Child & Family Clinician - Infant, Child, Youth, and Family 0-6 - #439265

CHILD AND FAMILY CLINICIAN

Infant, Child, Youth, and Family Counselling 0-6

Hybrid

Full Time (37.5 hours/week)

EveryMind (formerly Peel Children's Centre) is looking for a highly skilled, experienced and enthusiastic mental health professional to provide case management and systems consultation to preschool children and their families. Infant, Child, Youth, and Family Counselling 0 to 6 is a preschool and family-focused, in-home service designed for children with serious mental health needs and their families who would not otherwise make use of traditional children’s mental health services and are experiencing a multitude of stressors.

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 behavioral challenges.

Reporting to the Supervisor, Clinical Services, the Child and Family Clinician will assist parents to support the social, emotional, and psychological development of their infant or child. Working as part of a multi-disciplinary team, the Clinician will provide overall case management, systems consultation and collaboration for assigned cases. Utilizing knowledge of child development, attachment, and common behavioural problems; the Clinician will support families by providing both brief and long term counselling.

Salary - 5-step range of $70,345 - $82,293 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 the lead agency in child and youth mental health services for Region of Peel, known for our excellence in providing quality services.
• Join a workplace culture that embraces Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Anti-racism (DEIA) with employee-led internal committees focusing on Black Engagement, LGBTQ2S, Indigenous Knowledge. Join staff forums on DEIA issues.
• Enjoy hybrid work with most service delivered in person and with some aspects of the role done remotely from your home
• Enjoy exceptional training and development opportunities including an Education Assistance Plan to support employees in further education in their field.
• Experience a strong workplace wellness focus: 4 weeks paid vacation , 2 float days, paid personal leave days, in addition to 11 paid public holidays;
• An Extended Health Plan that includes $1000 for mental health supports and a Flexible Health Spending Account.
• An excellent Extended Health and Dental benefits plan, all premiums fully paid by the employer, no co-pay required by the employee.
• Income protection Sick leave Plan and Life insurance.
• Free, confidential 24/7 counseling and mental health support for you and your family via our Employee and Family Assistance Program.
• Join an exceptional Retirement Plan where the employer contributes 7% equivalent of your salary to your personal pension plan.
• Use of a company Laptop and cellphone provided to employees.
  
  

Job Responsibilities:

The incumbent will:

• Provide skilled assessment, formulation, and treatment services to children and their families/caregivers by employing a variety of systemic and evidence-based/evidenced-informed treatment approaches (including CBT, Motivational Interviewing) to enhance parent/family and child 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
• Identify and attempt to resolve issues impeding the effective implementation of a treatment plan in a timely manner
• 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 home/school/community settings
• Provide case management services to ensure coordination and delivery of services that meet changing needs of clients and families; with a commitment to client centred service utilizing a strength-based approach
• Facilitate child and family team group process to ensure it is collaborative and focused on the strengths, priorities and treatment goals of the child and family
• Provide transition support and discharge planning to clients exiting service to ensure sustainability of treatment gains
• Collaborate with other professionals and community resources to ensure effective service delivery on behalf of each client
• Maintain comprehensive case records and data for all clients in accordance with the Centre’s standards and timelines
• Maintain a high level of clinical competence, participating in professional/program development, clinical training opportunities and staff training and remain current in the knowledge of and adhere to agency policies and procedures as well as relevant legislation
• Utilize high levels of oral and written communication skills, time management and critical thinking skills with a strong understanding of role boundaries
• Provide group and walk-in services as required
  
  

Skills And Qualifications

• 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.
• Membership in good standing of the Ontario College of Social Workers and Social Service Workers or the College of Registered Psychotherapists of Ontario
• Demonstrated knowledge of the social, emotional and psychological development of infants and preschoolers
• Knowledge of the common behavioural problems, syndromes and disorders of early childhood (e.g., feeding and sleeping difficulties, developmental delays, autism spectrum disorder)
• Demonstrated ability to integrate knowledge of attachment with providing interventions that enhance the parent-child relationship
• Demonstrated ability to recognize the signs and symptoms of parental issues that impact parenting (e.g., depression; unresolved trauma; substance use; family violence and adult mental health issues)
• Proven ability in child/youth family assessment and mental health treatment and experience in related children/youth services
• Demonstrated ability to implement child/youth/family evidence-based/evidence-informed mental health treatment approaches (e.g. CBT)
• Demonstrated ability to work flexibly with the family and respond to their changing needs in a creative manner
• Demonstrated ability to observe and analyze infant-parent interactions and recognize the contributions of both the infant and the parent to the relationship
• Excellent communication skills, both written and oral. Proficiency in languages in addition to English is an asset
• Embraces diversity and demonstrated cultural awareness with critical self-awareness and understanding of engagement with the culture of children, youth and families
• Strong skills in client record documentation and experience with client care information systems and Microsoft Office Suite
• Past experience providing group services is an asset
• Have a valid Ontario Driver’s license (Full G Class), access to a reliable vehicle, necessary insurance, and comfort in driving clients throughout the Peel region (surrounding areas)
• Available to work flexible hours, including 2 evenings per week up to 8 PM, according to client needs
• Ability to work in a hybrid setting, to offer in person and virtual support based on client and program need – current expectation is to work at the office two to three days per week
• A Satisfactory Vulnerable Sector Police Check and Pre-Employment Medical screening (including TB test, MMR, TD, Polio, Covid-19 Vaccination), is required;
  
  

EveryMind is committed to building a highly qualified, diverse, inclusive, varied workplace reflecting the full diversity of the community we serve, a workplace that is welcoming to people of all backgrounds, where our employees and our clients can be their authentic selves.

We encourage applications from members of historically marginalized groups including but not limited to Black, Indigenous, and People of Colour, people with varying abilities, LGBTQ2S+, and other equity-seeking groups. Please click here to see our Diversity, Equity & Inclusion statement. https://everymind.ca/diversity-equity-and-inclusion/

We are striving to create a barrier-free, equitable, accessible workplace for everyone, including the recruitment and selection process. EveryMind will make every effort to accommodate any accessibility needs of candidates through the hiring process, under the Ontario Human Rights Code and Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (2005). Please inform us if you require any accommodations during the hiring process.

We appreciate your interest, however, only those applicants selected for an interview will be contacted.

If this position is of interest to you, please submit a cover letter and resume via the link below. Applications are accepted until position is filled.

www.everymind.ca