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Child and Youth Counsellor

Southlake Regional Health Centre
Newmarket, Ontario
$37,86-$45 an hour
Temporary
Full-time

We deliver a wide range of healthcare services to the communities of northern York Region and southern Simcoe County. Our advanced regional programs include Cancer Care and Cardiac Care and serve a broader population across the northern GTA and into Simcoe-Muskoka.

Our team of nearly 6,000 staff, physicians, volunteers, students and Patient and Family Advisors are committed to creating an environment where the best experiences happen.

As a recognition of our commitment to quality and patient safety, we have received the highest distinction of Exemplary Standing from Accreditation Canada.

Job Summary

The Child & Youth Counsellor works as a member of an inter-professional team to provide assessment, meal support, behavioural counselling and supportive therapy to children and adolescent clients and their families admitted to the Eating Disorder inpatient beds.

He / she role models both professional and the organizational core competencies.

Skills & Abilities

  • Three (3) to five (5) years relevant work experience
  • Experience in a mental health setting important, with knowledge and professional applications in services for adolescents with severe mental health disorders : knowledge and experience working with adolescents with eating disorders is preferred
  • Hospital treatment experience
  • Experience working on inter-professional team
  • Systems approach; including client’s family and inter-professional team.
  • Demonstrated experience and confidence in clinical skills, team participation and professional reports to staff, family, community and physicians
  • Innovative and willing to learn
  • Demonstrated excellence in communication, both written and verbal
  • Demonstrated problem assessment skills
  • Demonstrated commitment to customer service and teamwork
  • Demonstrated individual leadership skills, with experience in taking initiative and program development
  • Commitment to providing an exceptional experience for patients and families as well as other members of the healthcare team within a challenging and exciting health care environment.
  • Demonstrated commitment to, and understanding of the principles of diversity, equity and inclusion
  • Models behaviour that is aligned with the values of Southlake Regional Health Centre.
  • Always with compassion
  • Power of many
  • Serve with purpose
  • Every voice matters

Qualifications

  • Child & Youth Worker Diploma (3 year program), or B.A. in Child & Youth Care
  • Current membership in Ontario Association of Child & Youth Workers
  • Crisis intervention training, e.g., Crisis Prevention Institute course or equivalent is preferred

As a condition of employment, you are required to submit proof of COVID-19 vaccination to the Hospital’s Occupational Health and Safety department.

Successful candidates will be required to submit proof of COVID-19 vaccination (two doses) from the Ontario Ministry of Health website or other authorized source directly to the Occupational Health and Safety department.

In the event that you are unable to be vaccinated as a result of a ground protected under the Human Rights Code, you may submit a written explanation of the ground and any supporting documentation to determine if you are exempt from this requirement to the recruitment team.

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