Integrated Child & Youth Clinical Counsellor

Integrated Child and Youth Clinical Counsellor. Delta School District 37, British Columbia invites applications for the position of Integrated Child and Youth Clinical Counsellor. Delta School District is honored to be working and learning on the traditional territory of the Tsawwassen and Musqueam First Nations and all of the hnqminm speaking people who have been stewards of this land since time immemorial.

Under A Pathway to Hope, the Province is implementing Integrated Child and Youth (ICY) teams in school district communities. ICY teams provide wraparound mental health and substance use services and supports for children and youth (birth to age 19) and their families, with services delivered flexibly to reflect the preferences of children, youth and families. Each ICY team will support a cluster of Public, Independent and First Nations-operated schools and will include all children and youth within the geographic region.

• Support the ICY team and schools served to mitigate and address factors which may precipitate mental health and substance use challenges for children and youth.
• Provide child/youth and family therapeutic counselling through a lens of intervention and/or prevention support. Monitor the progress of child/youth on their caseload.
• Perform the functions of a manager of employees in the Youth Peer Support Worker positions as part of the ICY teams including:
  • Recruitment, selection and hiring of school-based employees assigned to the portfolio within the program
  • Provide orientation, coaching, training and mentoring to direct reports
  • Manage employee conduct related matters including conduct employee relations related investigations with the human resources department, issues discipline and discharge of the employee when necessary
  • Manage employee attendance including informal and formal discussions with employees when absenteeism is continuously impacting service delivery; provides consideration to all applicable leave of absence requests
  • Manage employees including routine informal performance feedback, the development of employee work plans, and conduct staff performance review and related development plans reviews.
  • Interpret and comply with applicable collective agreements, participate in the grievance and arbitration process, and consult with human resources to provide feedback on collective bargaining initiatives necessary to support to the program and community
  • Manage assigned budget including staffing budgets allocated to the portfolio
• Liaise between school staff and the ICY team, to represent and advocate for the needs of all children and youth (birth to age 19) within the geographic area with a focus on prevention/early intervention wherever possible.
• Provide support for the Youth Peer Support Worker to participate as a core ICY team member.
• Attend and actively participate in integrated child and youth team meetings.
• Provide oversight and supervision of the Youth Peer Support Worker to provide peer-based mentoring and emotional support to youth ages 12-19 with the following:
  • to support systems navigation and resource distribution to youth;
  • in facilitating or co-facilitating groups for children, youth and families as needed;
  • to encourage membership in the school community.
• As needed and as appropriate, attend school-based team meetings, partner and community agency meetings.
• Facilitate multi-disciplinary, multi-jurisdictional team decision making through a consensus building process.
• Deliver workshops and ongoing training to families, district staff and community agencies as determined by the ICY team.
• Lead counselling groups for children, youth and families as needed.
• Cultivate a collegial atmosphere with case supervision and case consultation.
• Work in collaboration with school and school district counsellors.
• Consult with and coordinate support services from outside agencies when needed (e.g., community services, RCMP).

• Masters degree in counselling psychology, Educational Psychology, Psychology or a related field and must include a 300-hour supervised practicum or equivalent. Preference may be given to a candidate with school-based practicum experience.
• Must be a Registered Clinical Counsellor and meet educational and training criteria to be a member of the BC Association of Clinical Counsellors (BCACC) or a Registered Clinical Social Worker with the BC College of Social Workers (BCCSW).
• Preferred minimum of 3-5 years of experience working with families, children, and youth in a clinical counselling setting.
• Experience in clinical and/or educational interventions with children, adolescents, and families (including crisis intervention).
• Experience leading and managing employees including hiring, coaching and mentoring, performance and attendance management, and applying corrective discipline preferably in a unionized environment.
• Recent training and successful experience in mental health initiatives and suicide prevention.
• Demonstrated knowledge and experience liaising between…