to work within all regions of Peel
Demonstrated commitment to working in a diverse school community and/or environment
Solid understanding and demonstrated commitment of the principles of antioppression and antiracism are essential to the role

Additional Skills & Assets

Experience with virtual and group interventions
Previous experience working for a school board
Languages spoken by Peel students and families

- who identify as Black, African, Caribbean and/or Indigenous
- who speak a variety of languages spoken by students and families in the PDSB including (but not limited to) Punjabi-speaking and/or Arabic speaking

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