Intersect Youth and Family Services
Job Description
Position Title: Mental Health Therapist - Infant Early Childhood (IEC)
Reports To: Clinical Supervisor
Remuneration: $37.91 – $48.04 hourly
To Apply: Please send a resume and cover letter to [email protected]. Only those who are shortlisted for an interview will be contacted. Posting open until filled. Relocation allowance offered.
Position Summary
Providing culturally safe, trauma-informed, confidential, and goal-driven therapeutic services to children ages 12 and under requiring mental health support. The Mental Health Therapist - IEC provides assessment, treatment planning, therapeutic intervention, crisis response, consultation, case coordination, and community collaboration in alignment with evidence-based and client-centered practice.
The Mental Health Therapist - IEC works collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team to support the mental health and wellbeing of children, youth, caregivers, and families while upholding the values, policies, ethical standards, and strategic priorities of Intersect Youth & Family Services.
Core Competencies
· Healthy interpersonal communication
· Strong organizational and time management skills
· Collaboration and teamwork within agency and community settings
· Cultural humility, anti-racism, accessibility, and trauma-informed practice
· Critical thinking, clinical assessment, and sound judgment
· Ethical and professional practice
· Crisis intervention and risk assessment
· Written documentation and clinical record management
· Conflict resolution and relationship repair
· Adaptability and continuous learning
· Self-awareness and reflective practice
· Evidence-based therapeutic intervention
· Accountability and professional integrity
Key Responsibilities
1. Direct Clinical Services
· Provide direct clinical services to children ages 0-12, caregivers, and families through intake, screening, assessment, treatment planning, therapeutic intervention, crisis response, and ongoing case management.
· Conduct individual, family, and group therapy in a culturally safe, trauma-informed, and evidence-based manner.
· Complete comprehensive clinical assessments, including mental health status, strengths, presenting concerns, risk factors, and protective factors.
· Conduct risk assessments and develop collaborative safety plans when concerns related to self-harm, suicide, violence, abuse, neglect, or other safety risks are identified.
· Develop client-centered treatment plans with clear goals, measurable objectives, and therapeutic interventions.
· Support clients and caregivers in identifying and building upon strengths, resilience, and natural supports.
· Provide crisis intervention and consultation as required.
· Support therapeutic engagement in office, community, school, or natural environment settings where clinically appropriate.
2. Collaboration, Consultation & Community Partnerships
· Collaborate with caregivers, schools, service providers, physicians, Indigenous organizations, and community partners to support coordinated and integrated care.
· Participate in integrated case planning and case conferences as appropriate.
· Develop and maintain current knowledge of community resources and referral pathways.
· Refer clients to specialized or external services when clinically indicated.
· Provide consultation, education, and support to community partners, caregivers, and other professionals as appropriate.
· Build and maintain respectful, collaborative, and professional relationships with community agencies and interested and affected parties.
3. Clinical Documentation & Administrative Responsibilities
· Maintain accurate, timely, confidential, and professional clinical documentation in accordance with agency policies, professional standards, accreditation requirements, and relevant legislation.
· Ensure documentation of client contact, assessments, treatment plans, progress notes, case consultations, and reports are completed within required timelines.
· Manage clinical caseload responsibilities while balancing direct service delivery and administrative requirements.
· Maintain appropriate client, clinical, and administrative records in accordance with agency standards.
4. Teamwork & Organizational Participation
· Work collaboratively as a member of a multidisciplinary team to ensure effective, efficient, accountable, and client-centered service delivery.
· Participate in staff meetings, clinical meetings, supervision, training, agency initiatives, and work groups.
· Contribute positively to team culture through respectful communication, collaboration, accountability, and professionalism.
· Provide and receive constructive feedback in a respectful and growth-oriented manner.
· Develop and maintain awareness of Intersect programs, services, policies, and procedures.
5. Professional Practice
· Adhere to all professional ethical standards, agency policies and procedures, accreditation standards, and relevant provincial and federal legislation.
· Maintain active registration and good standing with the appropriate professional regulatory body where applicable.
· Seek supervision appropriately and engage in reflective and ethical clinical practice.
· Participate in ongoing professional development and maintain current knowledge of clinical research, therapeutic modalities, and best practices.
· Demonstrate accountability, integrity, professionalism, and commitment to continuous growth.
· Perform other duties consistent with the scope and classification of the position.
Qualifications
· Master’s degree in Social Work, Clinical Psychology, Educational Counselling, Child and Youth Care, or another related human/social services discipline.
· Demonstrated IEC related clinical experience and/or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
· Registration, or eligibility for registration, with an appropriate professional college or regulatory body is preferred.
· Experience providing trauma-informed and culturally safe mental health services to children, youth, and families.
· Experience conducting clinical assessments, treatment planning, crisis intervention, and therapeutic intervention.
· Awareness of group processes and experience facilitating groups is considered an asset.
· Working knowledge of Microsoft Office and electronic documentation systems.
· Valid Class 5 Driver’s License and acceptable driver’s abstract.
· Ability to pass a Vulnerable Sector Criminal Record Check.
Work Environment
· 37.5-hour work week with flexibility to meet operational needs.
· Primarily in-person at 1294 Third Ave, Prince George, BC, with remote work options where operationally appropriate and approved.
· Additional hours compensated in accordance with organizational policy.
· Regular supervision, collaboration, and professional development opportunities provided.
About Intersect
Intersect Youth & Family Services has been serving the children, youth, and families of Lheidli T’enneh/Prince George since 1983. Intersect provides low-barrier access to mental health services, resources, and programming, including but not limited to mental health counselling and therapy, family teen mediation, sexual abuse intervention support, caregiver support, group therapy, and support for youth involved in the justice system.
Employee wellness and safety are priorities at Intersect. Employees receive competitive salaries, benefits, and professional development support. New employees receive the equivalent of approximately 47–52 paid days off per year through vacation, sick leave, personal and bonus days, mental health days, family leave, bereavement/grief days, and training. Intersect is closed between Christmas and New Year’s.
Commitment to Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Accessibility
Intersect Youth & Family Services is committed to fostering an equitable, inclusive, accessible, trauma-informed, and culturally safe organization for the children, youth, families, and communities we serve, as well as for our staff, leadership, and partners.
We recognize the ongoing impacts of colonialism, systemic discrimination, racism, ableism, heterosexism, transphobia, and other forms of oppression, and we are committed to actively advancing reconciliation, decolonization, and anti-oppressive practice throughout our organization.
Intersect is committed to improving accessibility and reducing barriers in our services, workplaces, hiring practices, leadership structures, and decision-making processes. We recognize that equity-deserving groups continue to face disproportionate barriers and harms, and we encourage applications from Indigenous Peoples, Black and racialized people, persons with disabilities, 2SLGBTQIA+ individuals, and people with lived and living experience relevant to the communities we serve.
If you require accommodation or support during the application process, please contact [email protected].
Pay: $37.91-$48.04 per hour
Benefits:
- Dental care
- Employee assistance program
- Extended health care
- On-site parking
- Paid time off
- Relocation assistance
- RRSP match
- Vision care
- Work from home
Work Location: In person
