Youth and Family Counsellor, Mental Health Program
5 months ago
**Youth and Family Counsellor, Mental Health Program**
BC Children’s Hospital
Vancouver, BC
**Do you have the ability to support patients ages 5-17 with self-regulation and daily living activities? Are you able to coach parents/caregivers with positive behavioural support skills? Do you have experience facilitating child or adolescent groups? Acting as a youth care worker, BC Children's Hospital is seeking a Youth & Family Counsellor to support patients on the Child Psychiatry Unit with program and group facilitation.**
The Youth and Family Counsellor (YFC) reports operationally to the Clinical Nurse Coordinator at BC Children's Hospital Mental Health and is responsible for maintaining a physically and emotionally safe therapeutic milieu, developing and facilitating groups, and providing activities and care appropriate to the child’s/youth’s stage of development. In a hospital based psychiatric assessment and treatment program, the Youth and Family Counsellor works collaboratively as part of an interprofessional team within an evidence based Trauma Informed model of care, to support all aspects of therapeutic care of patients with behavioural, emotional, and psychiatric problems and their families/caregivers. The Youth and Family Counsellor provides supportive counselling, and psychosocial assessment, including working with families/caregivers in accordance with established standards, policies and procedures. Drives patients to designated locations by operating the Centre’s vehicle.
**Please indicate on your cover letter why you are interested in joining our team at BC Children's Mental Health Check out our video **HERE**
**What you’ll do**
- Support children and youth in lifespan development activities in the context of their psychiatric disorder, through supportive counselling, strategic interventions, psychosocial development, and guidance in activities of daily living such as bathing, dressing and therapeutic meal support.
- Participate and contribute to patient care plan development, treatment strategies and intervention development with the assigned primary nurse and the interprofessional team by methods such as reviewing patient progress, discussing potential changes with team, and adjusting care strategies accordingly. Implements treatment team strategies and interventions as approved by the primary nurse and interprofessional team.
- Collect and document pertinent patient information related to patient admission, progress notes, weekend pass outcomes and transition planning as required. Participate in patient and family/caregivers meetings, rounds and case conferences as required.
- Maintain a physically and emotionally safe environment for all patients by assessing and identifying the need for intervention in crisis situations through a trauma informed lens. Implements actions and documents according to established crisis management policies and procedures of the organization.
- Enhance the child and family/caregivers capacity for social skill development and community integration by methods such as utilizing understanding of group process, and organizing, leading and/or participating in assigned groups, such as community meetings and social skills development groups. Assists in community integration and social skills development by acting as a role model to organize and actively participate in activities (such as recreational outings to the gym, park, and swimming facilities), driving the Centre’s vehicle as required, and others activities as assigned.
**What you bring**
**Qualifications**:
- Bachelor in Child and Youth Care, or a Bachelor of Arts with a Major in Psychology or Clinical Counselling, that includes course content relevant to Child and Youth Mental Health such as Infant, Child, and Adolescent Development, Fundamentals of Clinical Psychology, Abnormal Psychology, and Group and Family Processes.
- Two (2) years’ recent related experience working in a child and youth setting.
- Valid Class 4 driver’s license.
- Current CPR certification.
You will also have
- Broad knowledge of the normal growth and development of children and youth
- Basic knowledge of mental health disorders in children and youth.
- Broad knowledge of Trauma Informed Care including Collaborative Problem Solving.
- Broad Knowledge of Attachment and Self Regulation Theory and Strategies.
- Broad knowledge of and demonstrated ability in recognizing and managing transference and counter-transference.
- Broad knowledge of and demonstrated ability in engaging and supporting individuals, milieu, and group processes.
- Demonstrated initiative in providing and participating in age appropriate activities.
- Commitment to upholding the shared responsibility of creating lasting and meaningful reconciliation in Canada as per TRC (2015) and BC's Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act (2019).
- Knowledge of social, economic, political and historical realities impacting indigenous communities an
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