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About the role

  • Mental Health Counsellor providing biopsychosocial assessment, treatment, and management. Supporting mental health, addictions, health promotion, and chronic disease care across Ontario primary-care sites.

Responsibilities

  • Provide assessment, ongoing treatment, and management of biopsychosocial aspects of health and well-being for identified patients
  • Participate in the development, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of programs meeting the needs of the patient population
  • Collaborate with an inter-professional healthcare provider team
  • Assist with health promotion, disease prevention, and chronic disease management across the patient lifespan
  • Provide virtual care and initially work in Woodstock, Ontario
  • Monitor and evaluate service delivery for individual clients, communities, and populations
  • Develop and facilitate groups
  • Share information and teach within primary care delivery
  • Use mental health and addictions measurement tools and technology

Requirements

  • Graduate of an accredited University
  • Registered and in good standing with a regulated health professional College, including the College of Nurses of Ontario, Ontario College of Social Workers and Social Service Workers, or College of Occupational Therapists of Ontario
  • Minimum of five years clinical work experience
  • Extensive mental health clinical training, generally acquired through post graduate studies
  • Knowledge and experience in mental health treatment and management, including evidence-based treatments such as CBT
  • Advanced mental health knowledge and experience working with adults, children, youth, and families, acquired through a minimum of 3–5 years supervised clinical practice in this area
  • Understanding of addictions care and navigation
  • Postgraduate studies such as MSW, OT, RN, BScN, CPMHN(C), or equivalent, and membership in a professional college
  • Minimum of 3 years’ experience assessing and managing mental health presentations commonly seen in primary care
  • Experience delivering efficient primary care, including ability to share information and teach
  • Experience developing and facilitating groups
  • Knowledge and proficiency in current, evidence-based methods and practices of social work in primary care settings
  • Knowledge of chronic disease management, health promotion, and risk reduction
  • Ability to monitor and evaluate service delivery using mental health and addictions measurement tools and technology
  • Knowledge of relevant health care legislation and community mental health resources
  • Understanding of social determinants of health and their impact on health and well-being
  • Strong leadership, organization, research, evaluation, time management, and interpersonal skills
  • Ability to work independently and collaboratively as a member of a multidisciplinary team
  • Desire and ability to update knowledge and skills through technology-based opportunities, courses, workshops, and conferences
  • Active engagement in the performance management program
  • Comfort providing in-person and virtual care
  • Experience using an EMR, Microsoft Office, and measurement-based care platforms
  • Ability to be open and non-judgmental
  • Effective written and verbal interpersonal and communication skills
  • Successful candidate must undergo a criminal background check and medical screening
  • Must have a Social Insurance Number and, in some cases, a valid work permit

Benefits

  • Equal Opportunity employer committed to an inclusive, safe, accessible, diverse, and respectful environment free of discrimination and harassment
  • Accommodation assistance available for applicants with disabilities

Job title

Job type

Full Time

Experience level

Mid levelSenior

Salary

CA$35 - CA$43 per hour

Degree requirement

Postgraduate Degree

Location requirements

HybridWoodstockCanada

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