Child and Family Registered Therapist
Are you passionate about contributing to the community? Are you interested in working for an organization that is committed to learning and growing, puts people at the centre of our work, believes in a culture of belonging and building on the strength of our community?
Camino Wellbeing + Mental Health supports individuals, families, and communities as they work to strengthen their wellbeing and mental health. Our vision is to have a connected community where all people thrive.
WHAT’S THE OPPORTUNITY?
We have an exciting opportunity for a Child and Family Registered Therapist to join our Home & Community Outreach team! In this role you’ll be working with a multi-disciplinary team for families with a child aged 5-12 identified as having significant mental health challenges. You will use your clinical training and expertise to deliver comprehensive support in therapeutic assessment and counseling to children and family members in their home and in various community settings.
This work isn’t easy – in this portfolio of work we support families at the extreme end of the range in children’s mental health. We are looking for a hands-on practitioner and relationship builder who wants to join our talented multi-disciplinary team and make a positive impact in the lives of families with children who are experiencing significant mental health challenges.
In this role you will be applying your skills and knowledge in home and community-based settings that can occasionally require you to drive clients in your vehicle to things like school or appointments.
WHY WORK FOR US?
We are a new organization (a new entity formed from the unification of KW Counselling Services, Monica Place and Carizon) that serves individuals, families and communities within the Waterloo Region. We are excited about our work, the impact we have in the community and our people (our people are our superpower!). We a committed to doing what is best for our community and to developing our people.
Join us to:
- Do work that matters.
- Be part of a caring, passionate, and collaborative workplace that lives its values.
- Learn a ton and support us in creating a more seamless experience for individuals, families and our community.
- Be a part of our diversity, equity, and inclusion journey.
- Put the people we serve at the centre of everything we do.
- Have a positive impact in our community.
- Work with an organization that supports your growth and provides opportunities for you to use your transferrable skills among other teams and programs.
WHAT YOU’LL BE DOING:
- Working therapeutically with children and families both in-office and within their own homes (ability to travel is required).
- Completing initial assessments for families: interviewing, completing in-home observations and working collaboratively with the multi-disciplinary team.
- Co-facilitating family treatment review sessions.
- Provide ongoing counselling work and take part in the multi-disciplinary treatment planning and review process.
- Work in tandem with colleagues (and external specialist consultants as required) to provide multi-disciplinary care.
- To always perform work safely and in compliance with the Occupational Health and Safety Act (OHSA).
WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR:
- Masters’ degree in a counselling related field, or Master of Social Work degree with appropriate registration with a regulatory college or body within Ontario.
- Minimum 2-5 years’ clinical experience working with children, youth and families.
- Demonstrated understanding and comfort working with family systems.
- Experience working in a community setting.
- Experience providing family counselling.
- Knowledge of domestic violence and trauma.
- Training and/or certification in additional clinical modalities (eg CBT, EMDR, SFBT, etc.)
- Demonstrated knowledge of and experience working from an anti-oppressive practice approach.
- Knowledge of, and a sensitivity to, the common challenges faced by families who are part of the children's mental health system.
- Demonstrated commitment to working in partnership with families. Sensitivity to the fact that families can experience a power imbalance in their relationship with professionals and commitment to redressing this balance.
- Flexible work approach - willing and able to change as the needs and desires of families change, able to work at the families' pace, and resilient enough to hold on until families are ready to take action.
- Reflective practitioner - open and responsive to feedback from peers and supervisor
- The ability to use child development theory, attachment theory, trauma informed therapeutic practices, brain development theory and social learning theory to help parents and family members to understand their children's behaviours and build skills to support their children.
ANYTHING ELSE I SHOULD KNOW?
- This is a full-time permanent position.
- This position will require work beyond the normal daytime work hours with some evenings (up to 2 as needed) and possible weekend as required.
- This position will take place in client homes, community settings, and in the office with frequent travel throughout the Waterloo Region.
- Must have a valid driver’s license, access to a reliable vehicle, and applicable auto insurance
- Satisfactory Criminal and Judicial Matters Police check is required.
- Must be able to provide either proof of vaccination or documentation providing a satisfactory reason under the Ontario Human Rights Code for not being vaccinated.
- Wage: $31.59 to $44.60 per hour.
- Full-time employees start at 3 weeks' vacation (prorated based on start date) and are eligible to participate in Camino’s benefits and RRSP matching program after three months of service
OUR COMMITMENT TO EQUITY
Camino is an equal opportunity employer and supports workforce diversity. At Camino we believe that diversity enriches our performance, clients, services offered, the communities where we live and work, and the lives of our employees. Should you require accommodation during the recruitment process, please contact Human Resources ([email protected]). While we thank all applicants for their interest, only those candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.
As we continue to be responsive to the changing needs of our communities, we acknowledge the historical and present-day violence and systemic barriers that continue to harm members of our Region and that we must ask ourselves not if we are complicit, but how.
Camino is committed to developing anti-oppressive practices and equitable outcomes for the families we serve while ensuring that our programs reflect and meet their needs. We recognize that we must work in collaboration with others to dismantle systems of oppression, discrimination, and violence that people face as a result of their diversity, beliefs and identities.
Building equity takes time, resources, intentional commitment and behavioural change. It is an ongoing process, and we start by recognizing the racism and discrimination faced by Indigenous people, Black people, Asian communities, racialized people, ethnic or linguistic groups, members of the 2SLGBTQIA+ communities, unhoused people, people with mental illness and people with physical and intellectual disabilities.
To help us create change and ensure that we can continue helping families thrive, Camino has invested in antiracism and anti-oppression training for all our employees. In addition, we have engaged in an organizational assessment to identify and address gaps. We have also created an Equity Leader position to help ensure our policies, processes, and practices eliminate any existence or influence of systemic racism across our organization.
We have a lot of work to do, and we are committed to keep moving forward on this learning journey. We will continue to listen, learn, and take action to ensure that everyone at Camino experiences true equity, empowerment, and inclusion.
