Job Description

NON UNION

Position: Social Worker - Transitional Aged Youth Ambulatory

Posting ID: 2024-36016

Department: Mental Health Program

Status: Temporary Full Time (18 months)

Role Level: AH10.6($43.37 - $56.23)

Site: Credit Valley Hospital

Hours of Work/Shifts: 37.5 hours/week | 7.5 hours/shift | 5 days a week must be flexible to work evenings and week-ends as required

Posted: January 5,2024

Internal Deadline: January 12,2024

Trillium Health Partners (THP) is one of the largest community-based acute care facilities in Canada. Comprised of the Credit Valley Hospital, the Mississauga Hospital, the Queensway Health Centre, and the Reactivation Center at Humber. Trillium Health Partners serves the growing and diverse populations of Mississauga, West Toronto and surrounding communities and is a teaching hospital affiliated with the University of Toronto.

Our Mission: A New Kind of Health Care for a Healthier Community

Our Values: Compassion, Excellence, Courage

Our Goals: Quality, Access, Sustainability

Our Enablers: People, Education, Innovation, Research

: This position will fulfill the role of a Social Worker in Transitional Aged Youth Program in Mental Health Services. The incumbent will be responsible for completing comprehensive bio-psychosocial assessments and provide targeted treatment to Youth, Young Adults and their families via structured individual and group therapy.

The principle modalities for treatment delivery are Cognitive Behaviour Therapy and Dialectical Behaviour Therapy. Responsibilities also include providing mental health care to patients with complex medical and psychiatric needs, facilitating and co-facilitating psychotherapy groups, and fostering a therapeutic milieu.

Provide clinical teaching, mentoring and/or supervision for Social Work students; engaging with inter-professional education experiences with students of all health disciplines.

Reporting to the Clinical Manager of the Ambulatory Mental Health Services, the successful candidate will be an integral member of the inter-professional team.

Educational Requirements:

• MSW from an accredited Faculty of Social Work
• Member of the Ontario College of Social Workers and Social Service Workers (OCSW & SSW) and in good standing
• Minimum five years of clinical experience working with children and adolescents and their families

Qualifications:

• Solid mental health experience with youth, young adults and families who are living with complex psychiatric disorders
• Experience working effectively within an inter-professional collaboration model
• Group psychotherapy experience required and essential
• Training in DBT and CBT required
• Excellent interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills
• Proven ability to interact with patients and their families in an empathetic manner
• Ability to be flexible and willingness to provide a variety of tasks as required for the smooth functioning of Transitional Aged Youth Mental Health Services
• Demonstrates flexibility and adapts to change and variety on the job (e.g., effectively perform job during unexpected situations or changing conditions)
• Ability to support a model of recovery is essential
• Must possess excellent organizational, time management and critical thinking skills

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Internal Candidates who believe they possess the necessary qualifications and experience for this position and who have been in their current position for at least six (6) months are encouraged to apply.

Candidates are selected on the basis of their skill, ability, experience and qualifications.

Where these factors are relatively equal seniority shall govern providing the successful applicant.

Trillium Health Partners\xe2\x80\x99 (THP) is an equal opportunity employer who values the importance of antiracism work and is committed to integrating antiracism, diversity, equity and inclusion best practices throughout THP operations, policies and culture. Therefore, we ask that even if you do not see yourself fully reflected in every job requirement listed on this posting, we still encourage you to reach out and apply. Research has shown that candidates from underrepresented groups often only apply when they feel 100% qualified. We encourage all applicants who are members of groups that have been marginalized on any grounds enumerated under the Ontario Human Rights Code based on race, gender identity or expression, sex, sexual orientation, disability, political belief, religion, marital or family status, age, and/or status as a First Nations, M\xc3\xa9tis or Inuk/Inuit person to consider this opportunity.

In accordance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005 and the Ontario Human Rights Code Trillium Health Partners will provide accommodations throughout the recruitment and selection process to applicants with disabilities. If selected to participate in the recruitment and selection process, please inform Human Resources of the nature of any accommodation(s) that you may require in respect of any materials or processes used to ensure your equal participation.

All personal information is collected under the authority of the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act.

Trillium Health Partners is identified under the French Language Services Act.

We thank all those who apply but only those selected for further consideration will be contacted.

Trillium Health Partners