CHILD & FAMILY THERAPIST

Full time, 12 month fixed term contract position

The successful applicant will work within a partnership between York Hills Centre for Children, Youth and Families and York Region Children’s Aid Society, designed to provide children’s mental health consultation and capacity building within the child protection context. The CFT will work across multiple YRCAS departments including Intake, Resource, Family Services, and Children’s Services, and support opportunities for joint problem solving, access to supports, and provide referral information for community services. The CFT works at both the direct and indirect service levels, bringing a children’s mental health perspective to the field of child welfare.

Here’s what you will get to do:

• Enhance the clinical capacity of child welfare staff through the provision of direct clinical consultation to staff and families involved with the YRCAS.
• Offer specific recommendations and resources to child welfare to support identifying the strengths and needs of a family and develop service plans for them.
• Provide single session or brief therapy interventions with children, youth, and families involved with child welfare.
• Support early assessment and identification of mental health needs for identified families and provide system navigation.
• Offer training and workshops to child welfare staff and foster parents which supports the implementation of service plans for infants, children and youth in care.
• Consult with agencies and children’s service sectors (e.g. child welfare, children’s mental health) related to development of programs and collaborative problem-solving.
• Work at both a direct service level with families and children/youth and also at a systemic level.

Here’s what you will need:

· A Master’s Degree of Social Work or Counselling, Psychology, or a related field and membership in the appropriate professional regulatory body.

· A minimum of three years of clinical experience providing consultations, brief or single session therapy, and trainings with a focus on high needs families having involvement with child welfare or mental health services. Previous experience working with child welfare is preferred.

· Demonstrated competency in oral and written communication skills including report writing and presentations, along with excellent assessment and intervention skills with children and families.

· Ability to meet the needs of a diverse client base, through knowledge of and application of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI), trauma-informed, anti-oppressive, anti-racist and cultural competency practices.

· A strong theoretical and evidence-based knowledge of family systems, child development, as well as knowledge in trauma, attachment theory and crisis intervention.

· Excellent interpersonal, communication, organizational, time management skills and attention to detail.

· Ability to work flexible hours which include some evenings.

· Appreciation of the need to work in the client home/community setting as needed.

In order to meet the needs of our Francophone children and families, clinicians that are bilingual are encouraged to apply. The successful candidates will have a valid driver’s license, $2 million vehicle liability insurance and a vulnerable sector screening.

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York Hills is strongly committed to a workforce that reflects the diversity of the populations we serve. We encourage applications from all qualified individuals including applicants from all cultures, racialized communities, abilities, diverse sexual and gender identities and others who may contribute to the further diversification of ideas. We encourage you to reflect upon the diversity you would bring to this role within your application.

York Hills is committed to building a diverse, inclusive, accessible and respectful workplace. We believe in a cultivating a selection process and employment environment without discrimination or harassment, that is inclusive and barrier free.

We ask applicants to make any accommodation requests for the interview or selection process known in advance and we will arrange reasonable and appropriate accommodation for the selection process which will enable you to be assessed in a fair and equitable manner

Only those candidates invited for an interview will be contacted.

Job Types: Full-time, Fixed term contract

Salary: $60,447.00-$64,127.00 per year

Benefits:

• Dental care
• Extended health care
• Vision care

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Richmond Hill, ON: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Education:

• Master's Degree (preferred)

Experience:

• of clinical experience?: 3 years (required)

Work Location: In person

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