Mental Health Clinician

1 day ago


Hamilton, Canada Good Shepherd Centres Full time

**MENTAL HEALTH CLINICIAN - FAMILY AND NATURAL SUPPORTS (FNS)**

**Youth Services**

If you are looking for a career working with amazing people while helping your community thrive, then this opportunity is for you and we want to hear from you. We urge individuals that have retired, semi-retired, are returning to the workforce, those that are new to Canada, and recent graduates to also apply. At Good Shepherd, we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, equal and authentic workplace.

**About Good Shepherd**

The work of Good Shepherd is based on a fundamental belief in providing hope and restoring dignity to the most vulnerable members of our community. Our services include emergency food and clothing; daily hot meals; emergency shelters for men, youth, families, women and children; transitional housing and education for homeless and street-involved youth; hospice palliative care; community mental health programs; and supportive housing programs. This opportunity is with our Good Shepherd Centres, Community Mental Health Program for Street-Involved and Homeless Youth.

**Why Work with Good Shepherd?**
- Be a part of a caring **TEAM THAT SUPPORTS OUR LOCAL COMMUNITY**:

- **POSITIVE **and **ENCOURAGING** atmosphere
- Dental Care
- Disability Insurance
- **EMPLOYEE AND FAMILY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM**:

- Extended Health Care
- Life Insurance
- Sick Leave
- RRSP match
- Out of Country Travel Insurance
- Vision Care
- Wellness Program
- Make a difference and provide **HOPE**:

- 3 weeks’ vacation (after mandatory completion of waiting period)

The Community Mental Health program provides early mental health intervention, including, psychotherapy and advocacy to street involved youth. This program is unique in that it is integrated within existing street youth serving agencies in the downtown core. This program is to bridge the gaps in Mental Health Services for Street-Involved and Homeless Youth. Through referrals from staff at youth agencies, the mental health clinical team will provide triage services for youth in crisis and conduct assessments in order to provide services and linkages to meet the needs of the youth.

The target population for this program are youth within the Hamilton community between the ages of 16-21 who are street involved (hard to reach, homeless, living in shelters) and dealing with mental health and addiction issues.
- Responsible for coordinating community based services to support youth in creating natural support networks to decrease and/or eliminate client isolation in the community
- Facilitating access to community services, crisis counselling, advocacy, case management and inter-agency coordination
- Working with families to repair and strengthen relationships.
- Thorough knowledge of mental health issues, substance use, family conflict, child and adolescent development, and youth justice
- Possess a working knowledge of issues related to gender-based violence, trauma, homelessness, mental health and substance use
- Work from a trauma-informed, anti-racist, anti-oppressive and feminist framework

**Qualifications**
- Assessment skills, crisis intervention, counseling and case management skills, acquired through a combination of education (MSW, BSW) and experience in mental health service provision in a community setting
- Membership in either the Ontario College of Social Workers and Social Workers or the College of Registered Psychotherapists of Ontario
- Applicants should possess a knowledge of the issues that affect street youth - issues of abuse, homelessness, poverty, mental illness, and substance use
- Knowledge of community resources and services, social and environmental determinants of health, evidence informed practices in working with child/adolescent mental health, ability to develop and facilitate programs/groups to teach emotional and behavioral management skills, and conduct evaluation of mental health programs
- Skills in providing training to staff to support youth in crisis
- Ability to work in a dynamic, fast-paced, multi-disciplinary team setting
- Current CPR and First Aid certificate
- Valid driver’s license required
- Fluency in French and/or a language in addition to English preferred
- Committed to anti-racist/anti-oppressive practice and to the mission and values of Good Shepherd Centres
- **Hours of work**:40 hours per week position

Flexibility around hours, including evening work is required including one week-day shift working 12:00 p.m.8:00 p.m. This position will also require the individual to work across the Youth Serving agencies.

**Don’t Meet Every Requirement?**

**How Can I Apply?**

or FAX 905-308-9354

**Our Values**
- **Hospitality**_, as inspired by St. John of God is at the heart of Good Shepherd’s mission. This means that we welcome all people with compassion, acceptance and a spirit of generosity; creating opportunities for transformation.

Hospitality embodies our **Values** of:

- **Responsibility**:

- **Availability**



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