Mental Health Therapist providing telephonic EFAP counselling, assessments and crisis support for Canadians at Homewood Health. Developing treatment plans, risk interventions and practical strategies in a Tuesday - to - Saturday remote role.
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Prevention Specialist – Social Work, OT, Nursing, Psychotherapist
Posted 8 hours ago
About the role
- Eating disorder prevention specialist delivering community mental-health education for Halton Healthcare. Building partnerships, outreach programs, referrals, and prevention resources for children, youth, and adult influencers.
Responsibilities
- Facilitate and perform health promotion and wellness education planning and implementation activities
- Participate in skills and capacity-building activities
- Participate in research and evaluation activities
- Provide consumer-oriented eating disorder information and reference materials through print and electronic resources
- Participate in academic forums
- Design, conduct, and update community assessments to determine population eating disorder education needs
- Identify and develop eating disorder wellness and education initiatives for specific populations
- Develop collaborative partnerships with community, clinical, health administration, partner-organization, and government stakeholders
- Organize and implement health service, promotion, education, and community outreach events
- Participate in community networks addressing eating disorder health issues
- Help community resources access health-related services and advocate for capacity- and skill-building opportunities
- Identify and develop health events, forums, and learning opportunities
- Implement health promotion strategies, including health education, social marketing, population health, and community development
- Provide culturally competent and ethnoculturally sensitive eating disorder promotion strategies
- Conduct or arrange in-service presentations for Community Program staff
- Recommend and assist with acquiring accurate, current, reliable, and appropriate educational materials for adult influencers, youth, and children
- Provide referral assistance for adult influencers, youth, and children
- Present at health conferences, seminars, and workshops
- Seek opportunities to publish research findings
- Precept students from community health programs
Requirements
- Must live in York Region, Ontario, Canada
- Completion of a degree in a health-related discipline or recognized equivalent
- Member of a regulated health or social service college
- Mental health clinician or counsellor, or undergraduate degree with additional education in counselling or mental health
- Over 3 years up to and including 4 years of practical and related experience and/or 3 months of on-the-job training
- Minimum of two years of experience in a mental health setting focused on children and youth
- Experience in health promotion, health education, or child/youth education
- Experience with anxiety disorders, depression, past trauma, eating disorders, or motivational enhancement
- Valid driver’s license and own transportation required
- Knowledge and experience of health promotion, population health, community development principles, and determinants of health
- Excellent organizational, time management, problem-solving, verbal communication, and written communication skills
- Facilitation skills and ability to drive consensus across clinical, professional, educator, and community groups, in-person and virtually
- Ability to work collaboratively with teams, program staff, community practitioners, stakeholders, and partner organizations
- Ability to demonstrate respect for individuals and communities and understand their specific needs
- Understanding of conventional and alternative health practices, wellness, and cultural diversity
- Psychotherapy qualifications, community development, and/or public health experience preferred
- Must meet Halton Healthcare immunization and vaccination-policy requirements and provide proof of vaccination or documented medical exemption
Benefits
- Work from home
- Accommodation throughout the recruitment and selection process for applicants with disabilities
- Pre-employment medical clearance and vaccination-policy support as applicable
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