Manager, Community Services

Job Description

Job Description

Interested in working with an amazing team that really cares? Then you should join Lumenus! At Lumenus, we illuminate a seamless pathway to optimal wellbeing for our clients. As one of the largest mental health agencies in Ontario, we offer a broad range of high-quality mental health, developmental and community services for infants, children, youth, individuals, and families across Toronto. We are a passionate, dynamic, and growing agency. We offer a competitive salary, employer paid benefits, ongoing training, and career development opportunities! Lumenus Community Services is committed to diversity, equity and inclusion.  We value a recruitment and selection process that is inclusive and barrier-free, and we encourage applications from all individuals including, but not limited to, all cultures, religions, racialized communities, abilities, sexual orientations, and gender identities and expressions.   We are hiring a Manager for our Community Based Mental Health programs. You will provide oversight for staff working in community based mental health services working with children, youth and families within community, home and office settings. You will provide strong clinical skills and demonstrated knowledge of culturally responsive mental health service delivery and engagement methods for either a portfolio focusing on youth ages 0 to18 years and their families and / or a varied portfolio served a range of developmental needs early childhood through transitioning adulthood, including youths with involvement in the Justice system.     KEY RESPONSIBILITIES :

• Participate in the visioning, creation and implementation of an integrated and accessible service across Lumenus, including various communities of practice.
• Provide supervisory oversight of staff, including day-to-day service delivery, professional development, and performance management, while maintaining the values and vision of Lumenus;
• Support staff in understanding clinical issues impacting clients with challenging needs, and the development of formulations which inform service direction;
• Ensure staff participate in the development and evaluation of accessible services for diverse children, youth and their families, while considering the social determinants of health and experiences of systemic oppression.
• Promote and strengthen collaborative service from evidence informed (based), interdisciplinary, and outcome driven perspective.
• Provide direction and oversight of staff activities related to advocacy and system navigation;
• Ensure that services are delivered in a flexible and adaptive manner including the delivery of services in the client home, community, school, partner agencies, courts, etc.
• Work collaboratively with community partners in service delivery, and address community needs to build capacity.
• Respond to societal trends, client needs, and local community issues through the planning, development, implementation, and evaluation of effective services and outreach related to developmental concerns, mental health and substance use within a community capacity building and anti-racism / anti-oppression analysis and practice;
• Assume on-call / management coverage responsibilities as assigned.   QUALIFICATIONS :
• M.S.W. or Master’s Degree in a related field or equivalent combination of education and relevant experience;
• Minimum of 5 years of direct clinical service experience with strengths-based, family systems, anti-racism / anti-oppression, community capacity building and youth engagement analysis and practice.
• Experience providing supervision or leadership within a team.
• Experience in mental health / substance abuse, developmental service sector service provision (intake, assessment of needs, developing formulations, collaborative service planning, individual counselling, parent / family counselling, trauma informed care, groups, youth friendly outreach and educational presentations).
• Experience with engagement, support and service provision to children, youth, and their families in racialized communities;
• Demonstrated ability to provide services in both evidenced informed family and individual therapies, service coordination and “non-traditional” approaches, and anti-racist, culturally appropriate, community-based ways which are responsive to the needs of youth and their families.   KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES :
• Above-average verbal and written communication skills, including report writing, with the ability to communicate effectively with a range of professional and community partners.
• Strong team building and collaboration skills.
• A good understanding of anti-black-racism and anti-oppressive practice.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite and client record software.
• Time management skills and ability to prioritize with competing deadlines.   ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS :
• Registration with the OCSWSSW or CRPO is required.
• Satisfactory clearance under the Vulnerable Sector Screening process.
• Flexibility to work in different locations as needed.
• Fluency in French or other second language relevant to community is advantageous.   We ask applicants to make any accommodation requests for the interview or selection process known in advance by contacting the Human Resources Department. Human Resources will work together with the hiring committee to arrange reasonable and appropriate accommodation for the selection process which will enable you to be assessed in a fair and equitable manner.