Youth Counsellor/case Manager

**Job Overview**
Youturn-Youth Support Services provides evidence-informed, individualized, and culturally responsive services that support youth with complex needs. Youturn’s programs focus on supporting youth who are in conflict with the law, involved in street-level violence, youth transitioning out of child welfare and youth who are survivors of human trafficking; with the goal of improving personal competencies and building skills to thrive within their community.

Youturn has integrated a Feedback Informed (FIT) approach, into the clinical service delivery model. FIT involves the administration of outcome and alliance rating scales at each client session. The programs delivered at Youturn target youth with complex needs, and who are challenging to engage.

**Responsibilities**:

- Assess client and family needs through interviews, collection of information, administering psychometric instruments, scoring, and interpreting results
- Develop appropriate Initial Assessments and Intervention Plans which identifies specific client goals
- Using intervention strategies consistent with program design, provide direct individual or family counselling
- Assess client and family needs through interviews and collection of information
- Develop individualized goal plans and target interventions areas to work together with youth and their supporters to facilitate transition to independence.
- Maintain a comprehensive knowledge of available community services both within the youth and adult systems, and coordinate appropriate referrals to community resources as required
- Using intervention strategies consistent with program design, provide direct individual or family counselling in the areas of healthy relationships; employment; housing; life skills; education; financial literacy; mental health; anger management; peer relations
- Participation in program development as required
- Development and facilitation of groups
- Participation in community networking, knowledge exchange and interagency collaboration
- Maintain flexible working hours, and provide on call services as required
- Data collection, and participation in program evaluation

**Qualifications**:

- A diploma in child and youth care or a bachelor’s degree in social work, counselling or related field
- Member in good standing with a regulated health college as per current standards for practicing child and youth care, social work, counselling, and/or psychotherapy (i.e. CRPO, OCSWSSW) or evidence of working towards registration.
- Minimum 3 years (preference for) working with high-risk youth in conflict with the law
- Skill and knowledge in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Social Ecological Theory, Collaborative Problem Solving and Feedback Informed Treatment.
- Criminal reference check including vulnerable sector is required.
- Access to a vehicle to use for work, a valid driver’s licence and ability to acquire $2 million auto liability insurance.
- Fluency in both written and spoken French and English _**is an asset**_
- Ability to establish a home office.

**Youturn-Youth Support Services** values diversity. We are committed to building a workforce that reflects the diversity of our community. Accommodation will be made available for applicants with a disability throughout the hiring process. Applicants must make their needs known in advance.

**We thank all applicants for their interest; however only those selected for an interview will be contacted.**

Pay: $49,000.00-$61,000.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- Casual dress
- Dental care
- Extended health care
- Flexible schedule
- On-site parking
- Paid time off
- RRSP match
- Vision care
- Work from home

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Ottawa, ON K1Z 8S8

Application deadline: 2025-06-25