Youth & Family Clinician - Youth Counselling Services

**YOUTH & FAMILY CLINICIAN**
** Youth Counselling**
** Full-time (37.5 hours/week)**

EveryMind Mental Health Services (formerly Peel Children’s Centre/Nexus Youth Services) is looking for a highly skilled, experienced and enthusiastic mental health professional to provide direct clinical service and case management to youth and young adults ages 12 through 25.
EveryMind is an accredited children and youth mental health centre that provides a continuum of high-quality mental health services to enrich the lives of children, youth, and their families who are experiencing social, emotional and/or behavioural challenges. Our services are provided in a dynamic, client-centred environment that values respect and inclusion, collaboration, learning, innovation, and accountability.
Reporting to the Supervisor, Clinical Services, working within a trauma-informed/strength-based framework, the Youth and Family Clinician will provide individual, youth-centered treatment services to an ongoing caseload in-person or virtually via video or telephone counseling at our main office location and in various community locations. Limited family work may also be involved. In addition, you will provide weekly single-session consultation appointments to youth and facilitate groups and workshops.
In all aspects of service delivery, EveryMind is committed to engaging youth and helping them to achieve their goals.
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Hiring salary range - $70,345 to $82,293 over 5 years**
Please note that hiring salaries are commensurate with experience and generally start at the beginning of the range.
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Why work at EveryMind?_**
- Work for an organization that is 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.
- 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.
- 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._**
- Company Laptop and cellphone provided to employees.
- 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 counselling and mental health support for you and your family via our Employee and Family Assistance Program.
- An exceptional **_Retirement Plan_** where the employer contributes 7% equivalent of your salary to your personal pension plan.
Job Responsibilities**
The incumbent will:

- Provide skilled assessment, formulation, and treatment services to youth by employing a variety of systemic, trauma informed and evidence-based/evidenced-informed treatment approaches (including CBT, Motivational Interviewing, DBT skills) to enhance youth outcomes at home, in school and in community;
- Demonstrate sensitivity and commitment to engaging youth in all aspects of service delivery utilizing a strength-based approach;
- Develop, implement and regularly evaluate treatment plans according to youth’s needs, goals, strengths and cultural values;
- Facilitate the enhancement of the youth’s informal and formal supports;
- Effectively co-design with youth for implementation a holistic crisis plan to ensure safety within home, school, vocational and community settings;
- Provide case management and outreach services to ensure coordination, collaboration and delivery of services and interventions that meet changing needs of clients;
- Provide transition support and discharge planning to clients exiting service to ensure sustainability of treatment gains;
- Provide in person counselling services to clients with the flexibility to offer virtual and telephone treatment interventions as needed or preferred by youth;
- Provide group services as required;
- Demonstrate a passion for working with youth and possess working knowledge of social service, educational, and employment systems and resources within Peel;
- Participate as an active member of a multidisciplinary team in team, clinical, program and agency meetings;
- Maintain a high level of clinical competence, participate 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;
- Complete and maintain comprehensive case notes, records and data in a timely manner, a