Clinical Therapist – Newcomers Health and Wellbeing Program

INTERNAL / EXTERNAL POSTING

Posting Date: June 30, 2021

Closing Date: July 14, 2021

Message about our hiring and operating practices during the COVID-19 pandemic

The Canadian Mental Health York Region and South Simcoe branch (CMHA-YRSS) is continuing to provide much-needed mental health services. As an organization, we are protecting our staff through supporting either working from home, or physical distancing, and other public health directives for essential services staff working on-site. Rest assured that your well-being is our top priority and we have appropriate health and safety measures in place at each stage of the recruiting process and throughout our operations.

We are looking for a Clinical Therapist in our Newcomers Health and Wellbeing Program!

As we continue to grow our team, we are looking for Clinical Therapists to join our passionate, dedicated, and “BRAVE” team! If you are interested in bringing your Clinical Therapy experience to support the mental and physical health and well-being of immigrants and refugees and want to join an innovative, award winning organization that is continuing to grow and expand and you would love to work on this stellar multidisciplinary team to help clients in their moments of need, please continue to read further.

Closing Date: July 14, 2021

1-Year Contract, Full-Time (until July 2022) 35 hours per week, evenings and weekends may be required.

Comprehensive Health Benefits: Excellent Benefits Package: Full Extended Health & Dental. Generous paid time off including vacation, sick, personal days after waiting period.

Competition #: 2021-042

Location: In accordance with current public health directives, training will be available both remotely (i.e., via teleconference and videoconferencing technologies) as well as onsite while respecting physical distancing. During the current COVID-19 outbreak, work can be completed primarily from home with equipment provided by CMHA.

Once public health directives are lifted, the Clinical Therapists will be working primarily in our Vaughan Office (8271 Keele Street, Vaughan ON L4K 1Z1) and will be required to travel within York Region & South Simcoe.

Job Profile:
Supporting Mental Health and Well-Being is an IRCC-funded program that aims to improve the mental and physical health and well-being of immigrants and refugees through a team of clinical therapists, nurse practitioner, and program coordinator. The program offers a menu of services, such as comprehensive mental and physical health assessment, psychoeducation, individual counselling, coordinated care planning, family support, consultation, community outreach and education, and specialized trauma treatment, among others. Services are provided in collaboration with community agencies that provide services to immigrants and refugees to ensure integration and coordination of care.

The Clinical Therapist works with clients 16 years of age and older who are experiencing mental illness, and provides assessment and treatment of cognitive, emotional, and/or behavioral symptoms through psychotherapeutic means, delivered through a therapeutic relationship based on verbal and non-verbal communication. The Clinical Therapist assists individuals with disorders of thought, cognition, emotional regulation, perception or memory that may seriously disrupt their judgment, insight, behavior, communication, interpersonal relationships, and social functioning.

Individual and group therapy is provided according to assessed needs and best practices in counseling and psychotherapy. The Clinical Therapist collaborates with clients to develop a personal empowerment plan that includes improved symptom management and reduced distress, richer interpersonal relationships, and increased personal capacity to realize goals and aspirations and participate fully in community life. Other duties as required.

In addition to compliance with all organizational policies and procedures, the incumbent is also expected to behave ethically, demonstrate competence in effective communication and team building, demonstrate effectiveness in working in a collaborative environment, and demonstrate confidence in decision-making and in building relationships.

Requirements:
A Master’s Degree in Social Work, Psychology or a related discipline

Current registration with a regulatory body under the Regulated Health Professions Act

Minimum Three (3) years’ experience in a community-based organization working with adults with serious mental illness

Minimum Three (3) years’ experience in providing individual and group psychotherapy

Strong knowledge of DBT

Minimum of Three (3) years’ experience in facilitating therapy groups is a requirement

Strong knowledge of CBT and Mindfulness

Knowledge and experience in other treatment modalities is an asset

A second language (Farsi, Russian, Mandarin, Arabic, French and Tagalog) reflecting the local community is an asset.

Knowledge of systemic issues and social determinants of health such as poverty, unemployment, stigma, and the isolation felt by individuals with serious mental illness and their families

Knowledge of Ontario Mental Health Act and mental health reform principles, the Substitute Decisions Act, the Psychotherapy Act, the Health Care Consent Act and PHIPA requirements

Ability to apply Recovery principles and empowerment oriented philosophies and practices in work with consumers

A valid Canadian Full G driver’s license, a minimum $1,000,000 third party liability insurance

A satisfactory Vulnerable Sector Screening (Police Check)

This position reports to and is supervised by the Manager, People & Teams, Newcomers Health and Wellbeing Program..

Working Conditions: Office work, community settings, meetings in clients’ home and travel with clients.

Disclaimer: In keeping with mental health reform, best practices, funding and direction this position may later require knowledge, skills, abilities and working conditions not noted here.

Why work for CMHA York Region?

We are a team committed to our vision of mental health support for all. That means we respect that our clients are the experts in their recovery journey and that our role is to provide support, resources and opportunities based on their hopes and dreams. It means that we foster and encourage an entrepreneurial spirit to create, implement, and sustain innovative, evidence-based and transformational impact. We seek out and build partnerships, collaborate and share knowledge to be the most culturally competent team and fully integrated service delivery partner.

Our team cares for each other. We have our own team values of trust, respect, teamwork and communication. We have been a National Non-Profit Employer of Choice for six consecutive years as well as a recipient of Canada’s Most Admired Corporate Cultures & Forbes “Canada’s Best Employers 2021”.

To request this posting in an alternate format or to request accommodation in the application process, email [email protected]

Application Procedures:
If you are interested in this opportunity, click on the “Apply Now” button above and proceed to upload your cover letter and resume.

Complete the application form and submit the following:
Cover letter with 300 words or less and tell us why you would want this role and why you should be considered for the position (PDF or Word)

Resume (PDF or Word)

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