Mental Health Therapist, Trauma Specialist

Homewood Health Centre; Guelph; On-site; CAD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Homewood Health Centre in Ontario is seeking a qualified mental health professional to conduct client assessments, provide therapy, and coordinate treatment plans within a collaborative, multidisciplinary team.

You will facilitate individual and group sessions, apply trauma-informed approaches, maintain clinical records, and contribute to program development while upholding client-centered care and equity and inclusion commitments.

Qualifications

• Masters-level资格要求：Counselling/Psychology/Social Work等相关学科硕士学位及注册资质
• 具备标准化与非标准化评估知识与能力
• 熟悉创伤干预、康复及心理健康相关知识
• 熟练使用Microsoft Office套件（Word、Excel、Outlook、PowerPoint）
• 具备良好的组织、时间管理与沟通技能

Responsibilities

• 进行临床评估并制定治疗计划
• 提供个体与团体治疗，记录并维护临床记录
• 参与计划开发、评估及质量改进工作
• 在团队会议中协作并与利益相关者建立有效关系
• 参与与研究相关的项目及培训活动

Skills

Client assessment

Therapy & counselling

Trauma-informed care

Program development

Documentation

Education

Masters in Counselling, Psychology, Social Work, or related discipline

Tools

Microsoft Word

Excel

PowerPoint

Outlook

Job description

Make a difference in a growing, innovative mental health organization and centre of excellence in people-centered care. Work with supportive colleagues who are passionate about improving lives and champions for quality and continuous learning.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Conduct interviews with clients and client-identified resources, assess social, psychological, emotional and behavioral issues and identify core areas of concern to be addressed by therapeutic interventions
• Provide reports on client’s behavior and progress and maintain clinical records
• Maintain knowledge related to the areas of trauma and therapeutic interventions
• Facilitate or co-facilitate psycho-educational, experiential and process groups
• Develop, implement and evaluate programs based on patient needs and goals
• Provide client-centered treatment, RTW (Return to Work)-oriented support and culturally competent services to clients
• Assume responsibility for the treatment, recovery process and support of assigned clients
• Facilitate group therapy, provide individual counselling and therapeutic interventions
• Participate in weekly team meetings for client reviews, treatment planning, therapeutic interventions, discharge planning and to organize daily assignments
• Establish and maintain effective and collaborative working relationships with clinical and program stakeholders
• Collect client information for the purpose of customer reports, program evaluation, research, and proposals
• Participate in trauma-related committees, project development, quality improvement, promotional initiatives across SAW (Stay at Work), RTW Divisions and Inpatient/Residential Programs
• Supervise assigned students and/or interns

What We’re Looking For

• Masters in Counselling, Psychology, Social Work, or other related discipline
• Valid registration with the relevant governing body
• Knowledge of standardized and non-standardized assessments
• Service-specific training i.e., wellness education
• Knowledge of issues of trauma, concurrent addiction disorders, Psychosocial Rehabilitation, Recovery, CBT, DBT, CPR, Mental Health Act and PHIPA
• Strong organizational, time management and presentation skills
• Proficiency with Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint
• Ability to provide seamless customer service delivery to both internal and external stakeholders and identify opportunities for customer service improvement
• Proven ability to work independently as well as to contribute actively to team objectives
• Take responsibility for actions and decisions
• Find ways to integrate sustainability into your own work
• Awareness and acknowledgment of the value of using measurement-based care when supporting patients/clients to help guide clinical decision making; experience an asset

As an equal opportunity employer, Homewood Health is committed to employment accessibility, diversity, equity and inclusion. For this reason, we encourage applications from members of equity‑seeking groups including women, racialized and indigenous communities, persons with disabilities, and persons of all sexual orientations and gender identities/expressions.