Clinician - Community-Based Complex Needs Program

Wood’s Homes is seeking a skilled, adaptable, and creative Clinician to support youth whose needs extend beyond traditional office-based service models. This role is ideal for a graduate-level clinical professional who values relationship-based practice, interdisciplinary collaboration, and flexible intervention in real-world settings.

• Community-based clinical practice: provide support in homes, schools, recreational spaces, and other natural environments where youth live, learn, and connect.
• Complex youth work: support young people with developmental disabilities, dual diagnosis, mental health concerns, substance use, trauma, attachment disruption, and high-risk behavioural presentations.
• Treatment with creativity: use flexible, experiential, and evidence-informed approaches to engage youth who may be reluctant to participate in traditional counselling.
• Clinical consultation and mentorship: help frontline teams translate assessment, formulation, and clinical theory into practical day-to-day support.
• Collaborative practice: work closely with families, caregivers, schools, healthcare providers, Indigenous supports, and community partners.
• Professional growth: contribute to case consultation, risk review, staff learning, specialized projects, and ongoing clinical development.

• Provide direct clinical services to youth through individual, family, group, and community-based intervention and therapy.
• Build meaningful therapeutic relationships with youth who may be resistant to, disengaged from, or unsuccessful in traditional clinical services.
• Complete comprehensive clinical assessments, including functional behaviour assessments, mental health assessments, risk assessments, and treatment planning.
• Develop and support individualized treatment goals, safety plans, behavioural support strategies, and transition recommendations in collaboration with the broader care team.
• Provide flexible, creative, and responsive interventions in real-time settings, including homes, schools, recreational environments, and community locations.
• Adapt evidence-based interventions to meet the developmental, cognitive, communication, behavioural, and cultural needs of each youth.
• Assess and respond effectively to crisis situations while maintaining therapeutic engagement, emotional safety, and professional judgment.
• Provide consultation, coaching, and mentorship to frontline staff to strengthen their understanding of complex youth presentations and intervention strategies.
• Support teams in understanding the interaction between developmental disabilities, mental health challenges, substance use, trauma, attachment, and behavioural expressions.
• Facilitate case consultations, clinical risk reviews, and collaborative treatment planning processes.
• Maintain timely, high-quality clinical documentation and reports in accordance with professional and organizational requirements.
• Work collaboratively with families, caregivers, schools, healthcare providers, community partners, and internal program teams.
• Contribute to staff learning, reflective practice, quality improvement, and specialized projects as assigned.

• Master’s degree in Social Work, Psychology, Occupational Therapy, or a related clinical discipline.
• Current registration and good standing with the applicable professional regulatory body.
• Clinical experience supporting youth with dual diagnosis, developmental disabilities, complex mental health presentations, substance use disorders, trauma, attachment disruption, acute behavioural challenges, and concurrent mental health and neurodevelopmental needs.
• Experience conducting clinical assessments and developing practical treatment plans and recommendations. Formal psychological assessment experience is considered a strong asset.
• Strong understanding of trauma-informed, strengths-based, attachment-focused, harm reduction, culturally responsive, and person-centered approaches.
• Sound clinical judgment and the ability to think critically in dynamic and rapidly changing situations.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to produce timely, clear, and high-quality clinical documentation.
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate effectively with interdisciplinary teams, families, caregivers, schools, healthcare providers, and community partners.

• Ability to establish therapeutic relationships with youth who are resistant to, disengaged from, or…