Child & Youth Counsellor Mental Health

QUALIFICATIONS:

Education, Training And Experience

Skills And Abilities

• Work effectively and collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team
• Establish and maintain therapeutic relationships
• Understand the needs of Children/Youth with complex mental health conditions
• Conduct an age-appropriate psychiatric assessment, including risk to self/others and mental status
• Apply effective and respectful communication skills, including active-listening, problem-solving, respectful limit setting, and reframing
• Practice within the concepts of Patient/Family Centred Care, Trauma Informed Care, solution-focused problem solving and Motivational Interviewing
• Communicate effectively both verbally and in writing
• Contribute to a safe work environment including utilizing the least restrictive de-escalation skills
• Physical ability to carry out the duties of the position
• Organize work and the demands of the shift and work effectively and efficiently under pressure
• Ability to use a computer and software, such as various Microsoft Office applications, electronic health records, etc.