Youth Wellness Hubs Ontario; YWHO) Mental Health and Substance Use Clinician

The Mental Health and Substance Use Clinician will work as a member of a diverse interdisciplinary team to support youth experiencing mental health and substance use challenges, as well as additional needs relating to their overall health and wellbeing. The Mental Health and Substance Use Clinician will be responsible for providing youth with mental health and substance use treatment within the Sagamok Anishnawbek Hub.

This includes conducting screening, assessments, individual and group treatment and case management support. The Clinician will work in collaboration with youth, family members and other service providers to identify a youth’s needs and goals, develop a session and/or treatment plan and provide services to youth as part of an integrated system of care.

• Provide 1:1 and group mental health/substance use interventions.
• Provide high quality mental health/substance use interventions that are:
• Evidence-based (e.g., solution focused brief therapy, motivational enhancement therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy, dialectical behavior therapy) or evidence-generating
• Reflective of the diverse needs of clients and their families
• Youth-centered and developmentally appropriate
• Based on an integrated continuum of care model
• Modeled from a harm reduction and culturally responsive approach, including a wholistic care for youth
• In collaboration with youth, support the use of YWHO standardized measures, practicing measurement-based care to provide mental health and substance use services, monitor progress, and improve youth outcomes
• Provide access to services both in person, remotely (off site) or virtually (online, phone) as needed.
• Plan and facilitate outreach activities with youth
• Participate in program planning, implementation and evaluations
• Actively engage with youth to co-design programs and respond to youth needs
• Operate as a member of an interdisciplinary team to provide support to youth and collaborate with hub staff and a network of community partners
• Provide referrals/make linkages to appropriate services/support when not available through the hub or through network partners
• Create a welcoming culturally safe space/environment
• Support a workplace that embraces diversity, encourages teamwork and complies with all applicable and regulatory requirements
• Demonstrate a commitment to accountability: critical thinking, reflective practice and continuous learning
• Knowledge of approaches that promote health equity, including anti-oppressive and anti-racist practice, 2
  
  SLGBTQ+ inclusion, community engagement, cultural safety, trauma-informed care, harm reduction, and human rights and accessibility frameworks.
• Provide services and support to youth and their families in a way that is consistent with the values of the YWHO Model.

• A Bachelors/Masters degree in the field of social work, counselling, psychology or a related health or social service discipline is required.
• Registration and in good standing with a relevant professional college/registering body (College of Social Work and Social Service Workers, College of Psychotherapists and College of Nursing).
• Minimum 1 year experience working with youth and transitional aged youth experiencing mental health and substance use challenges.
• Strong skills in counselling, psychoeducation, clinical assessment, case management, and treatment are essential.
• Formal training and demonstrated knowledge in evidence-based (e.g., solution focused brief therapy, motivational enhancement therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy, dialectical behavior therapy) or evidence generating treatment models.
• Understanding of the various services systems, community supports and resources within Sagamok Anishnawbek.
• Experience providing therapeutic or psycho educational groups.
• Experience in crisis and risk assessment.
• Experience working with families and caregivers an asset.
• Excellent communication skills (both written and oral)
• Experience in supporting safe and meaningful participation and being open to diverse ways of thinking about, understanding and articulating issues related to mental health and substance use is a requirement.
• Superior interpersonal, collaboration, facilitation, and negotiation skills
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