Case Worker (Child & Youth Worker) - Concurrent Youth Unit

The Child Youth and Family Services (CYFS) at CAMH is located in our Intergenerational Wellness Building at the redeveloped Queen Street Site of CAMH. As an integral part of the ambitious growth agenda for CAMH, the Child and Family Services clinics serve children, youth and emerging adults who have mental health and/or addiction challenges along with their families and caregivers. These services are closely aligned with our Research Centres including the McCain Centre for Child, Youth and Family Mental Health and the Cundill Centre for Child and Youth Depression.

The Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) is currently seeking a part-time, permanent Case Worker (Child and Youth Worker) to work on the Concurrent Youth Unit serving province-wide youth with concurrent disorders: a moderate to severe addiction to substances and co-occurring mental health issues. Reporting to the Senior Manager, you will be part of an interprofessional team and responsible for providing a range of specialized services to youth between the ages of 13 and 18, and potentially to 21 years of age.

Responsibilities

The Case Workers’ duties will include client and environmental assessments, patient care planning, intervention and care delivery, patient support toward goal achievement, care evaluation, family support, and development and facilitation of groups and other programming.

Your role will include supporting evidence based models of care and programming, such as Motivational Interviewing (MI) Dialectical Behavioural Therapy (DBT) and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT). The role will be familiar with and supportive of program and CAMH policies and processes. The supervision and support of clients will include classroom assistance. Your skills include the ability to make behavioural observations, mental status and risk assessments, and understand stages of development. In your role, you will provide quality clinical documentation, engage in effective communication, and promote positive working relationships with other team members. You will have knowledge of crisis prevention and intervention, mental health and addiction issues, trauma-informed care, recovery, and family-informed care. As a member of an inter-professional treatment team, you will work collaboratively and contribute discipline specific knowledge, skills and services to the team. You will contribute to activities such as unit/program development, and will deliver services and programming in a manner that is safe, support student and volunteer placements, and you will support the program’s evaluation and research activities. You will value and engage in self-reflection and continuous learning. Your role will include support to clients in transition to other services and you will liaise with other services at CAMH and with community agencies, as required, to coordinate care for clients. You will sustain positive working relationships with internal and external partners. Supervision of Child and Youth professional students is expected. You will support a healthy workplace that embraces diversity, and complies with all applicable and regulatory requirements. This position involves shift rotation, and this position is located at 80 Workman Way on the Queen Street Site.

Qualifications

The successful candidates will have a three (3) year College Diploma in Child and Youth Care combined with two (2) years of related experience. Membership in the Ontario Association of Child and Youth Counsellors in good standing is required. Experience with concurrent disordered youth in a substance abuse treatment program is an asset. You will have experience dealing with complex and challenging youth, and possess the ability to intervene in critical clinical situations. Strong skills in group facilitation, assessment, intake, individual support and working with families are necessary. Knowledge of best practice and evidence-based addictions and mental health treatment models is essential. Skills in motivational interviewing are an asset. Experience working in an interprofessional environment with youth is required. You will possess strong interpersonal skills, and the ability to work in an interprofessional team environment and superior communication skills (verbal and written). Demonstrated ability, knowledge and skills in concurrent disorders, clinical assessment and treatment, harm reduction, trauma-informed care, family-centered care, and evidence based treatment models. Experience in developing and delivering training workshops and contribute to capacity building initiatives would be extremely desirable. Computer literacy is required. You will have the ability to work with and provide culturally competent service to individuals of diverse ethno racial and cultural backgrounds. Bilingualism (French/English) or proficiency in a second language would be an asset.

All applicants offered and accepting employment must complete a Vulnerable Sector Police Records Check. The offer of employment will be conditional upon receipt of the satisfactory Vulnerable Sector Police Records Check.

Salary Range:  $32.36 – $38.68 per hour

If you are interested in this position, please ensure that you apply before 5pm EST of the closing date. If your application is received past 5pm EST of the closing date, your application will not be accepted.

 

CAMH is a fully affiliated teaching hospital and research institute of the University of Toronto. As a CAMH employee, you will contribute to our mission by supporting teaching, research, and clinical care across the hospital.

CAMH is dedicated to equity, diversity, and inclusion. Our commitment is to foster a workplace, teaching, and learning environment that is inclusive, respectful, and free from discrimination or harassment.

CAMH strongly encourages applications from candidates who reflect the diversity of the communities we serve, including First Nations, Métis, and Inuit Peoples; Black and other racialized communities; LGBTQ2S+ communities; women; and people with disabilities, including those with lived experience of mental health and substance use challenges.

We welcome applicants from all backgrounds. Thank you to all who apply; however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted. If you require accommodations during the application or recruitment process, please let us know.
 

Through its core values of Courage, Respect and Excellence, CAMH is implementing its Strategic Plan: Connected CAMH, to transform lives, ignite innovation and discovery, revolutionize education and drive social change. CAMH is more than a hospital, it is a cause. CAMH is on a mission to change the way society thinks about and responds to mental illness. They aim to eliminate prejudice and discrimination and shape a world where mental illness is central to our healthcare system – a world where Mental Health is Health.

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