Bics Clinician

**About Kindred**:
At Kindred, we’re convinced the key to living well is healthy relationships with self, family, and others. But relationships are complicated and sometimes we find ourselves in vulnerable places, disconnected from those who matter most.

Kindred’s purpose is to realize the power of human connection, and it shapes everything we do. Whether biological or chosen, family is the most important relationship in a person’s life. So, we invest in the special bond between children and those that care for them. We provide road maps toward healing when essential relationships are ruptured. And we understand that accessing timely mental health support can inspire confidence with self and others. Healthy human connection is possible, and together we can realize it.

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**The Position**:
**Job Title: BICS Clinician**

**Job Type: Permanent, Full-time**

**Hybrid Work Option Available**

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**Position Overview**:
Reporting to the Supervisor, Counselling Services, the Brief Intervention Caregiver Support Clinician is responsible for direct and indirect service with kinship, foster, and adoptive caregivers. The BICS program is designed to increase caregiver capacity, knowledge, and skills to support children with complex needs in their care and increase wellness in the family unit. This position includes providing BICS service to clients, meeting with Supervisor for clinical consultation, attending BICS Rounds (collaborative team consultation), completing administrative notes in a timely fashion, and participating in Agency specific responsibilities. The BICS Clinician is required to work on a hybrid model, including attending sessions in families’ homes, in office work, and virtual work, including some evening sessions.

**Key Accountabilities **(job functions include but are not limited to)**:
**Client Serving/Clinical Casework (60%)**
- Demonstrate a high standard of performance in provision of BICS Services to clients;
- Support Caregivers in increasing their knowledge and capacity to provide support to the child in their care, by providing accessible support and psychoeducation through the lens of child development, trauma, grief and loss, and child/adolescent mental health;
- Collaboratively create service plans that consider the unique needs and histories of both caregivers and children;
- Provide timely, support to caregivers through meeting virtually and/or in clients’ homes and maintaining a relational approach;
- Identify risk and protective factors and engage in case consultation in accordance with agency standards;
- Administer screening tools (when applicable), to help inform and support the goal setting of BICS work
- Seek out opportunities to incorporate culture into BICS work, connecting families to cultural supports or building traditional practices into strategies;
- Work collaboratively, and consult regularly, with the Children’s Services case team and the caregiver to determine goals and assess progress;

**Administrative (30%)**
- Maintain client records related to client contact, including session notes, case reports, and required forms and surveys, and follow the program procedures, including Children’s Services guidelines, for file management
- Responsible for the accurate collection of outcome and program data;
- Attend and participate in Agency meetings, as required;
- Maintain ongoing supervision with Supervisor to discuss caseload management, clinical consultation, professional growth and development and any matters pertaining to performance management;
- Maintain accreditation standards through ongoing professional development; and adherence to program policy and procedures

**Agency & Collaboration (10%)**:

- Participate in Agency initiatives and maintenance of organizational culture;
- Participate in activities that contribute to the advancement of the role and learning of colleagues, such as BICS Rounds, Peer Review teams, and live observations

**Qualifications**:
**Education and Experience**
- Master's degree in social work, psychology, or related discipline
- 2+ years post-grad counselling experience, including work with complex family systems impacted by trauma, or an equivalent combination of education and experience will be considered;
- Active registration with a professional governing body

**Knowledge, Skills and Abilities**
- Demonstrated Experience supporting caregivers of children with complex needs;
- Skills in case management, assessment and intervention, and report writing;
- Skill in teaching and providing psychoeducation to caregivers and case teams, in a clinical setting;
- Knowledge of community resources to support clients as appropriate;
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Knowledge of trauma informed practice;
- Demonstration of teamwork skills and willingness to learn, alongside a growth mindset;
- Demonstrates a posture of cultural humility in working with diverse populations; Experience working with Indigenous and