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Union: Non-Union
Number of vacancies: 1
New or Replacement Position:Replacement
Site:Toronto Western Hospital
Department:Center for Mental Health
Reports to:Clinical Manager
Salary Range: $46.85 to $58.56
Hours:37.5
Shifts: Days
Status:Permanent Full-Time
Closing Date: October 18, 2026
IMPACT is an Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) program that provides team treatment, psychosocial rehabilitation and support in the community to adults with severe and persistent mental illness and a primary diagnosis of a primary psychotic disorder. Its interdisciplinary team includes Psychiatrists, Psychiatric Nurses, Social Workers, Community Mental Health Workers, Peer Support Worker, Psychiatric Resident, as well as students from different disciplines.
IMPACT strives to minimize the impact of mental illness on clients’ lives, by facilitating the integration of clients into communities of their choice, and supporting them to improve the quality of their lives, in the areas of health, housing, finance, and vocation.
- Directs the day-to-day operations of the IMPACT Team
- Leads daily team rounds and treatment planning meetings
- Coordinates treatment activities
- Triages new referrals
- Conducts client-centred assessments and contributes to individualized treatment plans
- Creates, manages, adjusts team members’ weekly schedule, to meet clients’ needs
- Participate in recruitment processes
- Orient new team members to IMPACT and their specific role within the team
- Acts as a senior clinician and clinical leader for the team, providing mentorship, supervision, consultation, and support for complex clinical decision-making while promoting adherence to ACT standards and best practices.
- Provide client service, as needed/directed
- Completion of a Master’s Degree in a health sciences field (Social Work, Psychology, Occupational Therapy, Mental Health etc)
- Registration/licensure as required by professional body, e.g. Ontario College of Social Workers and Social Service Workers, College of Occupational Therapists of Ontario, etc.
- Minimum of 3 years working in mental health community setting
- Minimum 1 year of supervisory experience.
- Strong knowledge of the ACT model and psychosocial rehabilitation principals
- Strong knowledge of concurrent disorders and harm reduction approach
- Strong knowledge of trauma-informed care
- Training in and experience delivering individual psychotherapeutic modalities (i.e., CBT, DBT, Behaviour Activation, coping strategies for stress), considered an asset
- Expertise in crisis assessment and management
- Experience and ability to effectively work as a member of an interdisciplinary team in a health care setting
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Excellent organizational and time management…
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