Individual and Family Therapist

STRIDES TORONTO • Toronto, ON

6h • CA$72,340 - CA$83,881 • Hybrid

About The Position

This is an existing vacancy for a full-time permanent Individual and Family Therapist (IFT). The IFT provides psychotherapy and counselling, as part of a multi-disciplinary team providing evidence informed services to children, adolescents and their families with a variety of severe social, emotional, and behavioral challenges. The IFT provides individualized services to youth and their families through service coordination and case management when needed, by liaising with internal/ external partners. IFTs also provide group therapy.

Requirements

• Masters level degree in Social Work, Counselling Psychology or Counselling related field.
• At least 2 years’ experience providing counselling and psychotherapy with children, youth with and families with mental health needs
• Registration in good standing in an appropriate regulatory body that can provide psychotherapy such as OCSWSSW, CRPO.
• Technical knowledge/ experience in providing psychotherapy/ family therapy.
• Awareness of the role of inclusion, diversity, equity, and accessibility (IDEA) in the workplace and within the community being served by the position.
• An understanding of anti-black racism, anti-oppressive/anti-racism perspective in the context of the social determinants of health.
• Ability to recognize and identify situations where incidents of imbalance of power and privilege may occur and can result in possible negative impacts.

Nice To Haves

• Functional computer and client information system knowledge.
• Fluency in another language(s), including sign language.

Responsibilities

• Provide individual and family Therapy to children, youth and their families to co-create the client-centered clinical goals, for the purpose of improving the client’s overall social and emotional wellbeing and functioning through use of evidence informed practices over a serious of multiple sessions.
• Act as service coordinator to ensure relevant stakeholders are engaged in the treatment process as needed. Lead collaborative efforts with community partners for the purpose of creating and delivering a treatment plan to allow the client to successfully reach their established goals for improvement of mental and emotional health and social functioning and wellbeing.
• Create and maintain a detailed and accurate history of client, family, and stakeholder interactions in a client record system (TREAT) for the purpose of capturing meeting discussions (ongoing history of notes), details of assessment information, and correspondence to inform treatment plan.
• Respond to crisis to address and reduce immediate risk to client, staff and//or community where a client may be at risk of harm to self or others (i.e., abuse, neglect, suicidal ideation, homelessness, aggression, self-harm, etc.).

Benefits

• Comprehensive health, dental, vision coverage and EAP, premium fully paid by organization
• Life and disability insurance
• Defined Contribution Pension plan with employer matching up to 6% based on length of service
• Generous paid time off (Vacation, Sick and Float days)
• Pregnancy/Parental leave top-up
• Hybrid work flexibility
• Access to employee perks and discounts
• Opportunities for growth and professional development

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level