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A community mental health agency in Toronto is seeking a part-time Individual and Family Therapist to provide immediate counseling support to children, youth, and their families. Responsibilities include delivering therapeutic services and handling crises. Candidates should have a Master’s in Social Work, relevant registration, and experience in youth mental health. This role offers professional development opportunities and supports diversity in the workplace.
Strides Toronto is a multi-service agency providing a wide range of exceptional programs and services that improve the mental, social and physical health of infants, children and youth from the pre-natal stage to age 29, and their families. With a range of community, live-in and treatment services, we build strength and resilience through equitable, accessible, client-driven services, system leadership and advocacy. We provide individual, group and family interventions that include mental health counselling, autism services, education, outreach and referral, early intervention, day treatment and community support. In its Lead Agency role, Strides Toronto collaborates with 24 publicly funded infant, child and youth mental health (ICYMH) core service providers to design and implement system-level improvements that promote access, responsive service delivery and experience, and positive mental health outcomes for young people and families across Toronto's diverse communities. To learn more about who we are and what we do, we invite you to visit our website at www.stridestoronto.ca
The Individual and Family Therapist is a part-time contract position that provides immediate counselling support to children, youth, and their families in our What’s Up Walk-In setting. The role consists of providing mental health supports and an entry point for mental health services. The role provides therapeutic support for resolving the presenting issue or referring clients to appropriate services.
Salary range: $37.47 to $43.44 per hour
This position is represented by OPSEU local 567.
This is a part-time contract position, up to 24 hours per week, until October 2026. Evening and Saturday availability is required.
The following education, professional memberships and knowledge are a requirement for this role:
While not required, preference will be given to candidates with the following:
As our work puts us in direct contact with youth and vulnerable persons in our community, with health and safety as a priority, the successful candidate must complete or obtain the following before commencement of their employment:
Please submit a cover letter and resume outlining your demonstrated education, certification (if applicable), working and related volunteer experience and how you meet specific requirements for this position, and any additional considerations you deem appropriate. The application deadline is September 17, 2025.
Strides Toronto is an equal opportunity employer. We benefit from diversity of lived experiences in the workplace and encourage applications from qualified candidates who reflect the diversity of the communities we serve. Strides Toronto is a participant in the Government of Canada’s 50-30 Challenge, a program which challenges organizations to improve access for women and/or non-binary people and other equity-deserving groups, including those identifying as: racialized, Black, and/or people of colour, people with disabilities (including invisible and episodic disabilities), 2SLGBTQ+ and/or gender and sexually diverse individuals, and Aboriginal and/or Indigenous Peoples to increase the representation and inclusion of diverse groups within their workplace.
In accordance with the Ontario Human Rights Code, Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act and Strides Toronto’s own policies, requests for accommodation will be considered throughout the hiring process.
We thank all applicants however, only those selected for interviews will be contacted.