Mental Health Therapist - Stepped Care
Mental Health Therapist - Stepped Care
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Job Description
The role reports to the Manager Mental Health Stepped Care Follow-Up Clinic and works in collaboration with the professional leader of social work.
Accountabilities:
- Work as part of a team in managing the referrals to the both rapid response and centralized intake and triage in a timely and responsive manner
- Conduct psychosocial assessments and provide short term intervention
- Will provide crisis intervention and solution-focused counselling to patients and their families accordingly
- Will provide referrals to community resources
- Will work directly with multi-disciplinary staff internally and externally to ensure that patient needs are met
- Will provide group therapy
- Participates within a multidisciplinary team in program planning development and implementation
- Provides community consultation and education with respect to mental health issues
Qualifications :
- Masters Degree in a related health field required (social work nursing occupational therapist counselling/psychology) with a combination of relevant experience in mental health and addictions
- Member of a regulatory college in good standing
- Minimum three to five years recent working in mental health and addictions is essential preferably in an acute or community setting
- Demonstrated ability to work with and advocate for individuals with severe and persistent mental illness
- Demonstrated experience in psychosocial assessment and ability to provide appropriate interventions including crisis intervention
- Demonstrated knowledge and implementation of best practice guidelines in crisis intervention and crisis theory
- Demonstrated ability in providing brief therapy and solution-focused counselling
- Demonstrated commitment to providing quality customer service to various client populations (patients and families) as well as various clinical professionals
- Experience in developing and conducting groups
- Sound knowledge of community resources and the ability to refer accordingly
- Excellent organizational interpersonal and communication skills both verbal and written
- Experience in working within an interdisciplinary setting
- Ability to function both independently and as a team player
- Must demonstrate Oslers Values of Respect Excellence Service Compassion Innovation and Collaboration
- Excellent attendance punctuality and work record
- Demonstrated computer skills
- May be required to travel and/or work between all Osler sites
Additional Information :
DURATION: Approximately nine (9) months or until the previous incumbent returns.
Hours: Currently Days/Evenings eight (8) hour shifts with the possibility of weekends (subject to change in accordance with operational requirements)
Salary:
Minimum: $44.69 per hour
Maximum: $57.93 per hour
Internal application deadline: August 24 2025
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Osler values inclusivity and diversity in the workplace. We welcome and encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds. We are committed to providing accessible employment practices that are in compliance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act. If you require an accommodation at any stage of the recruitment process please notify Human Resources at .
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Remote Work :
No
Employment Type :
Contract
Employment Type
Contract
