Child and Family Clinician - Mississauga, Canada - EveryMind

EveryMind

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Mississauga, Canada

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CHILD AND FAMILY CLINICIAN - INFANT, CHILD, YOUTH AND FAMILY SERVICES

Hybrid

10 Month Contract (37.5 hours/week)

2 Positions Available

EveryMind (formerly Peel Children's Centre/Nexus Youth Services) is looking for highly skilled, experienced and enthusiastic mental health professionals to work with various programs and services to provide a continuum of mental health interventions to children/youth and their families.

EveryMind is an accredited children's mental health centre that provides a continuum of high quality mental health services for children, youth and their families who are experiencing social, emotional and/or behavioural challenges.

Summary of Infant, Child, Youth and Family (ICYF) Services

The Child and Family Clinician will provide a continuum of mental health interventions, ranging from brief interventions with individual children/youth and/or their caregivers, and short-term family counselling, to therapeutic groups with children/youth and caregivers.

These interventions are designed to improve child/youth development, functioning and resiliency in school, home and the community. These services will be delivered in a variety of settings and locations.

Additionally, this service will work closely various stakeholders to ensure the mental health needs of children/youth and families in the Peel community are being addressed.

These are contract positions until January 2024.

Salary - 5-step range of $66,288 - $77,547 over 5 years
Please note that hiring salaries are commensurate with experience and generally start at the beginning of the range.

_Why work at EveryMind?_

Work for an organization that is the
_lead agency_ in child and youth mental health services for Region of Peel, known for our excellence in providing quality services.
Contribute to the mental health & wellbeing of children and youth.
Enjoy exceptional training and development opportunities including an
_Education Assistance Plan_ to support employees in further education in their field.
A strong workplace wellness focus:Paid personal leave days, in addition to paid public holidays, 4% of your salary in lieu of benefits; and 4% of base salary in lieu of vacation

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_Hybrid work_ available in many of our services, with an opportunity to work remotely from home.

Company Laptop and cellphone provided to employees.
Free, confidential 24/7 counselling and mental health support for you and your family via our Employee and Family Assistance Program.
A workplace culture that embraces
_Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Antiracism (DEIA)_ with employeeled internal committees focusing on Black Engagement, LGBTQ2S, Indigenous Knowledge.
Opportunity to join
_staff forums_ on DEIA issues.

Responsibilities:

The incumbent will:

Provide skilled assessment, formulation, and treatment services to children/youth and their families/caregivers by employing a variety of systemic and evidencebased/evidencedinformed treatment approaches (including CBT, Motivational Interviewing, DBT skills, and the traumainformed as well as attachmentinformed frameworks) to enhance parent/family and child/youth interactions and functioning at home, in school and in community;
Develop, implement and regularly evaluate treatment plans according to individual client and family/caregiver needs, goals, strengths and cultural values;
Facilitate the enhancement of the child and family's informal and formal supports;
Effectively design and implement a holistic crisis plan to ensure safety within the treatment, home, school or community settings;
Provide case management and outreach services to ensure coordination and delivery of services that meet changing needs of clients and families;
Provide transitional support and discharge planning to clients exiting service to ensure sustainability of treatment gains;
Provide group services as required;
Provide inperson, virtual and telephone counselling sessions as needed;
Demonstrate a passion for working with children and families and possess working knowledge of social service, educational, and employment systems and resources within Peel;
Participate as an active member of a multidisciplinary team in In clinical team meetings, program and agency level meetings.;
Maintain comprehensive case records and data for all clients in accordance with the organizations' standards and timelines.

Skills and Qualifications

Possess a Master's Degree in Social Work, Counselling Psychology or health related field with a minimum of three years experience in direct service to children and families
OR Bachelor's Degree in Social Work/ health related field with a minimum of 5 years' experience;
Be a member in good standing of the Ontario College of Social Workers and Social Service Workers or the College of Registered Psychotherapists of Ontario;
Possess strong clinical assessment and treatment skills with a commitment to