Child Youth Counsellor

**Job Location**: Halton, Notre Dame Catholic Secondary School

**Program**: Mountaineer Senior Day Treatment program

**Job Title**: Child Youth Counsellor (CYC)

**Position**: 12 Month full-time contract (40 Hours/week) with a possibility of extension**

**Start Date**: ASAP

**Contract end Date**: August 28,2026

**Salary**: Band 3, Step 1- $54,811 per annum

**Reports to**: Samantha Humphrey, Program Coordinator

**Application Deadline**:Until Filled

**Employees receive**:

- A meaningful job that inspires hope and strengthens lives
- A positive culture and supportive environment that offers flexibility
- A comprehensive benefits package including extended healthcare and dental coverage
- A generous vacation entitlement (entry-level full-time employees can expect to receive 2- 3 weeks paid vacation to start)
- A commitment to wellness in the workplace as well as ongoing professional development and training opportunities

**Position Summary**:
The Day Treatment Child Youth Care Worker/Practitioner promotes the emotional and physical health and wellbeing of clients of Woodview in a day treatment setting within a team-based milieu. They provide a range of individual and group therapy to enhance the social, emotional and psychological functioning of clients in a day treatment environment, often within a community school. Provides supervision and ongoing assessment within a safe environment and teaches strategies to clients dealing with mental health issues

**Job Responsibilities (may include but are not limited to Including scope of practice)**

**A. Client Service**- Teaches a variety of age-appropriate activities to assist individuals to meet their treatment goals.- Identifies client individual academic, behavioral and social needs and modifies programming to meet those needs.- Reviews treatment plans and safety plans if needed with families and prepares all treatment reports.- Refers clients and family members to other community resources.- Coordinates and attends outings as determined by program.- Monitors students, answers questions and provides assistance with their academic assignments in conjunction with classroom teacher.- May implement and execute hourly incentive programs.- Meets individually with clients to discuss treatment and goals.- Completes assessments and sets goals with clients.- Provides counseling services to individuals.- Works independently or as part of a specific multi-disciplinary team to deliver such programs and activities that are determined by the Centre to be beneficial to the clients.- Implements specific professional activities as determined and assigned by the Centre and/or program team; such as providing counselling services to individuals, groups, etc; coordinating specific program component (e.g. camping or gym programs) and representing the Centre in specific community activities.- Serves in a professional and caring manner that respects the needs, wishes and abilities of the clients, and respects the philosophies and values of the Centre, the community and the profession.- Travel to client home or school and transport client when needed.- Represents the Centre in specific community activities.- Administer client medication as per agency policies.

**B. Client Support**- Acts as a role model to help clients problem solve and improve self-esteem and social skills.- Mediates conflicts between clients.- Monitors client behaviours, identifies issues and takes corrective actions.- Communicates with families, parents and individuals to provide information and support.- Incumbent will be responsible for carrying clients at any given time and completing all necessary reports in a timely manner.- Communicates with families, parents and individuals to provide information and support.

**C. School and Community Support**- Provides assistance with integration into mainstream schools or other programs, monitoring progress, meeting with Guidance Counselors, instructional program leads, Principals and Teachers and recommending strategies to facilitate successful transitions.- Provides structured social interactions with peers and staff.- Participates in service coordination meetings with school and board representatives to communicate information, resolve problems and ensure service needs are met. In addition, staff will setup case conferences with school and community partners.

**D. Team and Agency Support**- Represents and promotes the agency in the community.- Provides debriefing opportunities for peers, shares information and follows safety strategies to ensure the safety of colleagues.- Attends and participates in team meetings to communicate information and review cases.- Consults with other service providers to communicate information, resolve problems and ensure a seamless service.- Works independently or as part of a specific multi-disciplinary team to deliver such programs and activities that are determined by the Centre to be beneficial to the clients.- Undertakes spec